{"title":"Whitney La Rocca","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhitney La Rocca’s works explore innovative approaches to literacy and writing development for early and elementary education. Her books focus on engaging patterns and strategies that help young learners build foundational skills in reading and revision, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring for both students and educators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned primarily for grades PreK through 5, these titles offer practical guidance grounded in classroom experience and research. 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Here, young, emergent writers are invited to notice the conventions of the English language and build off them in this inquiry-based approach to instructional grammar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book comes with standards-aligned lessons that can be incorporated in 10 minutes a day. \u003ci\u003ePatterns of Power\u003c\/i\u003e’s responsive, invitational approach puts students in an involved role and has them explore and discuss the purpose and meaning of what they read. Students study short, authentic texts and are asked to share their findings out loud, engaging in rich conversations to make meaning. 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This practical resource uses the research-proven and classroom-tested methods of sentence combining in a meaningful, engaging way that supports authentic writing as well as writing for performance-based or multiple-choice tests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFlip the book open to immediately find:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe DRAFT mnemonic to help students know where to begin the revision process and how to keep going\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eConcrete, doable lessons that spark academic conversations (oral rehearsal and play) about meaning, effect, and purpose that are grounded in a student-centred revision approach\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eEasily accessed display and printable pages to seamlessly support student revision learning, embedded in each lesson right where you need it\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAuthentic and engaging model text excerpts curated to support each lesson\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAn engaging process for revision instruction that can be immediately implemented to support any writing approach or as a supplemental resource for \u003ci\u003ePatterns of Power\u003c\/i\u003e, 1-5, as well as \u003ci\u003ePatterns of Power Plus\u003c\/i\u003e, Grade 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith every lesson grounded in the critical strategy of writers talking out their revisions, \u003ci\u003ePatterns of Revision\u003c\/i\u003e will establish routines, practices, and mindsets to set up you and your students for success from Day 1. 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