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Craft Lessons-Week One:

       My first exposure to this book was through the Introduction which stated the need for educators to rethink the way we teach writing.  The need to understand the developmental abilities of students at each age should be considered when establishing writing sophistication.  The author points out that it is middle of the writing process, the actual crafting of ideas, which receives the least amount of instructional time. The book’s purpose is to help teachers gain a better understanding of  how to facilitate the CRAFTING of writing.

       Setting the Table for Craft:  The author’s propose that young writers need time to write.  Writers also need lots of feedback from teachers while writing and must take full responsibility for their writing tasks.  In addition, it is stated that writers must be readers!