What’s in a Name? Author’s Craft Lesson
A lesson using picture book Elwood Bigfoot by Jill Esbaum What? I used this “making friends” story to break the ice in a new school setting as well as to introduce reading and writing strategies, like predicting, summarizing, word choice. Why? We study author’s craft: Authors use specific, perfect words when writing a story. How? We […]
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