USING PICTURE BOOKS TO TEACH WRITING By Rachel Seigel Part One
Mar 27, 2015
USING PICTURE BOOKS TO TEACH WRITING
By Rachel SeigelPart One
6+1 Traits of Writing By Ruth Cullum
6+1 Traits
Text Forms
IDEAS
The Heart of the Piece (or the content)
The Goblin and the Empty Chairby Mem Fox
Jack the Bear- Christina Leist
Duck ! Rabbit! By Amy Kraus Rosenthal
ORGANIZATION
The internal structure of the piece.
The Wrong Book- Nick Bland
SENTENCE FLUENCY
Is it a good read-aloud?
All the World- by Liz Scanlon
While the World is Sleeping by Pamela Duncan Edwards
WORD CHOICE
The Use of Vivid and Descriptive Language to Create Pictures in the
Reader’s Mind
Once Upon a Twice by Denise Doyen
Lion’s Lunch by Fiona Tierney
VOICE
The Individuality or the flavour of the Writing
Purple Kangaroo- Michael Ian Black
Smile by Leigh Hodgkinson