Give your students developmentally appropriate writing instruction using the minilessons in this book. Marvelous Minilessons provides 40 concise, research-based, and classroom-tested lessons you can use today to teach students to:

Generate and organize ideas before writing, then turning prewriting ideas into connected text Craft effective leads, add rich details, build vivid vocabulary, and wrap up with satisfying conclusions Increasingly use conventional spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar to produce more readable work

Revise writing for clarity, style and effectiveness. Practical tools are included so you can use these minilessons immediately in your writing workshop. You'll find charts at the beginning of each chapter to help you decide which lessons suit your students' learning needs; "teacher talk" that suggests language to use when presenting the lessons to primary-grade students; notes sections, where you can record and reflect on what works and what doesn't; and reproducibles to aid instruction and student learning.