Mini Moves for Every Writer

Discover strategies to strengthen students' writing. Authors Sam Futrell and Rebekah O'Dell provide educators with small moves and mentor texts to help students hone their voice, craft with intention, and write with confidence. With targeted approaches, videos, and ready-to-use workbooks, this book supports students as they master 10 different writing skills while enhancing literacy in any content area. Grades 6 12 teachers can use this book to: Equip students with effective strategies to hone their writing in any content areaTeach students how to make claims, define, use evidence, contextualize, and moreReceive mentor texts across each skill in the areas of pop culture, mathematics, science, and historyEmploy flexible templates to adapt mini moves for group and individual instructionShare five moves that achieve each of the 10 skillsContents:Part 1: An Introduction to Mini MovesChapter 1: The Case for Mini MovesChapter 2: Mini Moves in Your ClassroomPart 2: Moves for Every WriterChapter 3: Moves That IntroduceChapter 4: Moves That Make a ClaimChapter 5: Moves That DefineChapter 6: Moves That DescribeChapter 7: Moves That Provide EvidenceChapter 8: Moves That SummarizeChapter 9: Moves That ContextualizeChapter 10: Moves That Add VoiceChapter 11: Moves That ConcludeChapter 12: Moves That OrganizeAfterwordAppendix A: Mini Move Lesson Plan TemplatesAppendix B: All Moves by Content AreaAppendix C: Writing Application PracticeAppendix D: Moves RemixAppendix E: Connecting Your Standards to Mini MovesReferences and ResourcesIndex