  Inside Notebooks Bringing Out Writers, Grades 3-6 Aimee Buckner Writers� 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 video series, Aimee Buckner�a fourth-grade teacher and author of Notebook Know-How (Stenhouse, 2005) takes viewers into her classroom as students use their writers� 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 Page to promote fluency; �Questioning the World to respond to reading; �Anchor Charts to foster a sense of audience; �Point of View to cultivate voice; and �Reread and Reflect to encourage self-assessment. The program also features a comprehensive look at using the notebooks in a persuasive writing genre study, demonstrating how notebooks can be at the center of reading, writing, thinking, and talking about multiple perspectives. May 2006 VHS: 2 35-minute videotapes + viewing guide, 1-57110-436-4, $195.00 DVD: 1 75-minute disc + viewing guide, 1-57110-437-2, $195.00 Not available for rental, Produced by 480 Digital |