Marvelous Minilessons for Teaching Intermediate Writing, Grades 4-6

Students in intermediate grades only become strong writers with effective instruction and multiple opportunities to practice many kinds of writing. This book shows how easy that can be!
Best-selling author and educator Lori Jamison Rog presents 40 of her favorite tried-and-true, research-based writing minilessons, which you can use to teach everything from planning strategies to crafting specific genres.
Minilessons are linked to the six traits of effective writing and give you
• Specific learning goals
• Sample student writing to use as models
• Graphic organizers to support guided practice
• Teacher talk to help you present the lesson
These marvelous minilessons are based on the guided release of responsibility model and highlight important text forms for intermediate-grade students, including the research report, the persuasive piece, the large-scale writing test, and many more.
This is not a prescriptive writing program; it’s a collection of brief, practical lessons—fully adaptable to your students’ needs and your curriculum.