Writing Activities for Every Month: Ready-to-Use Writing Process Activities for Grades 4-8 - Softcover

Behrman, Carol H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787966231 ISBN 13: 9780787966232

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Synopsis

Here's a unique collection of 340 reproducible writing process activity sheets that capitalize on students' natural interest in holidays and special events while reinforcing your writing skills curriculum! Organized into ten monthly sections, September through June, each month including over 30 writing activity sheets like these for November: Athletic Words (sentence writing), Last Leaf on the Tree (paragraph writing), and World Without TV (essay writing).

About this title

About the Author

Carol H. Behrman has taught writing to students in grades 5-8 for more than 20 years. She has also written 19 fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults and has conducted numerous workshops on the writing process for students and teachers. In addition, Ms. Behrman in the author of two other resources on the writing process published by The Center, Hooked on Writing! (1990) and Write! Write! Write! (1995).

From the Back Cover

For language arts and English teachers in grades 4-8, here is a unique year-round collection of more than 340 reproducible, writing process activity sheets to help you capitalize on your students' natural interest in holidays and special events while reinforcing your writing skills curriculum and meeting the diverse needs of your students.

All of these ready-to-use writing process activities begin with clear, easy-to-follow, student directions and focus on the development of word, sentence and paragraph skills for writing essays, letters, journal articles, and creative writing of various kinds.

The activity sheets are conveniently organized into ten monthly sections. September through June, and are printed in a big 8 ¼" * 11" spiral-bound format that folds flat for easy photocopying as many times as needed for individual or group use. Each month includes:

*Brief lists of historical events and famous birthdays of the month, such as these two entries for September:

September 2, 1945: VJ Day― Allies and Japan sign World War II surrender agreement on board battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay

September 12, 1913: Jesse Owens, American athlete, hero of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin

*Monthly table of contents for quick location of appropriate activities, including titles, skills emphasized, and related curricular areas. *More than 30 reproducible writing activity sheets that guide students through the writing process from prewriting (A), to rough draft (B), to final copy (C), like these sample activities for November:

Last Leaf on the Tree (paragraph writing)
Athletic Words (sentence writing)
World Without TV (essay writing)
War and Peace (nouns adjectives)
Vote for Joe! (journalism)
Funnybone Tickling (paragraph writing)
A SenseAtive Place (sensory language)
Dangerous Journeys (creative writing)

You'll find these stimulating, carefully planned writing activities help relate writing to what is going on in students' lives and world at the time of the assignment. Moreover, the clear, student friendly directions make the activities useful or independent as well as teacher-directed lessons.

All of these ready-to-use writing process activities begin with clear, easy-to-follow, student directions and focus on the development of word, sentence and paragraph skills for writing essays, letters, journal articles, and creative writing of various kinds.

The activity sheets are conveniently organized into ten monthly sections. September through June, and are printed in a big 8 ¼" * 11" spiral-bound format that folds flat for easy photocopying as many times as needed for individual or group use. Each month includes:

*Brief lists of historical events and famous birthdays of the month, such as these two entries for September:

September 2, 1945: VJ Day— Allies and Japan sign World War II surrender agreement on board battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay

September 12, 1913: Jesse Owens, American athlete, hero of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin

*Monthly table of contents for quick location of appropriate activities, including titles, skills emphasized, and related curricular areas. *More than 30 reproducible writing activity sheets that guide students through the writing process from prewriting (A), to rough draft (B), to final copy (C), like these sample activities for November:

Last Leaf on the Tree (paragraph writing)
Athletic Words (sentence writing)
World Without TV (essay writing)
War and Peace (nouns adjectives)
Vote for Joe! (journalism)
Funnybone Tickling (paragraph writing)
A SenseAtive Place (sensory language)
Dangerous Journeys (creative writing)

You'll find these stimulating, carefully planned writing activities help relate writing to what is going on in students' lives and world at the time of the assignment. Moreover, the clear, student friendly directions make the activities useful or independent as well as teacher-directed lessons.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787966231
• ISBN 13: 9780787966232
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400