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The Writing Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Writers
The Reading Strategies Book made the New York Times Best Seller List by making it simpler to match students' needs to high-quality instruction. Now, in The Writing Strategies Book, Jen Serravallo does the same, collecting 300 of the most effective strategies to share with writers, and grouping them beneath 10 crucial goals. "You can think of the goals as the what, "writes Jen, "and the strategies as the how." From composing with pictures all the way to conventions and beyond, you'll have just-right teaching, just in time. With Jen's help you'll: develop individual goals for every writer give ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 032507822X
- ASIN: 032507822X
- ISBN: 032507822X
- Manufacturer: Heinemann
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The Portable MFA in Creative Writing
Get the core knowledge of a prestigious MFA education without the tuition.Have you always wanted to get an MFA, but couldn't because of the cost, time commitment, or admission requirements?Well now you can fulfill that dream without having to devote tons of money or time. The Portable MFA gives you all of the essential information you would learn in the MFA program in one book. Covering fiction, memoirs, personal essays, magazine articles, poetry, and playwriting, this book provides you with:Inspiration and tips on revision, stamina, and productivityClear instruction on the craft behind the ar... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1582973504
- UPC: 035313109799
- ASIN: 1582973504
- ISBN: 1582973504
- Brand: Writer's Digest
- Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books
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The 3 Minute Gratitude Journal for Kids: A Journal to Teach Children to Practice Gratitude and Mindfulness
The 3 Minute Gratitude Journal is a guide to cultivate an attitude of gratitude for children. It is a self exploration journal designed to focus on being thankful for what we have, the big things in life, as well as the simple joys. Each well designed and kid-friendly daily spread contains space to list out three things you are thankful for, a person who brought you joy and how you felt about your day. If you start each day by writing down three things you are thankful for - a family, a favorite teacher, starting a good book - you begin each day on the right note. Do it daily and make it a hab... [Read More]
- ASIN: 194820956X
- ASIN: 194820956X
- ISBN: 194820956X
- Brand: Modern Kid Press
- Manufacturer: Modern Kid Press
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Rip the Page!: Adventures in Creative Writing
Here are the ideas, experiments, and inspiration to unfold your imagination and get your writing to flow off the page! This is the everything-you-need guide to spark new poems and unstick old stories, including lists of big, small, gross-out, and favorite words; adventurous and zany prompts to leap from; dares and double dares to help you mash up truths and lies into outrageous paragraphs; and letters of encouragement written directly to you from famous authors, including: Annie Barrows, Naomi Shihab Nye, Lemony Snicket, C. M. Mayo, Elizabeth Singer Hunt, Moira Egan, Gary Soto, Lucille Clifton... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1590308123
- ASIN: 1590308123
- ISBN: 1590308123
- Brand: Trumpeter
- Manufacturer: Roost Books
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The Successful High School Writing Center: Building the Best Program with Your Students (Language and Literacy (Paperback))
This book highlights the work of talented teachers and tutors who connect theory and practice with the lessons they learned from working with students in their high school writing centers. The authors offer innovative methods for secondary and post-secondary educators interested in adolescent literacy, English Language Learners, new literacies, writing center pedagogy and evaluation, embedded professional development, differentiated instruction, and cross-institutional collaboration. The Successful High School Writing Center demonstrates how writing centers help school communities that serve d... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0807752525
- ASIN: 0807752525
- ISBN: 0807752525
- Brand: Teachers College Press
- Manufacturer: Teachers College Press
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The Creative Writer, Level One: Five Finger Exercise (The Creative Writer)
A gentle, imaginative introduction to the skills all creative writers need. Breaking down the elements that go into successful imaginative works, The Creative Writer leads aspiring writers through the skills needed to construct each. The assignments, designed to make students more aware of language and more confident in their own ingenuity, build on each other until beginning creative writers have successfully created their own stories, poems, and essays. • Simple but innovative exercises encourage young writers to strengthen their vocabulary and become aware of the patterns of sen... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1933339551
- ASIN: 1933339551
- ISBN: 9781933339559
- Manufacturer: The Well-Trained Mind Press
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36 Workshops to Get Kids Writing: From Aliens to Zebras
Creative writing encourages imaginations to take flight, and when adults use the right approach, building literacy skills becomes a form of play that gets kids excited to create their own stories. Packed with ready-to-use lesson plans designed for kindergarten- and early elementary-aged children, this book will help librarians add creative writing activities to more traditional storytime initiatives and school librarians enrich English Language Arts lessons. Hurtado's resource provides an entire year's worth of weekly lesson plans, adaptable as needed, that include instructions, handouts, and ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0838916481
- ASIN: 0838916481
- ISBN: 0838916481
- Manufacturer: American Library Association
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Scrivener Superpowers: How to Use Cutting-Edge Software to Energize Your Creative Writing Practice
The book that gives creative writers the tools they need to master their writing process with Scrivener. If you’ve ever been intimidated by Scrivener, set your fears to rest. Scrivener Superpowers is not just another how-to-use-software book. It’s an entertaining, easy-to-read, and deeply helpful guide to take your story from concept to completion using the most cutting-edge writing program available. Yes, it will teach you how to use many of Scrivener's features with screenshots and illustrations. More importantly, however, it will show you how each feature can be applied to the creative ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1546445978
- ASIN: 1546445978
- ISBN: 1546445978
- Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Writing Fiction [in High School]: Bringing Your Stories to Life!
Does your teen love to write stories? Does he or she want to be a positive Christian influence in the world through fiction? Sharon Watson, author of Apologia Press's popular middle school writing curriculum JUMP IN, offers Writing Fiction [in High School], an exciting, new textbook specially designed for your homeschool, private school, or Christian teen. Writing Fiction [in High School] is written to the student in a conversational tone and requires only minimal parental/teacher guidance. It's packed with literally hundreds of age-appropriate, real-fiction examples from classics, best-seller... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1463582080
- ASIN: 1463582080
- ISBN: 1463582080
- Brand: Brand: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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"They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (Third Edition)
The best-selling book on academic writing―in use at more than 1,500 schools.“They Say / I Say” identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and―new to this edition―writing about literature.
- ASIN: 0393935841
- ASIN: 0393935841
- ISBN: 0393935841
- Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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You Can't Make This Stuff Up: The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction--from Memoir to Literary Journalism and Everything in Between
From "the godfather behind creative nonfiction" (Vanity Fair) comes this indispensable how-to for nonfiction writers of all levels and genres, "reminiscent of Stephen King's fiction handbook On Writing" (Kirkus). Whether you're writing a rags-to-riches tell-all memoir or literary journalism, telling true stories well is hard work. In You Can't Make This Stuff Up, Lee Gutkind, the go-to expert for all things creative nonfiction, offers his unvarnished wisdom to help you craft the best writing possible. Frank, to-the-point, and always entertaining, Gutkind describes and illustrates every aspect... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0738215546
- ASIN: 0738215546
- ISBN: 0738215546
- Brand: Da Capo Lifelong Books
- Manufacturer: Da Capo Lifelong Books
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MFA vs NYC
Writers write―but what do they do for money?In a widely read essay entitled "MFA vs NYC," bestselling novelist Chad Harbach (The Art of Fielding) argued that the American literary scene has split into two cultures: New York publishing versus university MFA programs. This book brings together established writers, MFA professors and students, and New York editors, publicists, and agents to talk about these overlapping worlds, and the ways writers make (or fail to make) a living within them. Should you seek an advanced degree, or will workshops smother your style? Do you need to move to New Yor... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0865478139
- ASIN: 0865478139
- ISBN: 0865478139
- Manufacturer: FSG Adult
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Scholastic Success with Writing, Grade 1
Give students the targeted, skill-building practice they need with these standards-based books! Each workbook includes more than 40 ready-to-reproduce practice pages. Easy-to-follow directions and fun exercises motivate students to work on their own. Every activity in each book is correlated to state standards. For use with Grade 1.
- ASIN: 0545200792
- ASIN: 0545200792
- ISBN: 0545200792
- Brand: Scholastic
- Size: 8 3/8" x 10 7/8"
- Manufacturer: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
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The Best of Our Spies
France, July 1944 It’s a month after the Allied landings in Normandy on D-Day, and the liberation of Europe is underway. In the Pas de Calais, Nathalie Mercier, a young British Special Operations Executive secret agent working with the French Resistance, disappears. In London, her husband Owen Quinn, an officer with Royal Navy Intelligence, finds out the truth about her role in the Allies’ sophisticated deception at the heart of D-Day. Appalled by the discovery that the woman he loves is a Nazi spy, yet determined to track her down, Owen sets off on a perilous hunt through France in search... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1782920005
- ASIN: 1782920005
- ISBN: 1782920005
- Manufacturer: CB Creative Books
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DBT-Informed Art Therapy: Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and the Creative Process
Understand DBT-informed art therapy, and how to apply it to your practice. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) treats problems with emotion regulation, and is especially effective in treating chronic self-harming and suicidal behaviors associated with Borderline Personality Disorder. Combining the structure and skill development of DBT with the creativity and non-verbal communication of art therapy can be a significant advantage in treating patients who are resistant to talking therapy.This book gives a comprehensive overview of the growing literature and research on DBT-informed art therapy, d... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1849057338
- ASIN: 1849057338
- ISBN: 1849057338
- Brand: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Manufacturer: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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The Program Era : Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing
McGurl offers a fundamental reinterpretation of postwar American fiction, asserting that it can be properly understood only in relation to the rise of mass higher education and the creative writing program. The Program Era will
- UPC: 16415187
- Rating: 4.0
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How to Write and Sell Simple Information for Fun and Profit : Your Guide to Writing and Publishing Books, E-Books, Articles, Special Reports, Audio Programs, Dvds, and Other How-To Content
Packed with income-generating ideas about creating a variety of saleable written works, this guide includes information for researching and writing effective, instructional materials and calling upon a variety of publishing channels, including magazines, traditional book
- UPC: 14038853
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The Weekend Novelist Writes a Mystery : From Empty Page to Finished Mystery in Just 52 Weekends--A Dynamic Step-by-Step Program
The authors unlock the mystery of writing a mystery in this pragmatic, useful guide. Developmental writing exercises and examples offer 52 weekend work sessions, each beginning with the definition of the task and its purpose,
- UPC: 444884
- Rating: 4.0
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Outlining Your Novel Workbook : Step-By-Step Exercises for Planning Your Best Book
Learn How to Make Your First Draft Easy!Award-winning author K.M. Weiland's previous book, the bestselling Outlining Your Novel, showed writers how to embrace outlines in a way that makes the writing process fun, inspiring, and
- UPC: 53400142
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Writing Fiction: The Top 100 Best Strategies For Writing Fiction Stories - eBook
Make Your Fiction Stories an Instant HitWriting fiction is a fun and easy way to put your creativity skills to the test. Many people love to read fiction and by writing it, you can boost
- UPC: 958346891
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Rhetoric for Writing Program Administrators 2e, A - eBook
A Rhetoric for Writing Program Administrators (2nd Edition) presents the major issues and questions in the field of writing program administration. The collection provides aspiring, new, and seasoned WPAs with the theoretical lenses, terminologies, historical
- UPC: 630915609
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Writing Fantasy: The Top 100 Best Strategies For Writing Fantasy Stories - eBook
Bring Your Fantasy Stories to Life!Writing fantasy stories is a fun and exciting way to really put your creative skills and imagination to the test and bring your readers into an exciting and enchanting world
- UPC: 648851057
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The Stories We Tell : Classic True Tales by America's Greatest Women Journalists
The Stories We Tell celebrates the work of twenty women who have made major contributions to the canon of American magazine writing. Stories by: E. Jean Carroll, Joan Didion, Melissa Fay Greene, Gerri Hirshey, Elizabeth
- UPC: 717278670
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Now Write! Nonfiction : Memoir, Journalism and Creative Nonfiction Exercises from Today's Best Writers
An essential handbook for nonfiction writers, featuring the trusted personal writing exercises of today's masters of creative non-fiction, including Gay Talese, Reza Aslan, John Matteson, Tilar Mazzeo, and many more! Beginners and seasoned writers alike
- UPC: 10989034
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A Novel Approach: To Writing Your First Book (or Your Best One)
You're ready to write your book, but where to begin? Characters? Conflict? Dialogue? Story arc? In a lot of ways writing your book is like building a home or raising your child, efforts of love
- UPC: 53416080
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