THE WRITING PROCESS AND COMPOSITION
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Writing
Student writing
books from Edupress come in a handy composition book size and provide an
attractive place for students to put their journals and stories. They are 32 pages long
with black and white illustrations. At only 1.99-B each, they are a
wonderful buy, and they also qualify for Title 1 funds. If you buy 10 or more assorted the
price goes down to 1.89-D each. It is not legal to reproduce these books.
Here are the available titles:
 My
Reflection Journal: This journal for student use
has lined pages designed for the middle grades. There are some suggested starter
topics on the first page. The cover design can be colored by students to
individualize it, and the art work is designed for those in grade four and
above. This tool is great for getting students to reflect on what they've
learned. BTH-2993.
 My
Science Reflection Journal: This journal for student use has lined pages
designed for the middle grades. There are some suggested starter topics on the
first page. The cover design can be colored by students to individualize it, and
the art work is designed for those in grade four and above. This tool is great
for getting students to reflect on what they've learned. BTH-2997.
 My Story Book,
Primary edition. Features a reading bear illustration on the front cover. It
is introduced with a few inspiring words to encourage and instruct young authors in the
art of story-writing. Then follows a page designed to give them ideas for their stories.
Students write their stories on four manuscript printing lines (top and bottom line with
broken line in middle) at the bottom of each page. The top half of each page is left blank
for student illustrations. Cat. #EP145
 My Story Book, Upper Grade edition.
Cover features a giraffe with sneakers reading a book which is on a tree branch. Students
receive basic instruction on how to write stories and are introduced to the three basic
story elements: character, setting, and plot. The next page is devoted to giving the
student ideas in the form of story titles, story starters (possible characters, events,
and settings). These introductory pages are in cursive. The writing pages are lined and
there is a place in one corner of each double-page spread for an illustration. Cat. #EP146
 My Journal, Primary.
Front cover features a comic bunny with a large pencil and a carrot border.
Introductory pages give students ideas for getting started, with some suggested
topics. Each writing page has a place for the date and topic, and manuscript
writing lines. Cat. BTH-839
My Journal, Upper Grade.
Features comic dog on front cover with pencil-stub border. Introductory pages
are in cursive and are full of ideas, tips, and topics to get students off to a
good start. Pages have lines to encourage neatness, and there is a place on each
page for the date and topic. Cat. BTH-2999
 The
Absolutely Essential Writing Guide by Nancy Atlee.
Dandy Lion Publications, © 2004. This reference book for students is great for
home as well as school use. It covers the writing process, writing terminology,
and common errors. It provides sample formats. It can be used as a supplementary
language arts text or as an instructional resource for teaching and reviewing
literature and writing. It's compact dictionary format makes it easy to find
information, and reference pages help students quickly find the answers to
frequently asked questions. Here's a quick summary of what this book offers:
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essential elements of writing and editing
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definitions of terms used in prose writing
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definitions of types of fiction, nonfiction, and
poetry
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helpful references
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common usage errors, easily confused words
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information on writing sentences, paragraphs, and
essays
For grades 4 and up. 88 pages.
BTH-595. $12.56-D
 Advancing Writing
Skills: Reproducible lessons from Dandy Lion teach writing skills from
choosing a topic to the techniques of revision. Each lesson includes information on
writing techniques, examples, and an assignment. A great choice for advanced writiers in
grades 5-8. Cat.#DL-99. $11.66-D
 Any Child Can Write: An
At-Home Guide to Enhancing your Child's Elementary Education, Revised
Edition, 1990, by Harvey S. Wiener. Oxford University Press. 333 pages. 5½"
x 8." This book shows parents how they can help their children from
preschool - high school in improving creative written expression. Parents will
help children draw upon ordinary experiences and put them down on paper. From
grocery list and schedule of after school activities, to help with
homework, parents will find oodles of ideas. Parents can use riddles, games, and
rhymes to build vocabulary, child drawn pictures as inspiration for written
communication, and ordinary notes to family members to make writing seem less
intimidating. A special refresher guide for parents is provided to help with the
basics of grammar, and there is a reading list for young readers and their
parents. Ox-94158. $10.76-D
 Basic Not Boring
Writing, Middle Grades, Exercises by Joy
Mackenzie. Incentive Publications, 1997. Books in this series present skills in a carefully researched
sequence, and features exercises based on age-appropriate,
high-interest themes. The goal is to make fundamental skills exciting and
achievable. The exercises in these books can be used to introduce new skills,
review previously taught material, assess skills and content,
and encourage the use of higher order thinking skills.
Imogene Forte and Marjorie Frank developed the concept for this series. In
this book students will learn to use figurative language and personification in
exercises designed to increase their word power and their communication skills.
They will practice how to use specific, effective words; write clear sentences;
write strong beginnings, middles, and endings in their work; make strong
connections between ideas or parts in their writing; provide interesting,
relevant details and examples; clearly develop main ideas in their writing;
create fluent sentences and paragraphs; choose form, style and content for a
specific audience or purpose; and experiment with different forms of writing. 63
pages. Reproducible. BTH-3430. $8.06-D
 Beginning
Writing Lab from Dandy Lion. An hour a week is all it takes to create a
learning laboratory where students can develop their writing skills. These focused
reproducible lessons present exercises in writing for fluency and clarity, descriptive and
persuasive writing, and revision and organization. For grades 3-4. Cat. BTH-168. $10.76-D
 Beginning
Writer's Manual: A reference book for students third grade and above. handy
for checking spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Contains a 7000 list of the most commonly
written words and their common variants and instruction in sentence construction, verb
use, parts of speech, prewriting, revising, and proofreading. Students are offered title
suggestions, sample opening sentences and story enders and they learn about dialogue,
imagery, and metaphors. There is space for developing a personal spelling list and sample
letters, a book report form, a daily journal and vocabulary improvement. By Edward Fry.
Now out of print. Cat. # TMC-275., $14.95*
 Beyond
the Rules: Writing with Clarity, Power, and Style
by Elaine Dion, Ruth Fennick, and Mary Peters. Instructional Fair, 1998. For
Grades 5-8. This book focuses on choosing the right words when writing and being
more aware of the various choices available. Instead of being encouraged to
follow rules, students are offered general guidelines for making their writing
clear and concise. They are given the opportunity to examine the work of other
writers, such as Mark Twain, and critique it as to how well it achieves its
purposes. Some topics covered are language choices; writing for different
audiences and occasions; organizing ideas; expressing ideas concisely; creating
one's own style; and using punctuation for effect. Student activities are in a
variety of formats ranging from simple matching to original writing.
Reproducible for classroom use. 124 pages. BTH-3976 $7.53-B
Christian Journal Writing. Writing
on a daily basis is an important way for children to process their thoughts, analyze their
actions, and record their desires Each workbook is organized by theme and features writing
and art activities relating to virtues. Each theme is expressed in calendar form, with a
theme Bible verse at the top and a month's worth of daily activities. The Primary book's
themes are faith, kindness, fairness, trust, responsibility, friendship, love, honesty,
loyalty, courage, hope, and family fun. The intermediate grades' themes are faith,
loyalty, perseverance, kindness, work ethic, compassion, friendship, responsibility,
honesty, courage, self-control, and family fun. Choose between Christian
Journal Writing Primary (no longer available) and Christian
Journal Writing Intermediate. Each book is $5.39-D.
 Complete
Writing Lessons for the Primary Grades by Marjorie
Frank, author of If You're Trying to Teach Kids How to Write...You've
Gotta Have This Book! These teacher-directed lessons will appeal to
those who have been inspired by reading the book, for they incorporate many of
the strategies described there. Each lesson begins with a high-interest activity
to motivate young writers. Then specific steps are given to help students
collect and organize their ideas, write rough drafts, criticize and revision
their written work, practice various writing skills, and share their finished
work. The lessons are easy for teachers to prepare and present, and student
activity pages are reproducible. IP-1638. $12.56-D
 Complete
Writing Lessons for the Middle Grades by Marjorie
Frank, author of If You're Trying to Teach Kids How to Write...You've
Gotta Have This Book! Those who have been inspired by reading that book
have been asking for this one! These teacher-directed lessons will help teachers
follow through with the ideas presented there. Each teacher-directed lesson
begins with a high-interest activity to motivate middle school students. . Then
specific steps are given to help students collect and organize their ideas,
write rough drafts, criticize and revision their written work, practice various
writing skills, and share their finished work. The lessons are easy for teachers
to prepare and present, and student activity pages are reproducible.
BTH-1706.
$12.56-D
Comprehensive
Composition, by Kathryn Stout. All you need to know in order to teach
composition to your children from grades 1-12. Cat. #01519, 14.00*
Connections:
Basic Skills in Writing: Part of a series for secondary students who
read below grade level but need to learn the writing skills needed to function in life.
Self-directing.
Core Skills Writing Series by
Harcourt Achieve (Steck-Vaughn). This series, new in March, 2007, is great. I
can't recommend it highly enough. If you've been looking for a writing program
for elementary and middle school students that meets national standards, helps
students to prepare for the writing portion of standardized tests, this is it.
Available for grades 1-8, it has clear explanations, bulleted hints, and helpful
questions which enable students to actively review and improve their writing.
What I like best about it is that it incorporates grammar and usage, including
parts of speech, into the teaching of writing instead of leaving them as
isolated subjects. Students learn what they can use and apply much better than
they learn by just underlining and circling words in sentences.
See our spring
promotion for Core Skills Series Assortments
 Let's look at the Grade 3 book in
detail, since it is typical. As with all the other grade levels, it's divided
into five units:
Unit 1: Laying the Foundation. This discusses why and what to
write, keeping a journal, the individual parts of speech, the writing process,
the seven traits of writing, and the basic rules of writing.
Unit 2: Building Sentences. This section explains what a
sentence is, how it has a main idea, the types of sentences, parts of speech as
they relate to the parts of a sentence, making sentences more interesting with
adjectives and adverbs, using various verb tenses, using synonyms, antonyms, and
homophones, sentence length, sentence variety, joining various types of
sentences, run-on sentences, and proofreading sentences.
Unit 3: Building Paragraphs. This explains what a paragraph
is and its parts. It explains how to arrange the parts of a paragraph -- the
topic sentence, details sentences, and the concluding sentence. It discusses
keeping to the topic, transition words, time-order words, audience, voice, and
various writing patterns for paragraphs.
Unit 4: Writing Forms. This unit explains the various forms
(genres) that writing can take: personal narrative, various kinds of descriptive
paragraphs, how-to-paragraphs, persuasive paragraphs, information paragraphs,
compare and contrast paragraphs, poems, friendly letters, book reports, short
reports, biography, and short stories. Of course, after the explanations,
instructions are given on how to actually use the various forms and
opportunities are given to do so.
Unit 5: Blackline Masters: Journal Entry, Prewriting Survey,
Writing Traits Checklist, Proofreading Checklist, Proofreading Marks, Main Idea
and Details Web, Sequence Chart, Venn Diagram, Problem and Solution Chart, Cause
and Effect Chart, Summary Chart, Note Cards.
The other grade levels are organized
into the same units and cover more or less material as appropriate for the
grade level of the children it teaches. Answers are also included. 128 pages
each. Here is the ordering information:
Grade 1:
BTH-3657. $8.99-D
 Grade 2: BTH-3654. $8.99-D
Grade 3: BTH-3653. $8.99-D
 Grade 4: BTH-3655. $8.99-D
Grade 5: BTH-3658. $8.99-D
 Grade 6: BTH-3656. $8.99-D
 Grade 7: BTH-3768.
$8.99-D
 Grade 8:
BTH-3769.
$8.99-D:
 Create-a-Comedy:
Writing a Humorous Story by Eleanor W. Hoomes. This book builds on the
existing sense of humor students already possess and their familiarity with
television situation comedies and other forms of humor to motivate students to
write their own comedies. The introductory activity assumes that students will
be familiar with situation comedies such as Ozzie and Harriet, All in the
Family, Danny Thomas, Mister Ed, Gomer Pyle, etc. This activity can be skipped
if they aren't. The bulk of the book deals with learning the elements of comedy,
analyzing situation comedies, and creating a situation comedy. Student
work pages are reproducible for classroom use. 78 pages. BTH-4472. $11.66-D
 Create-a-Drama: Writing a Script: by
Eleanor W. Hoomes. Published by Educational Impressions. This book helps teachers
capitalize on students' familiarity with popular culture -- television sit coms,
one-hour dramas, and made-for-TV films; theater; and movies to get them interested in
writing their own dramas. It develops students' abilities in observing, recalling,
applying, analyzing, and evaluating, and it will encourage divergent and convergent
thinking. It will also help students develop their oral, written, and imaginative skills
while they have fun. The students will also have gained knowledge, produced a script, and
presented their own drama by the time they finish the book, and they will be proud of
their accomplishments.
Unit headings include Introduction to Drama; Writing a
Script; Dramatic Activities; Presenting Drama; Additional Information (Greek Drama;
Community, Regional, & Theater-in-Education; Superstitions; Words; The One-Act Play;
Copyright Law); and Examples. 80 pages. For grades 4-12. BTH-2411. $11.66-D
 Create-a-Future by
Eleanor W. Hoomes. Science fiction is becoming more and more popular with
students in the upper grades. Why not use writing a science fiction story as a
springboard to the study of related studies -- values, the future, sociology,
history, technology, philosophy, etc.? 80 pages. For grades 5-12.
BTH-4473. $11.66-D
 Create-a-Sleuth: Writing a Detective Story
by
Eleanor W. Hoomes. Capitalizes on student interest in detective stories and
builds on the existing knowledge and interest. The book leads the students step
by step through the structure of a story while developing their critical
thinking skills. 72 pages. For grades 4-12.
BTH-3962. $11.66-D
 Create-an-Autobiography: Writing a Personal
Story by Eleanor W. Hoomes. Published by Educational Impressions. Students
who become frustrated trying to write fiction will have less trouble learning to write
about the subject they know best -- themselves. This series of reproducible exercises for
grades five and above will help students to organize their knowledge of themselves
into stories. This book can be used in conjunction with a unit on biographical or
autobiographical literature. At the back of the books is a tear-out section of
reproducible duplicates of the lessons so the teacher still has an intact copy for use in
the classroom. There are 26 activities in all. BTH-4474. $11.66-D $11.66-D
 Create
Heroes and Villains: Writing an Adventure Story by Eleanor W. Hoomes.
Revised, 1997. Educational Impressions. This resource builds on students'
existing knowledge of and interest in super heroes, folk heroes, villains,
mythological and legendary heroes, and monsters to help them create new
adventure stories. This book may be used as a creative writing unit or in
conjunction with a literature unit on heroes and heroines. Whichever way
teachers choose, they will need to read aloud to students (or assign them to
read) appropriate literature selections to generate interest and discussion.
With a few modifications, this material can be used with grades 4 through 12.
This resource will help students
develop their abilities in observing, concluding, recalling, applying,
analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating, divergent thinking, and convergent
thinking. It will also help develop oral, written and imaginative skills.
80 pages. Student activity pages are reproducible for classroom use. BTH-1344. $11.66-D
The Elements of Style, by William
Strunk Jr. and E.B.White, third edition, with index. This is the classic for teens and
adults who want to improve their writing style and usage. It presents the most important
rules of usage and the basic principles of composition. It has a long section that
explains misused words and expressions, and summarizes everything with a simple list of
reminders to help with any piece of writing. This should be in every library. $5.35-D
Evan-Moor books on
writing: Click on link for information on Evan-Moor composition and creative writing
titles.
Everyday
Writing by Charlotte S. Jaffe and Barbara T. Doherty. Educational
Impressions, 2006, Revised Edition. This book teaches students to write for
practical purposes. They learn personal and social writing, business writing,
and school writing. Some of the projects they will tackle are friendly letters,
invitations, thank you notes, diaries, postcards, directories, business letters,
job applications, ads, resumes, interviews, announcements, creating a play,
reviews, speeches, outlines, memos and notices, biographies, and summaries. The
appendix includes Forms of Address, How to Address an Envelope, Postal
Abbreviations, Other Useful Abbreviations, and Proofreading. For grade 4-8. 64
pages. BTH-3880. $9.86-D
 Experiences with Writing Styles, a
series of workbooks from Steck-Vaughn geared to teaching the writing process. Each level
teaches a writing process that includes five stages: prewriting; drafting (writing quickly
without worrying about mistakes); responding and revising; proofreading; and publishing
(sharing writing with others). Each book is organized into units which focus on
essential types of writing for that particular grade level. Books are reproducible for
home and classroom use and contain a skills correlation chart and an answer key. Available
for grades 2-6. Each level is $10.69-D.
 Expository
Writing by Steck-Vaughn. Part of the Middle School Collection
series. Contains pretest followed by by the instruction on expository writing. This
includes information on how to write the introduction paragraph, the
developmental
paragraphs, and the conclusion paragraph. Then students apply what they have learned on
step-by-step practice pages for writing an actual essay on "Why Cigarette Smoking is
Bad for Your Health." There is a posttest at the end. 48 pages. For Junior
High, or High School students in need of remediation. Cat. #SV-29289. $7.19-D
Fun with Paragraph Writing: Build
Paragraph Writing Skills with a Creative Format by Linda Milliken. An Edupress
publication. This book of paragraph writing prompts uses topics chosen by children and
illustrations to make writing more fun. Topics include People & Communities;
Communication, Travel & Government; Understanding Others; History; Countries &
Cultures; and Seasons, Holidays & Traditions. Reproducible for classroom use. 64
pages. For grades 2-4. Cat. # EDP-164. $8.99-D
 Get it Write
Right! Spelling, Mechanics, Usage, Proofreading by Mary S. Schatz.
Garlic Press, ©2005. For parents, students, and teachers.
The exercises in this book teach important writing skills in the early grades.
They are great preparation for standardized testing. Each unit has four parts:
1. Spelling. Students learn to
recognized the correct spelling of words that are used often. They learn basic
spelling patterns and rules.
2. Mechanics. Students learn correct punctuation and
capitalization. They learn to write a complete sentence that begins with a
capital letter.
3. Usage. Students learn subject-verb agreement, tenses,
irregular verbs, and correct word order.
4. Proofreading. This sections gives students practice in the
skills previously taught. They learn to find mistakes and correct them.
At the end of every five units is a What Have You
Learned? section with a Review and a Skill Check. There are 25 units in the
book. Reproducible for classroom use. BTH-1224. $13.46-D
Graphic
Organizers; Reproducible Sheets for Writing by Kathleen Bullock, Cherrie
Farnette, Jill Norris, and Marjorie Frank. Incentive Publications, 2006. This
book introduces important strategies, supports state writing standards and helps
students organize their writing. There are 60 different ready-to-reproduce
organizers. These will help students to visualize the organization for their
writing, make connections between new concepts and their own experiences,
analyze and evaluate information, and document processes and concepts. Research
has confirmed that using graphic organizers makes student writing more
efficient, facilitates flexible thinking and idea generation, and encourages
more organized writing. Give students the help they need in writing essays of
all types, letters, news articles, stories, autobiographies, reports, and more.
64 pages. BTH-3034. $8.06-D
 More Fun with
Paragraph Writing: Build Paragraph Writing Skills with a Creative Format by
Linda Milliken. An Edupress publication. This book of paragraph writing prompts uses
topics chosen by children and illustrations to make writing more fun. Topics include
Animals & Insects; Land, Sea & Sky; Technology & Science Fiction; Human Body;
Numbers, Calculations & Money; Shapes & Sizes; and Measurement & Statistics.
Reproducible for classroom use. 64 pages. For grades 2-4. Cat. # EDP-165. $8.99-D
If You're Trying to Teach Kids
How to Write...You've Gotta Have This Book! by Marjorie Frank. Revised
edition, 1995. Incentive Publications. 255 pages. This book addresses the
questions most often asked by those who are supposed to teach students to write:
How do I help them get started when they have no idea what to write? How can I
help them develop their ideas? If I focus on skills, won't it stifle their
creativity? What if they hate to edit and revise? What do I do with students who
just won't write? How do I evaluate writing?
 This book helps teachers discover the
roots of writing; lay a foundation for writing instruction; help students
discover and develop ideas; teach skills; help students revise and respond; help
students present and share their writing; use writing portfolios; evaluate
writing; deal with problems; get ideas; and inspire students to write on their
own.
The book's graphics and
attention-grabbing format make this an easy and fun book to use. it will breathe
new life into your teaching and make you eager to try these new ideas and
methods. IP-625. $15.26.
 If
you Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence, and Spirit by Brenda
Ueland. Graywolf Press. 179 pages. Carl Sandburg called this "the best book ever
written about how to write." The author published six million words in her 93
years, and she says she had two rules she followed "absolutely" --to tell the
truth, and not to do anything she didn't want to do. My favorite chapter title
is "Why Women who do much housework should neglect it for their writing." Cat.
#155597-2608.
$10.76-D
Introduction to Journal Writing, a
series of workbooks from Steck-Vaughn. The more children write, the more their writing
improves. These books encourage primary children to begin to express their ideas in
writing. In the beginning of first grade they start by just adding their own word or words
to complete a sentence on the lines provided and illustrating something about their
activities as suggested. By the end of third grade they are writing paragraphs on
suggested topics. There are instructions at the bottom of each page so the
parent/teacher can introduce the activity. There is a personal dictionary provided at the
back. Books are reproducible for classroom use. 96 perforated pages. Available for grades
1-3. Each grade level is $10.79-D
 Jump Into Journals by Joyce
Granger. Teacher Created Resources, 1996. Sometimes students faced with making a
journal entry get writers' block. They have no idea what to do. This handy book
will help them fill those blank pages by giving them ideas that relate to all
major curriculum areas -- math, reading, language arts, science, health, and
social studies -- as well as topics for the beginning of the school year,
seasons and holidays, and general topics. There are also reproducible sheets to
use for a variety of journal covers, and reproducible evaluation and student
coupons for teacher/student and student/student communication. 80 pages.
BTH-4147. $9.89-D
Learning Language Arts
Through Literature, by Common Sense Press, for all grade levels. This is
an integrated Christian curriculum that gives form to the ideas of Dr. Ruth Beechick.
The Lively Art of Writing, by
Lucile Vaughn Payne. This handy little pocket book is designed to teach adults in
college or in the business world how to express their ideas, opinions, arguments,
problems, explanations, or instructions successfully in writing. It teaches one how to
choose a subject, work with words, write more powerful paragraphs, and improve one's
style. It also teaches one how to write an interesting and successful term paper. If
you have any writing to do in your life, you should have this book. But it won't replace a
good English handbook, such as School to Work
or Write for College. $6.29.
Mystery and Suspense: Skill Oriented
language Arts Activities by Judith Steffens and Judy Carr. Learning
Works.112 pages, including answers. This reproducible book, with a special appeal for
adolescents, puts individual and group reading skill lessons in a framework of
suspense, horror and creative imagination. It is divided into five sections :
Detective Stories; The Mind of the Criminal; Horror and Imagination; Vocabulary; and Skill
Stretchers. Activities are identified by both title and skill to teach in the Table of
Contents. There are three book report forms especially designed to go with detective and
mystery books. The attractive graphics add appeal. Cat. #LW0962. $9.86-D
 Myths
and Fables: Language Arts and Reading Activities by Judith Steffens and Judy Carr. Learning
Works.112 pages, including answers. This reproducible book, for grades 5-8
(gifted, grades 4-6), contains activities to develop skills in recognizing
sequences, understanding cause and effect, creating analogies, making
inferences, drawing conclusions, and using figurative language. The book
contains individual and group reading lessons based on Greek myths and
fables. They are specifically designed to expand vocabulary, increase
understanding of literary terms, and develop skill in both literal and
interpretive comprehension.
Vocabulary Development
skills include creating analogies, differentiating between connotation and
denotation, understanding synonyms, being aware of multiple meanings,
recognizing common root words, and using a dictionary and thesaurus.
Literal Comprehension
skills include comparing and contrasting characters or events; distinguishing
fact form opinion; locating specific information; identifying supporting
details; recognizing the main idea of a passage or story; understanding the
author's purpose; imposing order on ideas; and placing events in sequence.
Interpretive
Comprehension skills include identifying cause and effect; making
inferences; drawing conclusions; and recognizing point of view.
Activities are identified by both title and skill to teach in the Table of
Contents. The attractive graphics add appeal. Cat. #LW1008. $10.79-D
Note-Taking and Outlining by Steck-Vaughn.
Part of the Middle School Collection series. Contains pretest followed by information on
reference materials and using the library. This is followed by a unit on note-taking,
including taking notes based on an interview. Students learn to take notes on what they
read and on what they find on the Internet as they prepare to make written reports.
Students also learn what to do with notes after they take them -- how to organize,
summarize, paraphrase. Students are then given some passages to practice what they've
learned about taking notes.
The second part of the book focuses on how to outline a topic, use
supporting details in outline form, use footnotes and the appendix of a book, document
sources, and write a bibliography. There is a posttest at the end of the book. 48 pages.
For Junior High, or High School students in need of remediation. Cat. #SV-29262. $7.19-D
 Oodles
of Writing by Linda Milliken. Covers writing environments; getting ready to
write by brainstorming, discussion and other means; creating word banks to build
vocabulary; turning words into sentences, headlines, conversations, etc; turning sentences
into paragraphs and short stories; and engaging in varied writing activities. For grades
5-8. Cat. #EP002. $7.15-D
 Painless
Junior Writing by Donna Christina Oliverio. Barron's, 2006. Sammy
Octopus leads elementary writers on a reading and writing adventure where they
will learn all basic writing skills. This is a writing book like none I've ever
seen. The theme is sea-based as Sammy invites each reader to be captain of his
own ship -- Authorship. The purpose of the book is to get young
authors motivated to write as they learn the A-B-Seas of writing. Although there
are suggestions (exercises) to try, this does not look like a workbook. Though
the characters are a bit wacky, I think readers will identify with them. On page
3, for example, Turtle says: "I'm trying to write a story, but it's hard to get
started. When there is a blank piece of paper in front of me, I feel like a
school bus stuck in mud or snow." If you're looking for an unusual writing text
for your grade 4-6 grade child, this just might fill the bill. It teaches basic
writing skills such as choosing a topic, writing a rough draft and revising,
story writing, writing beginnings and endings, playing with words, using parts
of speech effectively, using figurative language and details, and sharing the
finished writing with others. 164 pages. BTH-3432. $8.09-D
Picture Book Factory: Easy Whole Learning Projects
by Murray Suid. This book offers reproducible lessons for creating dozens of different
kinds of picture books. The wide range of book types enables young authors to develop many
different skills, including describing, explaining, narrating, and convincing. Since
reading is the starting point for writing, the author has included a list of model picture
books that match most project categories. There are also ready-to-use detailed
instructions for each assignment, and a resource section at the end -- "Becoming a
Picture Book Author in Twelve Easy Steps." This is a wonderful book for those who
want to encourage young children to write. 64 pages. Cat #MM1033. $7.15-D
 Poetry á la Carte
by Connie Homan Weaver. A Dandy Lion
Publication for grades 5-8. This book uses the theme of a feast of poetry that
students will sample. It's organized in the form of a menu. These are the
offerings:
Appetizers
-- poetic devices
Soups and Salads -- pre-writing activities
Entrées -- ideas for unique poetry
Desserts -- projects that combine poetry writing and
art activities
Special Seasonings -- poetry ideas for all seasons
Side Orders -- time-tested pattern poems
A la Carte -- ideas for sharing poetry orally
This book provides opportunities for
creative young poets to write, publish, read, embellish, and perform their work
before their peers. The lessons can be adapted for higher and lower grade
levels, different ability levels, and varying classroom structures. 120 pages.
Reproducible for classroom use only. DKL-142. $15.26-D
 Pot
Full of Tales: Using Folk Tales to Teach Creative Thinking and Writing, by
Vowery D. Carilile. Educational Impressions. For grades 1-4. This book presents ten
popular folk tales for use in teaching creative thinking and writing. Each unit begins
with a summary of the story and questions from Bloom's Taxonomy. The questions
are followed by ideas for independent projects related to the folk tales. Folk tales used
are 'The Golden Goose,' 'Such is the Way of the World,' 'The Bremen Town Musicians,' 'Snow
White and Rose Red,' 'The Funny Little Woman,' 'Stone Soup,' 'Ming Lo Moves the Mountain,'
'The Three Little Pigs,' 'Caps for Sale,' and 'The Emperor's New Clothes.' Activities are
reproducible for classroom use. 104 pages. Cat. #EI-972-3AP. $12.56-D
 Quick Flip Ideas
for Writing Domains, developed by Concetta D. Ryan. This flip book will
help people of any age improve their writing skills, develop a writing style, and gain
exposure to writing in several different domains. (A domain is a category that defines the
purpose of a particular kind of writing.) There are writing activities for Technological,
Analytical/Expository, Sensory/Descriptive, Practical/Informative, and
Imaginative/Narrative domains. Teachers will find this a great lesson planning tool that
will help them develop a balanced writing program to promote success for all students.
BTH-170. Only 3.59-D. Qualifies for Title
1 funds. Higher discounts available for schools who order over 100 copies.
Quick
Flip Reference for the Six Traits of Writing by Ginny Hoover. Edupress,
2002. This indispensable tool for teachers helps them assess student writing,
identify areas of student weakness, and develop writing skills for use across
the curriculum. It helps students to organize writing tasks, develop editing
skills, and write reports. Spiral bound for easy use. BTH-3001. $3.59-D
 Ready,
Set, Edit by Connie Prevatte. Rigby Press. For grades 4-8. Contains over
170 daily mini-lessons, many of which are presented in standardized test format.
The exercises are designed to help your students improve their writing and their
writing test scores. They take only a few minutes each day. The reproducible
daily mini-lessons cover the following subjects: usage, punctuation,
capitalization, spelling, variety, and paragraphs. Use these to create overhead
transparencies for group instruction, or simply use the blackline masters to
reproduce exercises as needed. BTH-1222. $16.16-D
 Ready,
Set, Revise by Connie Prevatte. Rigby Press. For grades 4-8. Contains
over 170 daily mini-lessons. Genres included are narrative, persuasive, and
expository. The exercises are designed to help your students improve their
writing and their writing test scores. They feature reproducible daily
mini-lessons that break down writing skills into easy to understand parts which
cover the following subjects: word usage; sentences; transition; setting;
character; hooks; closure; point of view; dialogue; plot; and elaboration.
Teaching points are presented at the beginning of each new unit. Create overhead
transparencies for group work, or simply use the blackline masters to reproduce
exercises as needed. BTH-1223. $16.16-D
Research and Reference by Steck-Vaughn.
Part of the Middle School Collection series. Paper, reproducible, 49 pages with answers.
Contains pretest followed by information on choosing and using various reference materials
and finding what one needs in the library adn on-line. This section is followed by a
posttest. The next section begins with an Analysis Test and then teaches students
how to write a research report. At the end they are asked write four brief reseach
reports. For Junior High, or High School students in need of remediation. Cat. #SV-29270.
$7.19-D
 Teaching Kids
to Write by Eleanor Hoomes. An Educational Impressions Creative Writing Book
for grades 4-8. This book begins with a section for teachers with instructions, warm-up
activities, information on journals, diaries and notebooks, and teacher-directed writing
activities. This section is followed by 40 reproducible writing activities for students
accompanied by eye-catching graphics. 80 pages in all. BTH-34. $9.86-D
Take It to
Your Seat Literacy Centers from Evan-Moor are
available for grades 1-4 and address a number of different language arts skills.
$17.99-D each. Follow link for more detailed information.
 Think and Write! Sentence Organization, Parts of Speech,
and Literary Devices by Linda Milliken. An Edupress
publication for grades 5-6. Challenges students to think critically and write creatively.
Students learn about language art topics from alliteration to spoonerisms and practice
writing descriptive paragraphs and short stories. Reproducible for classroom use. 48
pages. EDP-199. $7.19-D
 Triple Writing
Treat by Linda Milliken. An Edupress publication.
This book, reproducible for classroom use, contains writing prompts with coordinating art
projects and bulletin board ideas. Themes include both seasonal and everyday ideas. Each
double-page spread contains a box with an idea for a story. Under that are some writing
stimulators to help students get ideas. This is followed by a craft idea. There is a
sample bulletin board on the opposite page. For grades 1-3. 48 pages. EDP-163, $7.19-D
 The Ultimate Shape Book for grades K-2, Evan-Moor.
This book contains everything needed to create special class and individual books on fifty
writing topics ranging from animals to seasonal symbols. Best of all, these books will
accommodate writers of all levels. There are separate story-writing forms for emergent,
beginning, and independent writers. BTH-171. $22.46-D.
Using
the Traits of Good Writing Grades 1-3 by Tracie
Heskett. Teacher Created Resources, 2006. This book is designed to teach one of
each of the seven writing traits (Ideas and Content; Work Choice; Fluency;
Voice; Organization; Conventions; and Presentation) each week for seven weeks.
There are daily lessons for each trait. Teachers can also choose to teach one
entire trait as a more intensive thematic unit in a single day, if desired.
Lessons should be taught in order since they build on each other. Each trait
includes a literature-based lesson. And each lesson incorporates one or more
academic standards. These standards are also listed at the beginning of the
book. Lessons are reproducible for classroom use. 96 pages. BTH-3946. $11.69-D
 Using
the Six Trait Model Intermediate (Grades 3-5) by Tracie Heskett.
Teacher Created Resources, 2007. Teach students to write effectively by focusing
on one element at a time. The Six Trait Model covers ideas and content, word
choice, fluency, voice, organization, and conventions. Mastering these six
traits will help students meet academic standards, score well on standardized
tests, and gain skills they can use for life. The activities target standards in
these areas: the writing process, conventions in writing, sentence structure
variety, and descriptive language including figurative language. Lessons
are reproducible for classroom use. 80 pages. BTH-3947. $9.89-D
Using
the Traits of Good Writing Grades 6-8 by Tracie
Heskett. Teacher Created Resources, 2007. This book is designed to teach one of
each of the seven writing traits (Ideas and Content; Work Choice; Fluency;
Voice; Organization; Conventions; and Presentation) each week for seven weeks.
There are daily lessons for each trait. Teachers can also choose to teach one
entire trait as a more intensive thematic unit in a single day, if desired.
Lessons should be taught in order since they build on each other. Each trait
includes a literature-based lesson. And each lesson incorporates one or more
academic standards. These standards are also listed at the beginning of the
book. Lessons are reproducible for classroom use. 80 pages. BTH-3948. $9.89-D
Word, Words, Words: A Reference Book for
Beginning Writers with Rhyming Dictionary, by Babs Hajdusiewicz. A Good Year
Book, paper, 8.5" x 11." For ages 5-8. This book provides a single source for
beginning writers who need to look up words of all kinds. Thousands of words have been
carefully selected and organized into comprehensive lists of synonyms and antonyms;
metaphors and similes; homophones and homographs; compound words and contractions; fun
words, and over two-hundred families of rhyming words. As if this weren't enough, children
can also find proofreader's marks, library classifications, and specialized indexes
to the synonyms and rhyming word families. A glossary and regular index are also included.
232 pages of comfortable size print for little eyes. $11.65-D
Wordsmith
Apprentice, by Janie Cheaney. This book for grades 4-6 uses the
newspaper as the basis for learning to write. In Wordsmith
Apprentice, Jane Cheaney uses a newspaper as the basis of all writing. Your
student joins the "staff" of an unnamed newspaper. Through a series of
practical and imaginative assignments, students learn about nouns, verbs, and basic
sentence structure; modifiers and more complex sentences; and organizing and reporting.
Revised version. BTH-3724. $14.40-D
Wordsmith,
First Edition:
A Creative Writing Course for Young People, by Janie Cheaney. I like this
book for teaching grammar and composition to middle school students because whenever a
point of grammar is taught, it is integrated into a writing assignment. Grammar is taught
in its natural context -- writing. $10.00-S (although this is the older edition,
I still have some available at this lower price. )
 Wordsmith,
Revised:
A Creative Writing Course for Young People, by Janie Cheaney. I
like this book for teaching grammar and composition to middle school students
because whenever a point of grammar is taught, it is integrated into a writing
assignment. Grammar is taught in its natural context -- writing.
This contains the following material in addition to that in the first edition:
additional exercises and examples, especially in Section One; expanded section
on writing short stories; additional explanation and examples of revision;
review/practice quizzes. BTH-1662. $14.40-D
Wordsmith Teachers Guide, Revised: In addition to the material in
the first edition teacher guide, this edition contains more explanation of the
"philosophy" of writing and how to encourage it; further tips on how to revise,
with examples; more ideas for additional writing assignments; suggestions for
incorporating creative writing into other areas of the curriculum (history,
science, etc.); and tips on organizing a writers' club.
BTH-1663.
$6.30-D
Wordsmith
Craftsman, First Edition, by Janie Cheaney. A self-directed program, building,
integrating, and polishing practical writing skills to prepare young adults for a lifetime
of excellence in communication. $10.00-S (although this is the older edition, I
still have some available at this lower price. )
Wordsmith
Craftsman, Revised, by Janie Cheaney. A
self-directed program, building, integrating, and polishing practical writing
skills to prepare young adults for a lifetime of excellence in communication.
This new edition
contains updated information regarding e-mail communication and Internet
research, additional examples in the center section; brief discussion of
research papers; additional examples in the essay section; an added section on
critical writing (reviews and critical essays); an expanded section on writing
persuasive essays. BTH-1683. $14.40
Write Source: Simply the best
English handbook available for grades 4-8. Cat. #01509, $16.50*
The Mechanics of Writing: A workbook designed to teach
capitalization, punctuation, the most common spelling rules, choosing the proper homonym,
using plurals, using abbreviations, and proofreading. I use this when elementary students
start to use Write Source. It begins by helping students learn
to use the handbook. This book can be adapted to use with Write Source 2000.
Student book is 7.50*. Teacher book with answers is 12.50*
The Revising Process: A workbook designed to go with Write
Source. Can be adapted to go with Write Source 2000. I
use this when students have finished Mechanics of
Writing (listed above). Teaches students to use the Write Source handbook
and a thesaurus. Helps students learn to choose specific nouns, vivid verbs and
adjectives, specific sensory words, and figurative language in their writing. It also
helps them learn to avoid and correct common sentence errors: fragments, comma splices and
run-ons, rambling sentences, wordiness, misplaced modifiers, agreement problems, and
pronoun problems. Students also learn to add strength and color to their sentences, use
parallel structure, and revise their paragraphs for clarity, smoothness, sentence variety,
supporting details, and organization. Student book is 7.50*. Teacher book with answers is
12.50*.
Basic Writing: A workbook designed to go with Write
Source. Can be adapted to go with Write Source 2000. For
students at the middle school or junior high level or students who have finished the two
workbooks listed above. It teaches narrative writing, basic sentence information (parts of
sentence, types of sentences, modifiers), parts of speech and how they relate to writing,
subject-verb agreement, descriptive writing, strengthening sentence-writing skills,
figurative language, expository writing, avoiding common sentence errors, and persuasive
writing. It reviews the basic mechanics skills with emphasis on capitalization and
punctuation. This book covers more and is fatter than the preceding books in the series.
Student book is 10.50*. Teacher book is 12.50*. Since the teacher book does little more
than supply answers, and the original writing assignments in this book do not have exact
answers, I don't think it is especially useful except for the mechanics section at the
back. (Some of the student books are out of stock indefinitely.)
Write
Source 2000: Same content as Write Source with more modern
format. Writing information is in the front with grammar and usage information in a
"yellow pages" section at the back. The book itself is more up-to-date in its
maps and calendar pages, since it was published later. Cat. #1510, $18.50*
Writers Inc:
The BEST English handbook for grades 8-13. Same format as Write Source 2000.
Cat. #1511, 19.95, softcover. *
 Writing Across the Curriculum by Beryl Bennett. A Dandy
Lion Publication. The more students write, the better they should get at writing. That is
why they need to write more in the content areas -- not just in English classes. In this
book, there are two writing projects for each of these content areas: art, math, science,
language, and social studies. The first activity for each subject deals with solving a
related problem . The second challenges the student to convey information he has
researched or gathered. Each lesson has the following parts:
- an explicit writing
prompt that introduces the writing situation
- pre-writing activities and information that
relate to the writing situation and present other materials or activities related to the
topic
- pre-composing sheets help students organize
their thoughts
- format sheets provide concise directions
outlining the format of writing
- check lists to guide peer editing
- rubics for grading each assignment
In addition to the ten complete lessons, there
are six writing prompts for each subject area. 80 pages. Grades 5-8.
Cat.#DL-43. $11.66-D
 Writing Fabulous Sentences and Paragraphs: An Evan-Moor
Publication. If you want to improve and refine the sentence and paragraph writing skills
of middle grade students, then this book is a ""must have."" It begins
with a brief review of the parts of a sentence, types of sentences, and ending
punctuation. Succeeding lessons and activities progress from writing sentences to writing
paragraphs and, finally, multiple paragraph passages. There are complete teacher
instructions and over 70 reproducible models and student writing forms.
A summary of topics covered:
* Sentences -- combining sentences, adding descriptive details, and using figurative
language
* Single Paragraphs -- recognizing and writing the main idea, topic sentence, and
supportive details; 27 organizer forms for writing the six types of paragraphs (how-to,
narrative, compare/contrast, descriptive, persuasive, and definition)
* Multiple Paragraphs -- organizing notes and sentences into paragraphs, writing multiple
paragraphs using webs, outlines, and note taker forms
Exercises with suggested paragraph subjects include: Cleaning the Cage, An Ice Cream
Sundae, Creatures of the Sea, My Room, Recess, I Vote For Computers, Friendship, and many
others. Teacher resource information includes: keeping writing folders, holding student
writing conferences, writing conference forms, and a paragraph skills checklist. Answer
key provided. Cute and humorous line art illustrations throughout. All 112 pages
perforated for easy removal." BTH-172. $11.69-D
 Writing Lab from
Dandy Lion. This year-long program lets students experiment with language while developing
writing skills (clarity, fluency, sentence construction, persuasive writing, and more.)
The reproducible lessons include a partner exercise and an individual writing assignment.
A powerful program for grades 4-7. Cat.# DL-69. $13.46-D
Writing Links: Writing in All Curriculums,
by Charlotte Jaffe and Barbara Doherty. This book helps students integrate and expands
their writing skills into various areas of the curriculum. It contains four distinct
themes: The Sea; Creative People; Ancient Civilizations; and Natural Wonders. Each of
these units includes writing links in the areas of social studies; science; math;
language; poetry; reading; art; and music. The suggested projects help students improve
their skills in expository writing, persuasive writing; narrative writing; evaluative
writing; and creative writing. The units are self-directed, making it easy for teachers to
use. For grades 4-8. Has a bibliography and is reproducible for classroom use. 64 pages.
Cat #EI-035-1AP. $10.87-D
Writing
Mysteries in the Classroom by Cheryl Garrett. Prufrock Press, 2007.
Reading mysteries is popular with most students, so why not let them write their
own? This reproducible book will take them through the process of writing a
mystery story step-by-step. They will learn to create believable settings, write
suspenseful plots, insert mysterious tones and moods, describe suspicious
characters, and write realistic dialog. Each lesson provides an example to
follow and has exercises that encourage students to progressively complete their
own mystery stories. 69 pages. BTH-4371. $10.76-D
 Writing
Skills, Steck-Vaughn, 2003. This writing program
is great for independent learning. It is available for grades 3-8. This
standards-based series helps build student confidence, refreshes student writing
skills, and helps prepare students for standardized writing tests. It covers a
wide variety of styles. Books for grade levels 3, 4, and 5 have 64 pages and are
priced at $8.09-D Books for grades 6, 7, and 8 have 96 pages and are priced at
$10.79-D each. Order by title and grade level.
Writing Skills Book 3: BTH-3071, $8.09
Writing Skills Book 4: BTH-3072, $8.09
Writing Skills Book 5: BTH-3073, $8.09
Writing Skills Book 6: BTH-3074, $10.79
Writing Skills Book 7: BTH-3075, $10.79
Writing Skills Book 8: BTH-3076, $10.79
 Writing
Through the Year: Building Confident Writers One Month at a Time, by
Sandy Woolley. For every month there are sentences for each day that are related to
history or culture. They are rather like trivia facts. The sentences are written
correctly. The teacher is supposed to rewrite them with mistakes that the student should
be able to correct. The mistakes can be geared to review what has been taught before and
what has just been taught. The sentence of the day section for each month is in two parts:
one for primaries, and one for upper grades. The rest of each month's lessons are
adjustable to any grade from 2-6. 15.26-D
One specific writing skill is taught each month. Topics through the year include poetry
writing, organized paragraphs, research reports, fiction writing, point of view, fairy
tales, borrowing a plot, autobiographical incidents, personal interviews, and using
newspapers. Students are also encouraged to write journals. For each month there are
enough journal topics for two or more journal entries per week.
Each month's material has two other components. Since vocabulary is an important part of
writing, there are lessons on dictionary use and/or root words each month. The author also
believes it is valuable to memorize poetry, partly because of the foundation in literature
it provides. Memorizing poems helps familiarize students with the work of different poets
and the various styles of poetry. The author also believes that reciting a poem in front
of a group can give a student important practice in speaking publicly. A poem is easier to
remember when one is nervous than an original speech. It is hoped this familiarity will
help students write their own poems, and there are suggestions each month to encourage
young poets to get started.
One of the most valuable features of this book for the one who is teaching writing is a
section on grade level expectations in the introduction. For each grade there is a list of
what usage skills a student should have mastered by the end of the grade. This gives the
teacher a good idea of what to stress at each level if there is no other textbook or
curriculum guidance.
I like this curriculum because it gives a child a chance to sample the various
types of writing in a consistent way. Your child might discover that he enjoys
writing a story or poem, and you may discover that she has a flair for it. But
certain elements, such as journal writing and the language exposure in the
poetry selections, are present every week or month. The book is directed toward
the teacher, but pages are reproducible so that you can copy anything you wish
to give to your children. The price for this curriculum, which can be used for
several children at different grade levels together, is just $15.26-D. BTH-1705
 Writing
to Explain, Instructional Fair. For grades 3-6. This book is filled with
high-interest writing topics that will help your students improve their writing
skills. The first activities focus on the fundamentals of explanatory writing,
such as writing compare and contrast sentences and cause and effect sentences.
Other skills covered in this book include writing explanatory paragraphs;
writing to compare and contrast; writing problem / solution paragraphs; writing
letters of many types; writing book reports; writing newspaper articles; and
proofreading. 64 pages. Answers for worksheets are in the back. Reproducible for
classroom use. Supports National Writing Standards. BTH-3088. $8.99-D
 Writing
to Inform, Instructional Fair. For grades 3-6. This book is filled with
high-interest writing topics that will help your students improve their writing
skills. Main topics covered are sentence development; informative paragraphs;
sequential paragraphs; news reporting; friendly letters; business letters;
report writing; and proofreading. Attractive graphics add interest to
reproducible worksheets. 64 pages. Answers for worksheets are in the back.
Supports National Writing Standards. BTH-3087 $8.99-D
 Writing
to
Persuade, Instructional Fair. For grades 3-6. This book
is filled with high-interest writing topics that will help your students improve
their writing skills. Main topics covered are developing sentence images;
writing advertisements; persuading with reasons; writing letters; and supporting
reasons. Some activities include creating a toy ad, writing an announcement,
writing a radio commercial, convincing a friend to try new foods, writing to an
author, and more. Attractive graphics add interest to reproducible worksheets.
64 pages. Answers for worksheets are in the back. Supports National
Writing Standards. BTH-3089. $8.99-D
 Writing
Yellow Pages for Students and Teachers, Revised Edition.
Incentive Publications. ©2002. This is a comprehensive resource book for
teaching and learning writing skills. Among its lists and checklists are the
following: Writing Skills Checklist; Things to Write; Things to Write On
(computers, paper towels, web pages, etc.) Things to Write With (pencils, paint,
soap, etc.); Things to Write About; Ideas for Improving Word Use; Words to
Collect and Use; Descriptive Words; Words that Show Action; Better Ways with
Ordinary Words; Confusing Words; Rhyming Words; The Writing Process;
Literary Devices; Writing Ideas; Mixing Writing with Content Areas;
Letter-Writing Form; Proofreader's Marks; Spelling Helps; and more. This is NOT
reproducible. 63 pages. IP-893. $$8.96-D
Writing with a Purpose Series by Barbara Doherty and
Charlotte Jaffe. Educational Impressions, 2002. Each book in this series has two
parts. The first contains 14 skill-building lessons that focus on a particular
writing type. These review important composition skills and provide practice
opportunities. The second part contains20 writing lessons of two pages, divided
into three steps: Pre-writing, composing, and revising. An additional
For-More-Fun activity is added to each lesson to motivate students to think
creatively and share their writings with others. There is also a list of
additional topics for the type of writing featured in the book. 64 pages. For
grades 4-7. These are the titles:
 Narrative Writing: Writing to Tell
a Story. This book has lessons which focus on these skills: plot
development, setting, character development, dialogue, sentence combining and
expanding, using strong verbs and precise nouns, transitional words and phrases,
using figurative language, point of view, and more. BTH-3082. $9.96-D
 Expository
Writing: Writing to Explain. Lessons in this book focus on these skills:
purpose statements, developing the main idea, cause and effect, compare and
contrast, define and explain, writing innovations, notes and memos, the five W's
and an H, writing directions, giving examples, and more. BTH-3084. $9.96-D
 Descriptive
Writing: Writing to Describe. Lessons in this book focus on these
skills: strong verbs, using synonyms, time and position, order, alliteration and
assonance, sentence combining and expanding, appealing to the five senses, using
figurative language, brainstorming, mood, and more. BTH-3085. $9.96
 Persuasive
Writing: Writing to Persuade. Lessons in this book focus on fact and
opinion, targeting and audience, generalities and numbers, testimonials and
bandwagon, transfer and repetition, recognizing slanted writing, using
supportive facts, persuasive words, points of view, and more. BTH-3086. $9.96
 Young Writers at Work by Eleanor Hoomes. Educational
Impressions, for grades 4-8. This reproducible book contains 40 activities that help
teachers show students how to take what they already know and/or what they learn through
research and put it on paper word by word, sentence by sentence, and paragraph by
paragraph. It helps students learn to break their writing assignments into manageable
pieces so that they don't freeze when they see a blank paper in front of them. The
projects cover all sorts of writing types -- exposition, description, persuasion, and
narration. They include many types of nonfiction and fiction. Activities do not have to be
done in any particular order, so the teacher is free to pick and choose what seems good at
the time. 95 pages. Cat. #EI-031-9AP. $10.76-D
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