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Real Revision: Authors' Strategies to Share with Student Writers
by
Kate Messner (Goodreads Author)
How do you show students that revision is more than a classroom exercise to please the teacher? Take them into the real world of writing for publication. In REAL REVISION, award-winning children's author and teacher Kate Messner demystifies the revision process for teachers and students alike and provides tried-and-true revision strategies, field tested by students’ favori...more
Paperback, 280 pages
Published
June 28th 2011
by Stenhouse Publishers
(first published May 30th 2011)
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I am loving this book. I have post its all over the place with little notes. I keep sharing tidbits with my family and thank goodness they look like they are listening. I am not done yet but if you are looking for a new approach to revision with your students this book is worth a read. I also love the way Kate writes!
I have so many tabs that I had to give up and just realize that I will be using a great deal of the book throughout the year. Excellent resource, well written and a must for every w...more
I have so many tabs that I had to give up and just realize that I will be using a great deal of the book throughout the year. Excellent resource, well written and a must for every w...more
Wow. I have always considered a reader and not a writer. I still remember as a kid the AGONY of this weekly show we would watch at school. It was something about a bug and it ended with a writing prompt and that night our homework would be to finish the story. I would get so nervous and upset! Procrastinated my writing up through college, getting everything done at the last minute.
But it was so interesting reading about the writing processes of all of these authors whose books I know. Makes me e...more
But it was so interesting reading about the writing processes of all of these authors whose books I know. Makes me e...more
"Author's aren't writers, we're rewriters!" Kate Messner would pump her fists in agreement with Linda Sue Park's statement. This professional book gives readers a glimpse into the labor-intensive process of making books and revising them, as well as, scaffolded lessons that show steps to achieve the goal of writing a book or becoming a better writer. Mini-lessons and larger units are presented that individuals or teachers can use in the classroom. Messner teaches a middle school creative writing...more
I loved this book!!
If you help kids with their writing in any capacity, or are looking to improve your own writing skills, this is a must-read. Kate Messner is thoroughly engaging as she shares her own real-life experiences as both author and teacher. Along the way she introduces us to numerous other children's and young adult authors, who share their own insights into the joys and challenges of revising. The "try-its" that are inspired by each guest author's entry are not overly time-consuming...more
If you help kids with their writing in any capacity, or are looking to improve your own writing skills, this is a must-read. Kate Messner is thoroughly engaging as she shares her own real-life experiences as both author and teacher. Along the way she introduces us to numerous other children's and young adult authors, who share their own insights into the joys and challenges of revising. The "try-its" that are inspired by each guest author's entry are not overly time-consuming...more
Aug 21, 2011
jmjester
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who teaches writing
Shelves:
professional-books
Messner combines her experiences as a National Board certified teacher and as a children's author to give us many strategies to share with our students about revising writing (though primarily narrative). What's more, she asked dozens of her fellow authors ranging from Tom Angellberger of Origami Yoda fame to Jane Yolen to discuss their favorite revision techniques. It's terrific.
Anyone know of something similar for non-fiction?
Anyone know of something similar for non-fiction?
Talks about the revision process that authors go through, and makes some connections back to the classroom. Most of the strategies were for stories and fiction text, but it sparked some ideas for me.
Full disclosure: Holly edited this book. Nepotism aside, this book stands on its own for a backstage look at how various writers revise and offers plans about how to adapt those techniques to student writing.
Amazing book on revision. LOVE IT! Working on review to be posted on blog soon. So excited about this book!
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GREAT book! Many strategies included to help writers of all abilities improve their writing.
This book is a must for any teacher or anyone who wants to write. Perfection.
This is a must add to any writer and educator's library.
Outstanding book for classroom teachers of writing.
Because Kate Messner is both a middle school teacher and an author herself, she knows what teachers need and writes with that focus in mind. Messner uses "mentor authors" throughout her instruction and not only shares her instructional approach in the classroom but also the insight of "real" authors and her process as well. Real writing. Real strategies. From real authors. For real teachers. To share with real students. Real Revision. Every middle-grade teacher (grades 3-9) must read this book.
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There are some excellent strategies in this book to use when teaching students about writing and revision. It is also perfect for people who are stretching their own writing muscles. This was a great follow up to Kate's summer writing class for teachers Teachers Write http://www.katemessner.com/blog/.
Real Revision has provided the inspiration my writing instruction desperately needs every so often. After having it as my right-hand-man for the past eleven weeksI can say, thanks to Kate Messner, I am once again a revision evangelist!
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Kate Messner is an award-winning author, TED 2012 speaker, and former middle school English teacher. Her books for kids include THE BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z.,SUGAR AND ICE, and EYE OF THE STORM (Walker/Bloomsbury Dec. 2010) the MARTY MCGUIRE series (Scholastic), SEA MONSTER'S FIRST DAY, and OVER AND UNDER THE SNOW (Chronicle, Books). Kate also wrote SPITFIRE and CHAMPLAIN AND THE SILENT ONE, bot...more
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