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

Rawlings Miller, Carol

ISBN 10: 0590522124 / ISBN 13: 9780590522120

Published by Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies), 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 50 Writing Lessons That Work!: Motivating Prompts and Easy Activities That Develop the Essentials of Strong Writing (Grades 4-8)
• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies)
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0590522124
• ISBN 13: 9780590522120
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 6 ounces

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Synopsis

Help students organize their ideas, write focused paragraphs, make transitions, use strong adjectives and more! Includes reproducibles.

If you want to teach writing skills without taking the joy out of writing, this teacher-written resource is for you. You'll find easy, ready-to-use activities and thought-provoking prompts that will help your students become inventive and flexible writers. Includes creative and expository writing skills such as organizing ideas, writing focused paragraphs, making transitions, using strong adjective and action verbs, writing dialogue, revising, and much, much more. Developing these skills will help students do better on strandardized tests and approach writing with excitement. Includes engaging reproducibles and a wealth of student samples. For use with Grades 4-8.;Help students organize their ideas, write focused paragraphs, make transitions, use strong adjectives and more! Includes reproducibles.

About the Author

Carol Rawlings Miller teachers language arts to middle school students at St. Ann's School in Brooklyn, NY. This is her 5th book for Scholastic Teaching Resources.