The Quickwrite Handbook: 100 Mentor Texts to Jumpstart Your Students’ Thinking and Writing 1st Edition

Great Book to teach writing. The quickwrites are interesting and fun.

I love these! I teach high school English in an alternative school, attendance and behavior is sporadic at best. This book is a lifesaver, the pages come with a poem or excerpt and space to start writing - each page has a sidebar with instructions. Ideally, I use these as a pre write but realistically , my students complete these for participation , then work on a final copy to submit for a grade. Great resource in the classroom.

Some very powerful poems, and writing but need to be read prior to reading aloud because some content is a bit mature for my 10 year olds!!

Absolutely loved! My students have really responded to the quick writes without the pressure of having a finished product by the time our writing block is finished.

This is just what your writers need. Get their ideas flowing and their craft practice moving along. So, so good.Easy to use. Read the material in the front of the book explaining how the authors used quickwrites.

This text offers 100 mentor texts, ideas for quick writes and "Try this" options to motivate your most reluctant writers in secondary schools. The organization by categories allows a teacher to expand a theme or essential question.These four categories invite student writers to find their voices and let their ideas fly:Seeing Inward,Leaning Outward,Beyond Self, andLooking Back.This is a "must have" resource for your secondary classroom!

The texts in this books are varied and immediately useful. My only regret is that it was on my desk in the classroom when our school was hit by the recent tornado and it was soaked/ruined. It is on my list to repurchase!

Linda Reif’s Quickwrites have changed the way my classroom flourishes! My 5th graders have become confident, eager, passionate writers, and I attribute that to these quickwrites. These will change your classroom for the better !!!

This is a wonderful resource for teachers who are beginning to apply the writer's notebook in their classroom.

Excellent for high school.