Writing Power: Engage Thinking Through Writing

This practical and thoughtful resource is a follow up to the ground-breaking Reading Power books, which feature simple strategies for helping students focus on their "e;thinking"e; while they read. Teachers already familiar with these books will find this a simple way to link reading and writing instruction. Using the same five thinking strategies -- Connect, Question, Visualize, Infer, and Transform -- young writers will learn how to engage their readers' thinking through their writing.Writing Power will guide teachers through a series of lessons focusing on each of the strategies. A wide range of effective writing techniques are outlined and reinforced throughout the book, with suggested "e;anchor books"e; for each lesson. The fundamentals of the writing process and the "e;6 Traits"e; are integrated into this unique examination of how developing an awareness of the readers' thinking can influence and affect a student's ability to write.