Putting Everyday Life on the Page; Inspiring Students to Write, Grades 2-7

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ISBN: 9781412965316 | 1412965314
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/10/2008

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Encouraging students to write from their own experiences, this book emphasizes specific facets of the writer's craft such as beginnings, sequential thinking, observation, characters, and endings.

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
About the Author	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Beginnings: Getting the Audience to Pay Attention	p. 7
Helping Students Create Compelling Openings	p. 10
Understanding the Showing Versus Telling Difference	p. 12
Sequential Thinking: Teaching Students to Think Logically and Make Story Sense	p. 13
Talking About Literature	p. 17
Helpful Metaphors for Sequential Thinking	p. 18
Connecting With the Main Idea	p. 19
Using the Arts and Physical Education to Teach Sequence	p. 20
Observation, Description, and Colorful Language: Encouraging Sensitivity to Detail and Observational Intelligence	p. 23
Improving Question-Asking Skills	p. 26
From Questions to Colorful Language... Then Back to Description	p. 29
Helping Students Create Metaphors and Similes	p. 30
Keeping It Fun in a Nurturing and Joyful Environment	p. 32
Finding and Using Characters: Using What You Know to Create Memorable Characters	p. 35
Focusing on Looks	p. 36
Distinguishing Between Shades of Color	p. 37
Describing Behavior	p. 38
Nailing Down the Details	p. 38
Noticing and Describing People's Behavior	p. 39
Using Folktales and the Mass Media	p. 40
Observing How Bodies Move	p. 41
Harnessing the Internal Monologue	p. 42
The Role of Characters in Creating Stories	p. 43
Dealing With Dialogue	p. 45
Using Objects and Dress to Create Characters	p. 46
The Role of Inanimate Objects	p. 48
Creating Characters as a Collage	p. 49
Don't Forget the Surprises	p. 51
Finding and Using Place: Discussing the Role of Place in Writing	p. 53
Developing Sensitivity to Place	p. 56
Using Place as Story Starters	p. 58
Recognizing How Place Affects Behavior	p. 58
Creating an Imaginary Landscape	p. 59
Motivating Students: Writing Across Disciplines, Genres, Classroom Boundaries, and Into the World!	p. 61
Learning How to Learn	p. 62
Writing for a Purpose	p. 65
Persuasive Writing	p. 69
Don't Forget "Site Specific" Forms of Communication	p. 71
Getting Back to Persuasion	p. 72
Practicing the Craft of Revising and Editing	p. 73
Writing Across the Curriculum	p. 75
Taking a Detour With a Quick Story...	p. 77
Using Art as a Springboard to Writing	p. 78
Looking at Genre	p. 79
Grammatical Conventions: Teaching the Grammar Basics of Paragraphs, Sentences, Commas, and Periods	p. 83
Looking Closer at Paragraphs, Sentences, and Commas	p. 85
Using Activities as Story Ideas	p. 86
Regarding Run-on Sentences	p. 87
Encouraging a Culture of Writing in Your Classroom: Creating a Writer's Studio and Salon	p. 91
Creating a Writer's Studio to Serve Individual Needs	p. 92
Creating a Salon to Share Work and Ideas	p. 96
A Quick Word on Collective Space...	p. 97
Endings: Putting a Period on a Story Means More Than a Period!	p. 99
Sample Dramatic Ending	p. 102
Sample Comedic Ending	p. 102
Sample Surprise Ending	p. 102
Sample Romantic Ending	p. 103
Beware of Tragic Endings	p. 103
What About Surprise Endings?	p. 104
What About Happy or Romantic Endings?	p. 104
Serving Students and Their Intent	p. 104
Index	p. 107
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Putting Everyday Life on the Page; Inspiring Students to Write, Grades 2-7

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