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Informationen zum Autor A popular workshop presenter and winner of NCTE's James Moffett Award in 2010, Gretchen Bernabei has been teaching kids to write in middle school and high school classrooms for more than thirty years. In addition to four other professional books and numerous articles for NCTE journals, she is the author of National Geographic School Publications' The Good Writer's Kit, as well as Lightning in a Bottle, a CD of visual writing prompts. Klappentext Text Structures from the Masters provides 50 short texts written by famous Americans driven by what Peter Elbow described as "an itch" to say something. By examining the structure of these mentor texts, students see that they too have an "itch" and learn how to use the text structure of each document to express it.Each 4-page lesson includes: A planning sheet that shows the structure of the mentor text Brainstorming boxes A method for "kernelizing" (outlining) their own essay Student examples Zusammenfassung This book is a collection of 50 short texts written by famous Americans to provide students with mentor texts to express their own thoughts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Tom Newkirk Introduction Acknowledgments Lesson 1 Structure: Stepping Up to a New Role Source Document: Hippocratic Oath, 400 BCE Lesson 2 Structure: Can¿t We Just Get Along? Source Document: Speech to Captain John Smith, Chief Powhatan, 1609 Lesson 3 Structure: Team Promise Source Document: Mayflower Compact, 1620 Lesson 4 Structure: Humble Request for Help Source Document: Plymouth Plantation, 1624 Lesson 5 Structure: No, Thank You Source Document: Letter to William and Mary College, The Indians of the Six Nations, 1744 Lesson 6 Structure: Lighting a Fire Under a Procrastinator Source Document: Speech, Patrick Henry, 1775 Lesson 7 Structure: How Bullying Works Source Document: "Journal of a Lady of Quality," Janet Schaw, 1775 Lesson 8 Structure: Problem-Solution Message Source Document: Declaration of Independence, 1776 Lesson 9 Structure: Time for a Real Solution Source Document: Common Sense (Excerpts), Thomas Paine, 1776 Lesson 10 Structure: Letter From Home Source Document: Letter to Her Husband John Adams, Abigail Adams, 1776 Lesson 11 Structure: How Bad Is It? (A Description) Source Document: Letter to George Washington, Benjamin Rush, 1777 Lesson 12 Structure: Reprimanding a Group Source Document: Speech to Angry Officers, General George Washington, 1783 Lesson 13 Structure: Purposes of an Action Source Document: Preamble to the Constitution, 1787 Lesson 14 Structure: Charm Check Source Document: "The Star Spangled Banner," Francis Scott Key, 1814 Lesson 15 Structure: S.O.S. Source Document: "Victory or Death" Letter From the Alamo, William B. Travis, 1836 Lesson 16 Structure: Sightseeing Source Document: "Observations on a Steamboat Between Pittsburg and Cincinnati," American Notes, Charles Dickens, 1842 Lesson 17 Structure: Tour of an Unfamiliar Place Source Document: "Factory Life," Labor Reformer, 1846 Lesson 18 Structure: Breaking Into a Heated Argument Source Document: "Ain¿t I a Woman?" Speech, Sojourner Truth, 1851 Lesson 19 Structure: Controversial Decision Source Document: Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln, 1862 Lesson 20 Structure: At the Moment of a Milestone Source Document: Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, 1863 Lesson 21 Structure: We¿re Both Wrong; We¿re Both Right Source Document: Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln, 1865 Lesson 22 Structure: Letter to an Author Source Document: Letter to Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, 1868 Lesson 23 Structure: Fighting Unfairness With Logic Source Document: "Women...
