Text Structures From Picture Books [Grades 2-8] (Lessons to Ease Students Into Text Analysis, Reading Response, and Writing With Craft)

Teach students the architecture beneath a successful story—and boost their reading comprehension and writing skills for a lifetime 

Writing instruction can sometimes seem scattershot, as teachers try to cover a galaxy of craft techniques, ideas, intentions, and genres. The possibilities are endless—and that’s the problem. In Text Structures from Picture Books, elementary and middle grade teachers tap into a well-ordered universe of inspiring and illustrative stories to help students frame their thinking and focus choices.

Using the bite-size format of picture books as a starting point, the authors share 50 low-prep, quick-access lessons to help you teach students seven concrete ways to respond to text in any genre. Through these lessons, students will be able to:

• Generate their own writing, using a text structure harvested from the work of professional authors
• Retell a story, using the text structure from the story
• Generate reading responses, using structures that support clarity
• Analyze a story to construct thematic statements, capturing the author’s message and bigger themes
• Write about a theme or big idea demonstrating empathic and evidence-based interpretation
• Answer open-ended questions by selecting a technique that reflects the text and their engagement
• Experiment with author’s craft in their own writing

Based on master writing teacher Gretchen Bernabei’s instructional model, the lessons offer a lively, high-impact mix of reading aloud, discussion, modeling, student writing, and peer share.

State tests are now assessing reading and writing together. And that’s a good thing—but we’ve got some catching up to do. Written for students beginning in second grade, Text Structures from Picture Books will help your students swiftly and surely become text-savvy readers and writers.

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