Resources
About the CCSS and Teaching Reading and Writing
Calkins , L., Ehrenworth, M., & Lehman, C. 2012. Pathways to the
Common Core: Accelerating Achievement. Portsmouth, ME: Heinemann.
Genre Studies and Genre Theory
Dean, D. 2008. Genre Theory: Teaching, Writing, and Being. Urbana, IL:
National Council of Teachers of English.
Lattimer, H. 2003. Thinking Through Genre: Units of Study in Reading and
Writing Workshop, 4–12. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Informative/Explanatory Writing and Reading
Harvey, S. 1998. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in
Grades 3–8. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Stead, T. 2002. Is That a Fact? Teaching Nonfiction Writing K–3.
Portland, ME.
Wilhelm, J.D., Smith, M., & Fredrickson, J. 2012. Get it Done!
Writing and Analyzing Informational Texts to Make Things Happen.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Opinion/Argument Writing
Hillocks Jr., G. 2011.Teaching Argument Writing Grades 6–12: Supporting
Claims with Relevant Evidence and Clear Reasoning.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Smith, M., Wilhelm, J., & Fredrickson, J. 2012. Oh,Yeah?!
Putting Argument to Work Both in School and Out.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
English Learners, Writing, and Language
Gibbons, P. 2009. English Learners, Academic Literacy, and Thinking:
Learning in the Challenge Zone. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Gibbons, P. 2002. Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning: Teaching
Second Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom. Portsmouth,
NH: Heinemann.
Using Nonfiction Mentor Texts and Genre Models
Gallagher, K. 2011. Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through
Modeling and Mentor Texts. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Writing Analytically and Interacting with Texts
Harris. J. 2009. Rewriting. How to Do Things with Texts. Logan, UT: Utah
State University Press.
Writing Analytically about Literature
Blau, S. 2003. The Literature Workshop: Teaching Texts and Their Readers.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Campbell, K.H., Latimer, L. 2012. Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay.
Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Wilhelm, J., Novak, B. 2011. Teaching Literature for Love and Wisdom: Being
the Book and Being the Change. New York: NY, Teachers College Press.
Teaching Writing in a Community of Writers
Routman, R. 2005. Writing Essentials: Raising Expectations and Results
While Simplifying Teaching. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Academic Conversation and Collaboration
Zwiers, J., Crawford, M. 2011. Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk That
Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings. Portland, ME:
Stenhouse.
Formative Assessment
Tovani, C. 2011. So What Do They Really Know: Assessment That Informs
Teaching and Learning. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Writing in College
Sullivan, P., Tinberg, H., & Blau, S. 2010. What Is "College-Level"
Writing? Volume 2 Assignments, Readings, and Student Writing Samples.
Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.
Trimbur, J. 2011. The Call to Write. Boston, MA: Wadsworth.