The Writing Thief Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing Culham, Ruth (2014) Newark, Delaware: International Reading Association. Pp. 191 ISBN: 978-0-87207-099-8

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  • Lynn F. Baynum Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/wap.v6i3.705

Keywords:

writing, writing instruction, children's literature, teaching writing

Abstract

Book review.

Author Biography

  • Lynn F. Baynum, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

    Lynn F. Baynum (Ph.D. Marywood University) is an Associate Professor of Reading/Literacy in the Teacher Education Department in the College of Education and Human Services at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in reading and PK4 certification areas. She has co authored (with E. McNamee and R. Morris) Literacy and Literature: Integrating Comprehension, Fluency and Vocabulary Lessons with High Quality Children’s Literature (Kendall-Hunt, 2008). Her research interests include: integrating technology in digital composition, incorporating best practice= literacy strategies within a gradual release of responsibilities, evaluating teacher prompting to scaffold readers and writers, and teaching young writers.

References

Culham, R. (2003) 6+1Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide Grades 3 and Up. New York: Scholastic.

Dr. Seuss (1971) The Lorax. New York: Random House.

Floca, B. (2013) Locomotive. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Hills, T. (2012) Rocket Writes a Story. New York: Random House.

Holub, J. and Sweet, M. (2013) Little Red Writing. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

Rawls, W. (1961) Where the Red Fern Grows. New York: Random House.

Rosenblatt, L. M. (2013/1978) The transactional theory in reading and writing. In D. E. Alvermann, N. J. Unrau, and R. B. Ruddell (eds.) Theoretical Models and Processes of Reading 923–956. Newark, Delaware: International Reading Association. Reprinted from Rosenblatt, L. M. (1978) The Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.

Watt, M. (2009) Have I Got a Book for You. Toronto: Kids Can Press.

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Published

2014-12-05

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New Books

How to Cite

Baynum, L. F. (2014). The Writing Thief Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing Culham, Ruth (2014) Newark, Delaware: International Reading Association. Pp. 191 ISBN: 978-0-87207-099-8. Writing and Pedagogy, 6(3), 705-710. https://doi.org/10.1558/wap.v6i3.705

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