Praise for The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day "The most difficult area to teach in language arts is writing, and this text now makes it easier--it will become a teacher's best friend! The book is the perfect marriage to the writer's workshop lesson plan model, giving specific examples of writing for each necessary skill to be taught, and will surely enhance and support your mini-lessons. Implementing these activities will help both the student and teacher grow as writers. In 33 years of teaching language arts, I've never seen anything like it!" --Donna Kortvelesy, MS, NBCT, professional…mehr
Praise for The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day "The most difficult area to teach in language arts is writing, and this text now makes it easier--it will become a teacher's best friend! The book is the perfect marriage to the writer's workshop lesson plan model, giving specific examples of writing for each necessary skill to be taught, and will surely enhance and support your mini-lessons. Implementing these activities will help both the student and teacher grow as writers. In 33 years of teaching language arts, I've never seen anything like it!" --Donna Kortvelesy, MS, NBCT, professional development specialist, Millville Public Schools, Millville, New Jersey "Anytime I see a book by Mary Ellen Ledbetter, I grab hold of several copies for use in my classrooms and trainings. Teachers beg for them! In The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day, she has taken the objectives that are so hard for students to grasp and for educators to teach and has put together an easy-to-read, easy-to-teach book of amazing activities for everyday use." --Janet Coleman, Ed. D., educational consultant and trainer, Fort Worth, Texas Writing Mini-Lessons That Won't Mean More Grading! The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day offers 180+ ready-to-use, reproducible activities that are designed to enhance writing skills of all secondary students. Written for teachers in grades 6-12, the book's classroom-tested activities are designed so that teachers aren't required to do any extra grading. Partnering techniques along with new oral assessments and peer-editing strategies not only reduce teacher paper load but provide immediate feedback for students. The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day is filled with writing prompts and sample passages written in student-friendly language that connect abstract literary concepts to students' own lives. In addition, the engaging examples serve as models to encourage students to create their own Quick Writes.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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 Writing Portfolio Activities Kit Something for Every Day, All About Me, and You Say?I Say.
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What Makes This Book Different v About the Author xv Acknowledgments xvii Action Verbs as a Method of Elaboration 1 Adages 2 Adjectives as a Method of Elaboration 3 Adverbs as a Method of Elaboration: Practice # 1 4 Adverbs as a Method of Elaboration: Practice # 2 6 Allegory 7 Alliteration 8 Allusion 9 Analogy 10 Anecdote 11 Antagonist 12 Application and Synthesis 13 Assessing Prompts: Determining Mode of Writing 14 Assonance 15 Autobiographical Collage 16 Biography 17 Brainstorming 18 Brainstorming: Web 19 Brainstorming: Web Subpoints 20 Business Letter 21 Character Sketch 23 Characterization: Actions 24 Characterization: Contrasting Actions 25 Characterization: Appearance 26 Characterization: Environment 27 Characterization: Inner Thoughts and Feelings (First Person) 28 Characterization: Inner Thoughts and Feelings (Third Person Omniscient) 29 Characterization: Speech 30 Characterization: What Others Say 31 Clichés 32 Climax 33 Choppy Style 34 Commas (Individualized Practice #1) 35 Commas (Individualized Practice #2) 36 Comparison/Contrast Essay (Introduction) 37 Comparison/Contrast Essay (First Body: First Part of Contrast/Comparison of Actions) 38 Comparison/Contrast Essay (First Body: Second Part of Contrast/Comparison of Actions) 39 Comparison/Contrast (Second Body) 40 Comparison/Contrast Essay (Third Body) 41 Comparison/Contrast Essay (Conclusion) 42 Conflict: External 43 Conflict: Internal 44 Connectives 46 Connotation or Denotation 47 Definition as a Method of Elaboration 49 Definitions: Specialized 50 Denouement 51 Description as a Method of Elaboration 52 Descriptive Essay (Introduction) 53 Descriptive Essay (First Body) 54 Descriptive Essay (Second Body) 55 Descriptive Essay (Third Body) 56 Descriptive Essay (Conclusion) 57 Dialect 58 Dialogue as a Method of Elaboration 59 Editing for Grammar Mistakes 60 Elaboration 61 Elaboration: Examples and Explanation as a Method 62 Elaboration: Researchable Fact as a Method 63 Euphemisms 64 Expanded Moment 65 Expository Writing (Introduction) 66 Expository Writing (First Body) 67 Expository Writing (Second Body) 68 Expository Writing (Third Body) 69 Expository Writing (Conclusion) 70 Extended Metaphor (Part #1) 71 Extended Metaphor (Part #2) 72 Famous Quotations Blending into Author's Own Words 73 Famous Quotations as Methods of Elaboration 74 Famous Quotations (Top Ten) 75 Fantasy 76 Figurative Language Fill-Ins 78 Flashback 79 Foreshadowing 80 Fragments 81 Friendly Letter (Heading, Salutation, Introduction) 82 Friendly Letter (Body, Part #1) 83 Friendly Letter (Body, Part #2) 84 Full-Circle Ending in Narratives and Quick Writes 85 Full-Circle Ending in Free Verse Poems 86 Hooks (Part #1) 88 Hooks (Part #2) 89 Hooks (Part #3) 90 Hooks (Part #4) 91 How-To Vignette 92 How-To or Process Writing (Introduction) 93 How-To or Process Writing (First Body) 94 How-To or Process Writing (Second Body) 95 How-To or Process Writing (Third Body) 96 How-To or Process Writing (Conclusion) 97 Humor 98 Hyperbole 99 Hyphenated Modifier 100 Idioms 101 Inference 102 Irony of Situation 104 Interview Questions (Get-Acquainted Exercise) 105 Literary Analysis (Introduction) 106 Literary Analysis (First Body) 107 Literary Analysis (Second Body) 108 Literary Analysis (Third Body) 109 Literary Analysis (Conclusion) 110 Magic Three as a Method of Elaboration and Voice 111 Metaphor 112 Metaphor Quick Write 113 Mood (Part #1) 114 Mood Prediction (Part #2) 115 Motif 116 Motivation 117 Name 118 Narrative (Setting, Characters, Conflict) 119 Narrative (Furthering Conflict in Rising Action) 120 Narrative (Introduction of Second Conflict and More Insight into Characters) 121 Narrative (Characters' Reaction to Conflict) 122 Narrative (Introduction of Minor Character and Continued Conflict) 123 Narrative (Climax and Falling Action) 125 Onomatopoeia 127 Open-Ended Questions 128 Open-Ended Question (''The Physicians of Trinidad'') 129 Paradox 130 Pathetic Fallacy (Part #1) 131 Pathetic Fallacy (Part #2) 132 Peer Editing 133 Personalizing Current Events: Turning Nonfiction into Fiction 134 Personification 135 Persuasive Writing (Introduction) 136 Persuasive Writing (First Body) 137 Persuasive Writing (Second Body) 138 Persuasive Writing (Third Body) 139 Persuasive Writing (Conclusion) 140 Picture Prompt Writing 141 Picture Prompt Rubric: Student-Interactive (Beginning) 142 Picture Prompt Rubric: Student-Interactive (Details) 143 Picture Prompt Rubric: Student-Interactive (Editing) 144 Play-Doh Writing Game 145 Poem Cut-Ups 147 Poignancy 149 Point of View: Omniscient 150 Prediction (Part #1) 151 Prediction (Part #2) 152 Redundancy 153 Repetition for Effect: One Trick for Voice (From Excerpt of Short Story) 154 Repetition for Effect (Sentence Practice) 155 Run-On Sentences 156 Science Fiction (Setting and Characters) 157 Science Fiction (Unfolding of Plot: Rising Action #2) 158 Science Fiction (Establishing Conflict: Rising Action Introducing Conflict) 159 Science Fiction (Establishing Connection Between Characters) 160 Science Fiction (Plan Purposed: Plan of Action Revealed) 161 Science Fiction (Rising Action Leading to Climax) 162 Science Fiction (Climax and Falling Action) 163 Sensory Images as a Method of Elaboration (Sight) 164 Sensory Images (Sound) 165 Sensory Images (Touch) 166 Sensory Images (Taste) 167 Sensory Images (Smell) 168 Sentence Variety: Sentence Combining (Noun Absolutes) 169 Sentence Variety: Noun Absolutes Practice 170 Sentence Variety: Sentence Combining (Participial Phrase) 171 Sentence Variety: Participial Phrase Practice 172 Sentence Variety: Sentence Combining (Adverb Clause) 173 Sentence Variety: Adverb Clause Practice 174 Sentence Variety: Sentence Combining (Adjective Clause) 175 Sentence Variety: Adjective Clause Practice 176 Similes as Methods of Voice in a Paragraph 177 Similes as Practice in Developing Voice 178 Snapshot Poem 179 Structure Rubric for One-Paragraph Essay 180 Subjunctive Mood of Verbs 182 Summary 183 Symbol 184 Thank-You Note 185 Theme: Building Themes into Essays 186 Themes: Works Built Around a Theme 187 Transitions: More Sophisticated Methods (Persuasive Essay) 188 Transitions: More Sophisticated Methods (Expository Essay) 189 Verb Tense Shift 190 Vocabulary: I Don't Think So 191 Vocabulary: Which Word? 192 Vocabulary: What If? 193