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Storyhouse
Varied styles, shocking stories, amusing, gritty and witty. Old time tales, modern tales, dirty and heart-rending, these are the writings of real Southend people about real and imaginary Southend Lives.This is the first anthology of the Storehouse Writers Workshop which meets every Thursday at the Storehouse Community Centre in the heart of Southend, at the feet of the Tower Blocks of the Queensway Estate.Find out all about Southend through the imaginations and stories of this select band of new writers who live at its centre. Chaos, tears, blood, comedy, sex and mirth. These are tales to turn the head and broaden the mind.
Darkness & Light
Intrepid Knights toil in the darkness, Devious minds are undone, egotists are unravelled, cheap thrills are sought, Witches do their worst, travelling salesmen escape their nightmares, Minotaurs rampage, and illegal battles rage beneath the earth. This is the realm where darkness and light come together, where sparks fly and shadows fall. Can you look into the darkness without fear? Can you handle the darkness within by daylght? Fantasy and real life swirl into Darkness and Light. Come and enter in for your story begins..
Infusing Grammar Into the Writer's Workshop
Help your students improve their language skills and become stronger readers and writers. In this timely book, literacy experts Amy Benjamin and Barbara Golub offer best practices for fortifying the writer’s workshop model with meaningful, relevant instruction in grammar. The book answers questions such as... What does a writer’s workshop look like and how does it fit into balanced literacy models? How does grammar fit into a writer’s workshop? How can you use natural language acquisition to transition children from non-Standard to Standard English patterns? How can you teach students to identify a complete sentence? What are effective ways to teach parts of speech? How can you build on nouns and verbs to teach adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases, and dependent clauses? In each chapter, you’ll find out exactly what teaching the targeted concept looks like in a workshop classroom. Examples are provided for different grade levels and can be adapted as necessary to meet your needs. This book is a No-Worksheet Zone. You’ll learnhow to present grammar using authentic text and talk, leading to more durable learning.
Directing the Writing Workshop
This book is a practical, highly readable guide to teaching writing across a broad range of ages and grade levels (K-8). Each stage of the writing process is covered in detail, from setting a purpose for writing to drafting, revising, editing, and producing a "finished" product. The goal is to provide a comprehensive overview of writing development and best practices in teaching, richly illustrated with examples of student work. Teachers learn strategies and techniques to help students work independently and in groups to develop meaningful projects; master needed skills through engaging mini-lessons; produce various forms of fiction and nonfiction writing; and use literature as a source of inspiration and modeling. Special features include "Teacher's Tips" and quick-reference lists that reinforce key points and aid in instructional planning. An invaluable Appendix provides booklists for mini-lessons on a variety of thematic, stylistic, and grammatical topics.
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea
Could anything possibly be more fun than a pig parade!? You wouldn't think so. But you'd be wrong. A pig parade is a terrible idea. Pigs hate to march, refuse to wear the uniforms, don't care about floats, and insist on playing country music ballads. Those are just some of the reasons. And trust me, this hysterical book has plenty more!
How to Teach Fiction Writing at Key Stage 2
How to Teach Fiction Writing is a practical manual to help teachers of junior classes to focus on the key aspects of developing children's storywriting. The book presents a series of essential writing workshops full of creative ideas and fun activities. It also offers a range of advice including how to set up and run an effective workshop and how t
Writing Your Way
Writing Your Way helps us to see writing as a transformative tool in our search for wholeness. Manjusvara (David Keefe) expertly guides us to the heart of writing and aspects of Buddhism, with writing exercises that delicately weave in teachings on mindfulness and compassion, freedom and openness. Delve inside to find the encouragement to express your own deeper self through the dance of language.
Writers Workshop of Horror 2
Writers Workshop of Horror 2 is a collection of essays and interviews focusing on the art and craft of writing horror and dark fantasy. From bestselling authors like Stephen King, Anne Rice, and R. L. Stine, to up-and-coming writers just making their mark, this anthology is chock-full of advice and information writers of any level will find valuable and useful. Writers Workshop of Horror 2 is helmed by Michael Knost, the Bram Stoker Award-winning editor that brought you Writers Workshop of Horror, Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy, and Author's Guide to Marketing with Teeth.
Scaffolding Young Writers
The goal of teaching writing is to create independent and self-motivated writers. When students write more often, they become better at writing. They acquire habits, skills, and strategies that enable them to learn more about the craft of writing. Yet they require the guidance and support of a more knowledgeable person who understands the writing process, the changes over time in writing development, and specific techniques and procedures for teaching writing. In Scaffolding Young Writers: A Writers' Workshop Approach , Linda J. Dorn and Carla Soffos present a clear road map for implementing writers' workshop in the primary grades. Adopting an apprenticeship approach, the authors show how ex...
