Writing

A hundred class periods' worth of short prompts to spark the creative writing process. One or two sentences - and then it's up to your high school students to take it from there. The titles tell it all: The Person at the Wheel Food, Food, Wonderful Food New Year's Eve and Nothing to Do! Animal Experimentation: Yes or No? A TV Show of My Own ...and 95 more! Grades 9-12. Reproducible Teacher Book. From Walch Education. Learn More

100 Writing Starters for Middle school. The terror of the blank page intimidates many students. These books contain 100 high-interest topics that will get your middle school students writing. Features writing starters that begin fictional stories for students to complete. 108 pages. From Walch Education. Reproducible. Grades 6-8.

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Middle school students typically face 8 Kinds of Writing assignments: Autobiographies Biographies Cause and effect Evaluation Information reports Observational writing Problem/solution writing, and Short stories. Use this flexible resource to strengthen your students’ capability in each format and bolster their test-prep skills. Each lesson includes four prompts, a graphic organizer, suggested approaches, and a final-draft checklist. The lessons are correlated to state standards. Grades 6-8. From Walch Education. Learn More

Character-Based Writing Lessons in Structure and Style by Daniel K. Weber. Progressing through the nine IEW units, each of the 24 lessons provides a specific objective and an assignment at three levels: elementary, intermediate, or advanced. These lessons explore the virtues of three characters of great substance—Mother Teresa, Saint Francis, and Abraham Lincoln. Most appropriate for children grades six and up who are in their formative years of character development. 126 pages. Grades 6-12. From IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) Learn More

Communication & Interpersonal Relationships teaches teens the most neglected area of language arts: personal communication. Self-guided lessons on essential topics such as disagreeing respectfully and communicating with body language. From National Writing Institute. Learn More

Creating Fiction is for those students who love to write fiction. It presents 17 elements of short story writing with detailed and explicit explanations and directions. It also has these exercises written by high school students. It shows students how to write short stories and how to submit them to publishers. These are very sophisticated exercises and should be attempted only by serious young writers. Each of the exercises in this level has, in the index, a student's paper based on it just as it was handed in to the teacher. There is an 18th exercise that asks students to use the 17 skills in the writing of a short story. Creating Fiction is for those students who love to write fiction. It presents 17 elements of short story writing with detailed and explicit explanations and directions. It also has these exercises written by high school students. It shows students how to write short stories and how to submit them to publishers. These are very sophisticated exercises and should be attempted only by serious young writers. Each of the exercises in this level has, in the index, a student's paper based on it just as it was handed in to the teacher. There is an 18th exercise that asks students to use the 17 skills in the writing of a short story. To be used after completing Writing Strands Level 7. Learn More

Daily 6-Trait Writing Grade 2. 25 weeks of daily practice covering the 6 traits of writing. Helps students develop trait-based writing skills using 125 engaging lessons! Daily 6-Trait Writing is the first teaching resource to provide students in each grade with daily practice and instruction on trait-based writing skills. Days 1-3 provide writing activities and models for students to analyze, revise, or add to. Day 4 provides students with a prewriting form to help them approach writing in logical, structured ways. Day 5 asks students to apply their new skills while responding to a writing prompt. 160 pages. Grade 2. Evan-Moor publishing.

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This book contains practical suggestions and ideas for writing. Helps you incorporate daily writing in meaningful ways through the daily news, experience stories, and journal writing. Also includes story starters. Grades k-2. Learn More

Contains the novel as well as a parent's manual which dissects the book's structure and shows how to discuss literature with your children. This is a good way to see READING STRANDS in practice. Upper elementary grades and up.

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Easy File Folder Reports. At last - report writing success for all! The step-by-step lesson structure helps all students succeed. The file folder format makes the reports easy to assemble and ready to display. All the reproducible forms are provided, as well as directions for both students and teacher. "Easy File Folder Reports" contains 27 reporting opportunities - 9 social studies reports, 9 science reports, and 9 reports on holidays and celebrations. 240 pages. Grades 3-6. From Evan-Moor. Learn More

180 Daily Teaching Lessons Grade 9 includes 180 10-minute lessons which provide students with a firm grasp on the basics of grammar; capitalization, punctuation, grammar and sentence combining with an emphasis on expository writing. Designed as an introduction to the important concepts students will need to know, Easy Grammar Ultimate series not only introduces new topics, but instructs students in usage throughout. With the same building-block approach as other Easy Grammar books, students will build upon their knowledge in short increments. This workbook does NOT contain any answers, which are provided in the Easy Grammar Ultimate Grade 9 Teacher's Edition (Item #1021). Softcover; pages are reproducible for student use. Learn More

Includes two levels: Level 1 for lower and upper elementary, Level 2 for upper elementary, junior high, high school, basic skills. Students are taught to write various sentence structures, practice skills and application are a part of this approach. Includes multiple practice exercises. Softcover. From the same author as Easy Grammar.

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Includes NEW topics to intrigue and inspire; Provides high-interest writing, editing, and proofreading activities; Models different types of writing; Boosts writing success with handy checklists and guide sheets. Grades 10-12. From Walch Education. Learn More

Ingenious! Students hunt for and correct errors in Fix-It! sentences that cumulatively tell a story. Fix-It! reinforces what you teach your students—while they’re writing, not in a separate grammar class. From the stories, students rewrite 1–2 sentences a day, editing as many of the embedded errors as they can find. Fix-It! provides up to five years of grammar instruction for grades 3–12. Downloadable student e-book accompanies softcover teacher’s manual. Learn More

How to Write a Story makes it easy to develop confident, competent storywriters. There are lessons and reproducibles to help students learn the parts of a story, reproducible planning forms, and guidelines for writing in six different genres. From Evan-Moor. Learn More

How to Write a Story makes it easy to develop confident, competent storywriters. There are lessons and reproducibles to help students learn the parts of a story, reproducible planning forms, and guidelines for writing in six different genres. From Evan-Moor. Learn More

Sparks writing creativity and starts ideas flowing with more than 100 lively quotations. Encourages self-expression through a variety of topics and writing activities. Grades 6-9. From Walch Education. Learn More

IEW All things Fun and Fascinating. Humorous characters, cunning creatures, and meritorious men of history. 3rd-5th graders will enjoy writing with this Student/Teacher book. Moving through Unites 1-7, students will take notes, summarize narrative stories, write from pictures, put together a mini-research report, and compose creative essays. Parent/teacher prerequisite: familiarity with Teach Writing Structure and Style DVD or live seminar.

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Institute For Excellence in Writing - Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons, 3rd Edition Student Book only. Extra student book to be used with Item #2235, Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons, sold separately. From Institute for Excellence in Writing. Learn More

Recorded live, this DVD writing course for students by Andrew Pudewa is comprised of four writing sessions on DVD. Each session presents structural models and stylistic techniques from our TWSS Syllabus. Included with the student handouts are complete teacher notes, source texts, and checklists providing fifteen comprehensive lessons to ensure your student masters each unit before moving on to the next. Since each lesson can take one to two weeks to complete, the entire package can provide 15–30 weeks of writing instruction. Contains • Four DVDs • A binder with dividers • A packet with the teacher’s notes, handouts, and checklists (about 100 pages in all) Learn More

IEW - Excellence in Literature Content Guides for Self-Directed Study American Literature by Janice Campbell. This challenging, self-directed course introduces students to great American Literature in a chronological historical, literary, and artistic context, while developing skills in writing and literary analysis. During a large portion of this advanced high school course, students will gain maximum benefits as they perform in-depth research. Suggested prerequisites include: Teaching the Classics (item #3303), The Elegant Essay (item #5772), and Windows to the World: Introduction to Literary Analysis (item #3034). This course may be taken concurrently with Teaching the Classics-Worldview Supplement (item #5096).

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IEW Excellence in Literature Content Guides for Self-Directed Study British Literature by Janice Campbell. This challenging, self-directed course introduces students to British Literature in a chronological historical, literary, and artistic context, while developing skills in writing and literary analysis. During a large portion of this advanced high school course, students will gain maximum benefits as they perform in-depth research. Suggested prerequisites include: Teaching the classics (item #3303), The elegant Essay (item #5772), and Windows to the World: Introduction to Literary Analysis (item#3034). This course may be taken concurrently with Teaching the Classics-Worldview Supplement (item #5096).

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IEW Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales Writing Lessons. Covering Units 1-7, this resource infuses the acclaimed Teaching Writing Structure & Style method with classic children's literature. Characters and Adventures capture student's imaginations and provide rich writing content. 3rd-5th graders will learn to take notes, summarize narrative stories, summarize references, write from pictures, and compose their own fables, mythis & fairy tales. From IEW.

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This unique book shows aspiring writers what they need to know to write their first novel. -Designed especially for teenagers and older hopeful writers, instruction is based on 30 years of proven, practical methods of developing an idea into a complete story. -This guide covers the common elements of all category novels as well as the special requirements of the key genres: suspense, mystery, romance, juvenile and others. -Checklists and helpful workshop suggestions can be found periodically throughout the book, providing a distinctive and valuable feature. -This is the answer book to questions beginning writers have on all aspects of novel writing. From IEW. . Learn More