The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day
180 Reproducible Prompts and Quick-Writes for the Secondary Classroom
Published on 13. January 2010
224 pages
978-0-470-55946-8 (ISBN)
Description
Classroom-tested methods for boosting secondary students'writing skills
The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day offers teachers,homeschoolers, and parents 180 ready-to-use, reproducibleactivities that enhance writing skills in secondary students. Basedon Ledbetter's extensive experience consulting to language artsteachers and school districts across the country, theclassroom-tested activities included in this book teach studentskey literary and writing terms like allegory, elaboration, irony,personification, propaganda, voice, and more--and provide them withengaging examples that serve as models for their own QuickWrites.
* Contains writing prompts and sample passages instudent-friendly language that connects abstract literary conceptsto students' own lives
* Written by popular workshop presenter and veteran educator MaryEllen Ledbetter
* Offers a user-friendly, value-packed resource for teachingwriting skills
Designed for English language arts teachers in grades 6-12,tutors, parents, learning specialists, homeschoolers, andconsultants.
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The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day
180 Reproducible Prompts and Quick-Writes for the Secondary Classroom
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01/2010
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Jossey-Bass
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Mary Ellen Ledbetter, M.A., is a noted presenter and educational consultant specializing in boosting language arts skills in K-12 students. She has extensive teaching experience in public schools as well as at the college level. Her previous books include Ready-To-Use English Workshop Activities and Writing Portfolio Activities Kit, both from Jossey-Bass, and she is the author of number of popular self-published works including Something for Every Day, All About Me, and You Say--I Say.
