TY  - BOOK
AU  - Calkins,Lucy
AU  - Tolan,Kathleen
AU  - Marron,Alexandra
TI  - The literary essay: writing about fiction 
SN  - 9780325047393 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - LB1575 .C24 2013
U1  - 372.64 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Portsmouth, NH
PB  - Firsthand, an imprint of Heinemann
KW  - Literature
KW  - Study and teaching (Elementary)
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Essay
KW  - Authorship
N1  - Close reading can be a way to generate ideas about a text -- By studying characters, people develop ideas about stories -- Elaborating on written ideas using conversational prompts -- Finding and testing a thesis -- Using stories as evidence -- Citing textual evidence -- Using lists as evidence -- Putting it all together -- Writing to discover what a story is really about -- Adding complexity to our ideas -- Writing flash-drafts of literary essays -- Beginnings and endings -- Using descriptions of an author's craft as evidence -- Editing -- Building the muscles to compare and contrast -- Using the lenses of comparing and contrasting to become more thoughtful readers of familiar texts -- Using yesterday's learning, today and always -- Stretching out our essays like we stretched out our narratives -- Exploring commas -- A celebration
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