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Up Close (DVD): Teaching English Language Learners in Writing Workshops

AUTHOR Hartman, Amanda; Calkins, Lucy
PUBLISHER Heinemann Educational Books (12/01/2008)
PRODUCT TYPE Audio (DVD-Audio)

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In our increasingly diverse classrooms, teachers are regularly called to teach writing and English.

In Up Close Amanda Hartman, a staff developer with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, models ways to confer and teach English language learners of varying writing and speaking abilities. Eleven live-from-the-classroom videos, supported by optional voice-over coaching commentary, show practical ways to:

  • scaffold language and writing skills in ways that help young writers move from social language to more academic language
  • introduce classroom routines that build continuity and collaboration
  • implement strategies that help all students approximate written and spoken English to the best of their ability.

By modeling instruction that supports all students in writing the stories of their lives, Up Close will build your confidence in working with children who speak languages other than English.

For a comprehensive overview of the Units of Study for Teaching Writing series, including sample minilessons, videos, frequently asked questions and more, visit UnitsofStudy.com/k5writing and UnitsofStudy.com/middleschoolwriting.
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ISBN-13: 9780325008608
ISBN-10: 0325008604
Binding: DVD Audio (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 1
Carton Quantity: 30
Country of Origin: US
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Education | Administration - General
Education | Bilingual Education
Education | Schools - Levels - Elementary
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In our increasingly diverse classrooms, teachers are regularly called to teach writing and English.

In Up Close Amanda Hartman, a staff developer with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, models ways to confer and teach English language learners of varying writing and speaking abilities. Eleven live-from-the-classroom videos, supported by optional voice-over coaching commentary, show practical ways to:

  • scaffold language and writing skills in ways that help young writers move from social language to more academic language
  • introduce classroom routines that build continuity and collaboration
  • implement strategies that help all students approximate written and spoken English to the best of their ability.

By modeling instruction that supports all students in writing the stories of their lives, Up Close will build your confidence in working with children who speak languages other than English.

For a comprehensive overview of the Units of Study for Teaching Writing series, including sample minilessons, videos, frequently asked questions and more, visit UnitsofStudy.com/k5writing and UnitsofStudy.com/middleschoolwriting.
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Author: Hartman, Amanda
Amanda Hartman is the Deputy Director for Primary Literacy of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, where she plays a lead role both in supporting staff developers and in developing the Project's methods for K - 2 reading and writing instruction. Amanda leads the TCRWP's Coaching and Whole School Reform Institutes, and has presented at conferences throughout the country and the world, including NCTE, IRA, AERA, and NESA. She is coauthor of One to One: The Art of Conferring with Young Writers (Heinemann 2005), of the DVD Up Close: Teaching English Language Learners in Reading and Writing Workshops (Heinemann 2005), and of two books in the Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing series. Above all, however, Amanda supports schools and districts nationally and internationally to establish state-of-the-art reading and writing workshops in the primary grades.
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