
Mini Moves for Every Writer Fifty Transferable Techniques for Writing Across the Content Areas
Discover strategies to strengthen students' writing. Authors Sam Futrell and Rebekah O'Dell provide educators with small moves and mentor texts to help students hone their voice, craft with intention, and write with confidence. With targeted approaches, videos, and ready-to-use workbooks, this book supports students as they master 10 different writing skills while enhancing literacy in any content area.
Grades 6-12 teachers can use this book to:
- Equip students with effective strategies to hone their writing in any content area
- Teach students how to make claims, define, use evidence, contextualize, and more
- Receive mentor texts across each skill in the areas of pop culture, mathematics, science, and history
- Employ flexible templates to adapt mini moves for group and individual instruction
- Share five moves that achieve each of the 10 skills
Contents:
Part 1: An Introduction to Mini Moves
Chapter 1: The Case for Mini Moves
Chapter 2: Mini Moves in Your Classroom
Part 2: Moves for Every Writer
Chapter 3: Moves That Introduce
Chapter 4: Moves That Make a Claim
Chapter 5: Moves That Define
Chapter 6: Moves That Describe
Chapter 7: Moves That Provide Evidence
Chapter 8: Moves That Summarize
Chapter 9: Moves That Contextualize
Chapter 10: Moves That Add Voice
Chapter 11: Moves That Conclude
Chapter 12: Moves That Organize
Afterword
Appendix A: Mini Move Lesson Plan Templates
Appendix B: All Moves by Content Area
Appendix C: Writing Application Practice
Appendix D: Moves Remix
Appendix E: Connecting Your Standards to Mini Moves
References and Resources
Index
Published: Jan 01, 2025
ISBN: 9781960574701
SKU: 9781960574701
Publisher: Solution Tree
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