Don't forget to write for the secondary grades [[electronic resource] ] : 50 enthralling and effective writing lessons, ages 11 and up / / 826 national ; edited by Jennifer Traig

• Pubblicazione: San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Disciplina: 808/.0420712
• Soggetto topico: English language - Composition and exercises - Study and teaching (Secondary) - United States
• Altri autori: TraigJennifer
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; THE AUTHORS; THE CONTRIBUTORS; 1 DETAILS (GOLDEN), CHARACTER (IMMORTAL), AND SETTING (RURAL INDIA); 2 LITERARY FACEBOOKS; 3 SUBURBAN EPICS; 4 BUSTED; 5 HOW TO WRITE SCIENCE FICTION; 6 WRITING FROM EXPERIENCE; 7 TOO MUCH MONEY! AN ETHICAL WRITING EXERCISE IN 10 EASY STEPS; 8 THE TALK SHOW CIRCUIT; 9 THE F IRST DRAF T IS MY ENEMY: REVISIONS; 10 SEE YOU AGAIN YESTERDAY: PLAYING WITH T IME; 11 LOOK SMART FAST: COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAY BOOT CAMP; 12 WRITING ABOUT PAINFUL THINGS; 13 MUTANT SHAKESPEARE ; 14 HOW TO WRITE A ONE-PERSON SHOW ABOUT A HISTORICAL F IGURE15 WRITING FOR GAMERS; 16 HUMOR WRITING: AN EXERCISE IN ALCHEMY; 17 ON PINING: WRITE A VERSE TO MAKE THEM STAY; 18 ADDING INSULT TO POETRY; 19 BAD WRITING; 20 WHERE STORIES COME FROM; 21 WORD KARAOKE; 22 TALL TALES AND SHORT STORIES; 23 WELCOME TO THE FUNHOUSE: WRITING FUNNY SCENES; 24 VOICEMAILS FROM MY FUTURE SELF; 25 HOW SHORT IS SHORT?; 26 COMIC COMPOSITION CHALLENGE!; 27 MY BORING LIFE; 28 COLONEL MUSTARD IN THE LIBRARY WITH A CANDLESTICK: HOW TO WRITE A MYSTERY; 29 CREATING CHARACTERS ; 30 HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL: HOW TO WRITE A YOUNG ADULTNOVEL31 GET YOUR HAIKU ON; 32 THE ESSAY; 33 THE STORY OF ME: WRITING ABOUT YOUR LIFE AND YOUR FAMILY; 34 MEET YOUR PROTAGONIST!; 35 ALL WITNESSES EVENTUALLY DIE: EMBARRASSING STORIES; 36 WICKED STYLE AND HOW TO GET IT; 37 PRESIDENT TAKES MARTIAN BRIDE: WRITING TABLOID FICTION; 38 LYING FOR FUN AND PROFIT; 39 THIS CLASS SUCKS; 40 SCREENWRITING; 41 HOW TO WRITE A GHOST STORY; 42 826 UNPLUGGED: SONGWRITING; 43 SPORTSWRITING: THE LIFE; 44 HOW TO WRITE A FAN LETTER WITHOUT GETTING A RESTRAINING ORDER; 45 EXQUISITE STORY LINES ; 46 SOUL PROWLERS: THE ART OF WRITING NEWSPAPER PROFILES47 HOMESTYLE: WRITING ABOUT THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE; 48 AGITATE! PROPAGANDIZE!; 49 TASTY MEDICINE FOR WRITER'S BLOCK: MINDFUL WRITING EXERCISES; 50 HIGH SCHOOL INK: GETTING PUBLISHED; APPENDIX; EVALUATION RUBRICS; SELF-ASSESSMENT CHECKLISTS; COMMON CORE CURRICULUM STANDARDS; 826 CENTERS AND STAFF
• Sommario/riassunto: Fantastic strategies for getting high school students excited about writing This book offers 50 creative writing lesson plans from the imaginative and highly acclaimed 826 National writing labs. Created as a resource to reach all students (even those most resistant to creative writing), the off-beat and attention-grabbing lessons include such gems as ""Literary Facebooks,"" where students create a mock Facebook profile based on their favorite literary character, as well as highly practical lessons like the ""College Application Essay Boot Camp."" These writing lessons are written by e
• Titolo autorizzato: Don't forget to write for the secondary grades
• ISBN: 1-118-13232-7; 1-299-31419-8; 1-118-13230-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789716903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II