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A Period-to-Period Guide to Building Better Readers and Writers

By Geraldine Woods

Summary

Sentence. by Geraldine Woods offers an innovative, sentence-level approach to teaching reading and writing. It helps students overcome writer's block by focusing on the techniques that make sentences effective, using examples from YA novels, TV shows, song lyrics, and classic literature. The book includes lesson plans with activities, analysis questions, and creative prompts to engage students and connect individual sentences to broader ideas.
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Ideal for English teachers at middle and high school levels, as well as educators seeking practical, adaptable methods to improve students' writing and analytical skills through focused sentence study.

Sometimes it’s better to start small, with a sentence.

Description

Every English teacher has experienced it: students staring at an empty page, seemingly paralyzed by a writing assignment. When this happens, it may be time to back off from the Big Idea approach to the art of reading and writing, and zero in on a single sentence.

In Sentence. by Geraldine Woods, a master teacher offers a complete guide to a sentence-level approach. Helping students recognise the techniques that make sentences great is the first step, and there are plenty of examples here from YA novels, TV shows, and song lyrics as well as the novels, poetry, and nonfiction pieces that form the canon of middle and high school reading lists. Lesson plans include activities to introduce the featured element of style, questions to guide students in their analysis, and writing prompts and activities to spark students' interest and creativity.

With this Little-to-Big strategy, students move quickly from analysis of the words between two periods to the universe of ideas of which that sentence is a part. They may even be eager to write their own.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Praised as a highly practical resource, Sentence. provides ready-to-use strategies adaptable to various teaching settings. Reviewers appreciate Woods's conversational tone and the user-friendly organisation of sentence types, making it easy for teachers to address curriculum needs. The book is noted as an effective, complete course that inspires and supports teachers in guiding students to become better readers and writers.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393714814

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 March 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 623g

Pages: 384

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Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Geraldine Woods Non-Fiction

About the Author

Geraldine Woods has taught every level of English from fifth grade through Advanced Placement at both St. Jean Baptiste High School and The Horace Mann School in New York City. She is the author of more than fifty books, including Independent Study That Works: Designing a Successful Program, Sentence.: A Period to Period Guide to Building Better Readers and Writers, and 25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way. She is also the creator of the Grammarian in the City blog, which explores a variety of topics related to language, grammar, and writing. She lives in New York City.