Inside Notebooks (DVD): Bringing Out Writers, Grades 3-6 (Notebooks (Stenhouse)) - used book

Writer's notebooks allow students of all ages to brainstorm ideas, test strategies for crafting writing, and develop tools for drafting and revision. In this two-part series, Aimee Buckner--a fourth-grade teacher and author of "Notebook Know-How" (Stenhouse, 2005)--takes viewers into her classroom as students use their writer's notebooks across the curriculum to hone skills and play with language. The series features numerous mini-lessons that help students develop strategies for using their notebooks, including: "Lifting a Line" to mine previous entries;"Highlighting and Word Hunting: to document thinking;"List and Star" to create writing topics;"Daily Pages" to promote fluency;"Questioning the World" to respond to reading;"Anchor Charts" to foster a sense of audience; "Point of View" to cultivate voice;"Reread and Reflect" to encourage self-assessment.The program also features a comprehensive look at using the notebooks in persuasive writing genre study, demonstrating how notebooks can be at the center of reading, writing, thinking, and talking about multiple perspectives.