WritingLessonsfromJane

=Writing Lesson Ideas from Jane Cook= Click on the links below to find lesson ideas, plans and materials developed by Jane Cook:
 * **Alphaboxes** - Alphaboxes are a great tool for teaching students how to write summaries.
 * [|Alphaboxes activity.doc]
 * [|Alphaboxes template.doc]
 * **Cris Tovani's Strategies for Comprehension** - This is a Word document with notes that Jane Cook took when she saw Cris Tovani at the AIC Literacy Conference. It includes several strategies for writing that helps students hold their thinking as they read.
 * [|Cris Tovani Strategies for Comprehension notes from AIC Conference.doc]
 * **Literature Circles** - This is a Word document with roles and an assessment for implementing Literature Circles.
 * [|Literature Circle Assessment Sheets & roles from Eastford LA Curriculum.doc]
 * **Seed Ideas for Writers** - This is a lesson to help students find ideas for their writing.
 * [|Seed Ideas for Writers Lesson Plan.doc]
 * [|Seed Ideas for Writers student handout.doc]
 * [|Seed Ideas for Writers teacher examples.doc]
 * **Writers' Workshop** - Writers' Workshop provides students with the opportunity to choose writing topics and to take writing pieces through all stages of the writing process, from pre-writing to final publication.
 * [|SOME STRATEGIES FOR PEER REVISION.doc] - This is a handout with ideas for helping students learn how to be good "peer conferencers". It includes the "I liked.../I wonder..." T-sheet for that is useful for peer feedback.
 * [|Things I Love_I Like To_I Worry About.doc] - This is a handout for students to help them brainstorm topics that they care about and may want to write about.