50 Writing Lessons That Work!: Motivating Prompts and Easy Activities That Develop the Essentials of Strong Writing (Grades 4-8)

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Binding: Paperback
Brand: BIGTOFFICE
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.623
EAN: 9780590522120
ISBN: 0590522124
Label: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
Manufacturer: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
MPN: SC-0590522124
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: January 01, 1999
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
Studio: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Motivating Prompts and Easy Activities That Develop the Essentials of Strong Writing
Boost creative and expository skills with this teacher-written resource! Lessons are designed to make students want to write well: organize their ideas, write focused paragraphs, make transitions, use strong adjectives and verbs, write dialogue, revise, and more! Includes reproducibles.




Rating: - Just what I needed!
This book is just what I needed. As a writing teacher for 3rd-6th grade, this book gives me some awesome and fun ideas for writing lessons. I think my students will really enjoy doing some of these assignments!

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Rating: - What's WRONG with this book.
This is a book on the teaching of writing to middle and junior high students. The writer-teacher may know her stuff, but does not know how to instruct students or her reader-teachers. This is basically--as most books of this type are--a "what to do" book and not a specific "how to" book. My negative comments are intertwined.

1. "[A chosen] motivating topic: 'That's So annoying!' The focus: To create focus with a clear topic sentence."

Students do NOT want to see the ... Read More

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Rating: - 50 Writing Lessons that Work
This is good for students who need focus, but not for students who need basic skills.

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Rating: - Too short, and better books exist
I was disappointed to discover this book is more like 50 activities, not 50 lessons. I realized only after I ordered this book that it is a slim 64 pages. Each "lesson" is like an idea for a student writing assignment, although many of them are not particularly inspired. I tried to use this book with middle school students, but many of them complained that the assignments were cliche and forced them to write on prompts they had heard before (like write an autobiography, describe someone's personality ... Read More

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Rating: - A Great Book For Motivating Non-Writers!!
I have my own tutoring service I have used this book to help my students who do not like writing. The prompts located in the book are great ways for children to use their imagination and be creative in many different ways and capacities. I would suggest this book for any teacher or parent who is trying to finds ways to help that struggling student to enjoy writing.

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