Resources for Writing Instruction
General Writing References for Teachers


Image of The Art of Teaching Writing
Author: Lucy Calkins
Image of Blowing Away the State Writing Assessment Test: Four Steps to Better Writing Scores for Students of All Levels with CDROM
Author: Jane Bell Kiester
Image of Teaching Early Writing and Reading Together: Mini-Lessons that Link K-2 Literacy Instruction
Author: Connie Campbell Dierking
Image of Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction (4th Edition)
Author: Vicki Spandel
Image of For the Good of the Earth and Sun: Teaching Poetry (Heinemann/Cassell Language & Literacy)
Author: Georgia Heard
Image of Gnys at Wrk : A Child Learns to Write and Read
Author: Glenda L. Bissex
Image of Language Arts: Patterns of Practice (with MyEducationLab) (7th Edition)
Author: Gail E. Tompkins
Image of Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach (5th Edition)
Author: Gail E. Tompkins
Image of Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out
Author: Ralph Fletcher
Image of The Revision Toolbox: Teaching Techniques That Work
Author: Georgia Heard
Image of Seeking Diversity: Language Arts with Adolescents
Author: Linda Rief
Image of Step-by-step Strategies For Teaching Expository Writing
Author: Barbara Mariconda
Image of Teaching Powerful Writing: 25 Short Read-Aloud Stories and Lessons That Motivate Students to Use Literary Elements in Their Writing
Author: Bob Sizoo
Image of Teaching Writing: Balancing Process and Product (4th Edition)
Author: Gail E. Tompkins
Image of Understanding Writing: Ways of Observing, Learning, and Teaching
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Image of Vision & Voice: Extending the Literacy Spectrum
Author: Linda Rief
Image of What a Writer Needs
Author: Ralph Fletcher
Image of Why We Must Run With Scissors: Voice Lesson in Persuasive Writing
Author: Gretchen Bernabei, Barry Lane
Image of ...And with a Light Touch: Learning about Reading, Writing, and Teaching with First Graders: Second Edition
Author: Donald Graves, Carol Avery
Image of Wondrous Words: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom
Author: Katie Wood Ray
Image of Writing Through Childhood: Rethinking Process and Product
Author: Shelley Harwayne
Image of Writing Toward Home: Tales and Lessons to Find Your Way
Author: Georgia Heard
Image of The Writing Workshop: Working Through the Hard Parts (And They're All Hard Parts)
Author: Lester L. Laminack, Katie Wood Ray
Image of The Writing Workshop: A World of Difference
Author: Lucy Calkins, Shelley Harwayne
Image of Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide
Author: JoAnn Portalupi, Ralph Fletcher
Author: Sandra Wilde
Image of 6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide (Grades 3 and Up)
Author: Ruth Culham
Image of 10 Easy Writing Lessons That Get Kids Ready for Writing Assessments: Proven Ways to Raise Your Students' Scores on the State Performance Assessments in Writing
Author: Mary Rose
Image of 25 Mini-Lessons for Teaching Writing (Grades 3-6)
Author: Adele Fiderer
Image of 50 Writing Lessons That Work!: Motivating Prompts and Easy Activities That Develop the Essentials of Strong Writing (Grades 4-8)
Author: Carol Rawlings Miller
Image of After THE END: Teaching and Learning Creative Revision
Author: Barry Lane
Image of Craft Lessons 2nd Edition
Author: Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi
Image of A Fresh Approach To Teaching Punctuation
Author: Janet Angelillo
Image of Guiding Readers and Writers: Teaching Comprehension, Genre, and Content Literacy
Author: Gay Su Pinnell, Irene C. Fountas
Image of How's It Going?: A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers
Author: Carl Anderson
Image of In the Middle: New Understandings About Writing, Reading, and Learning
Author: Nancie Atwell
Image of Interactive Writing: How Language & Literacy Come Together, K-2
Author: Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell, Irene C. Fountas, Andrea McCarrier
Image of Living Between the Lines
Author: Lucy Calkins, Shelley Harwayne
Image of Nonfiction Craft Lessons: Teaching Information Writing K-8
Author: Ralph Fletcher, JoAnn Portalupi
Image of The Reviser's Toolbox
Author: Barry Lane