Texts and Lessons for Content-Area Writing

Over 50 reproducible mentor texts that demonstrate the moves of skillful nonfiction writers
36 ready to use content-literacy lessons designed to engage students in close reading, quick writing, and lively discussion
More than 100 options for meaningful, content-focused extended writing projects.

Content-area teachers, rejoice once again: Harvey Smokey Daniels and Nancy Steineke bring you the companion volume to their ever popular Texts & Lessons for Content-Area Reading-this time helping students write to learn, using powerful writing and thinking strategies that get students engaged in your content and prepare them for academic writing, but don’t increase your workload.

Three text set lessons designed to be studied, written about, and debated together are divided into three nonfiction writing genres:

Narrative Nonfiction
Explanatory/Informational
Persuasive texts/argumentative