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I went to a teacher inservice yesterday and came away with a great resource tool.

click here to read about the book-- Models for Teaching Writing-Craft Target Skills

click here to view book info at BARNES 'n NOBLE

I love the fact this book is a one stop shop of writing skills and techniques using literature where trade books and educational publications [including fiction and non-fiction] are partnered with each writing skill.

Book sections are organized with definitions of terms, examples of skills, and then trade or educational literature resources. A bibliography is listed with each writing technique or skill being discussed and outlined.

An Index of Literature Cited is at the end of the book followed by a section titled Target Skills Cross-Index and Blank Target Skills Templates that you can use how you need. This is very cool! It has a list of nearly all the cited books listed on charts that check off description of skills, informational text structure, and literary composing all seen at a glance.

quote from the book "Remember, "Writing process is what writers do; writing craft is what they know."


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