El. knyga: Teaching Writing in Middle School: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

Introduce middle school students to the joy of writing with this treasury of inspiring ideas, practical lessons, examples, games, and resources. Step-by-step guidelines and helpful tips for educators are combined with numerous writing and prewriting activities for students - from "braindancing" and "zoom lens" to "downhilling." The result is a complete teaching package that offers a variety of approaches to motivate middle school students.

Offers lessons, practice problems, examples, games, and activities for teaching writing to students in grades six though eight. Activities are organized by steps in the writing process, from deciding what to write about to editing. Coverage includes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Revised and updated from the authors' previous work ( Clear and Lively Writing , Libraries Unlimited, 1988), this edition has a new chapter on nonfiction and expository writing and an expanded chapter on fiction. Useful for teachers and homeschooling parents. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Classroom-tested lessons, practice problems, examples, games, and resources cover fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as all aspects of writing (including prewriting, editing, and technique). With step-by-step guidelines, helpful tips from the authors, and numerous writing activities, this book offers myriad options for inspiring your students.