In Your Own Words: A Beginner's Guide to Writing

Cassedy, Sylvia

ISBN 10: 0385140371 ISBN 13: 9780385140379

Publisher: Doubleday, 1979

Synopsis

A guide to writing prose, both fiction and nonfiction, and poetry.

About this title

From School Library Journal

Grade 5 Up-- It is difficult to conceive of children picking up this hefty tome on their own to discover the secrets of successful creative writing. The emphasis on the process approach to teaching writing; the growing acceptance by educators of the connection between reading and writing for all students is apparent in the subjects included. Cassedy discusses several types of fiction; more than a third of the book is devoted to explaining poetry, with a separate chapter on haiku. There is also an excellent chapter on letter writing. A caveat: in the chapter on school reports, Cassedy proposes that students go immediately to encyclopedias. This method is antithetical to the process approach, which suggests that students acquire a basic background on subjects from both fiction and nonfiction books before taking notes from encyclopedia articles. Because of the variety of topics covered, however, the book might be used by teachers and librarians who are exploring different literary genres with their students. Libraries owning the first edition definitely would not need to add this one. --Martha Rosen, Edgewood School, Scarsdale, NY
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385140371
• ISBN 13: 9780385140379
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 214