Real-Life Writing Activities for Grades 4-9 [Paperback]

This ready-to-use resource provides 40 complete model and writing lessons that capture students' attention, build their writing skills, and teach them a writing process (motivation, brainstorming, composing, revising, and publishing) that will serve them throughout their lives.
The lessons/activities are designed for young authors in grades 4 through 9 who are just learning the composing process, as well as for advanced writers who are ready to experiment with a variety of writing and speaking genres. They feature a wide range of practical writing tasks students can easily relate to their own lives.

For easy use, all materials are printed in a big 8 1/4 x 11 lay-flat binding that folds flat for photocopying of the writing formats and evaluative checklists that accompany many of the lessons, and are arranged developmentally into five sections. Here's just a sample of what each section offers:

1. Descriptive Compositions for Young Authors: People/Fact Hunt ... Consumer Survey ... Captions ... Letter of Introduction to My Next Teacher ...:Restaurant Review Checklist ... Horoscope

2. Directional Compositions for Young Authors: Advice to Next Year's Class ... Treasure Map Directions ... Friendship Recipe ... Cheer-Up Checklist ... Medical Guide ... Advice Column Solution Letter

3. Persuasive Compositions for Young Authors: Apology/ApologyNote ... Travel Brochure ... Movie.VideoReview ... Sympathy Message ... Bill of Rights ... Letter of Complaint ... Eulogy

4. Marrative Compositions for Young Authors: Good News/Bad News Tale ... Mystery/Whodunit

5. Poems & Songs for Young Authors: Simple Chant ... Five-Line Poem ... Comparison Poem ... Auto/Bio Poem ... Modern Nursery Rhymes

All lessons provide step-by-step instructions, including alternative motivators, examples of wl£&