Writing Activities for Every Month of the School Year: Ready-to-Use Writing Process Activities...

Writing Activities for Every Month of the School Year: Ready-to-Use Writing Process Activities for Grades 4-8 | Carol H. Behrman | Giant leap backwards

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	Writing Activities for Every Month of the School Year: Ready-to-Use Writing Process Activities for Grades 4-8 Carol H. Behrman Jossey-Bass, 1997 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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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).

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As a former teacher and writing coach, what a joy it would have been to have Ms. Behrman's comprehensive, creative ideas to assist my students in improving their writing skills. Each season and holiday was represented and it will be a great resource in any classroom.

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Behrman's books are exactly what the writing experts tell us not to do: she presents children with fill-in-the-blanks and mindless prompts instead of developing independent, creative thinkers. Imagine filling in a Mad-Lib-like story and then being told "complete the story on your own"? Why would a child want to complete something that another author began? Why would a good teacher think this is good teaching? A literature-rich environment, time to write in a safe, happy classroom with positive feedback and a good balance between skills and creative thinking is a better place to begin a writing program.

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