{"product_id":"real-life-writing-activities-for-grades-4-9-9780130449795","title":"Real-Life Writing Activities for Grades 4-9","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Descriptive Compositions for Young Authors: People\/Fact Hunt...Consumer Survey...Captions...Letter of Introduction to My Next Teacher...: Restaurant Review Checklist...Horoscope\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Persuasive Compositions for Young Authors: Apology\/ApologyNote...Travel Brochure...Movie.VideoReview...Sympathy Message...Bill of Rights...Letter of Complaint...Eulogy\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Marrative Compositions for Young Authors: Good News\/Bad News Tale...Mystery\/Whodunit\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Poems \u0026amp; Songs for Young Authors: Simple Chant...Five-Line Poem...Comparison Poem...Auto\/Bio Poem...Modern Nursery Rhymes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e All lessons provide step-by-step instructions, including alternative motivators, examples of what to say to elicit students' response and what to write on the chalkboard, and suggestions for responding to students' writing in a way that will encourage them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You'll also find the lessons are ideally flexible. You may follow the steps in each Real-Life Writing lesson just as described or add, omit, and\/or change parts to fit your students' knowledge, skills, or interests and\/or your curriculum needs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cherlyn Sunflower\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jossey-Bass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.82h x 8.26w x 1.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780130449795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCherlyn Sunflower is Associate Professor of Education at Moorhead State University in Minnesota where she teaches elementary language arts courses. She previously taught grades K-6 and resource room in Austin, Texas, Public Schools. Dr. Sunflower is also the author of 75 Creative Ways to Publish Students' Writings and Really Writing! Ready-to-Use Writing Process Activities for the Elementary Grades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39927177347187,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":32.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d36de598-f03b-4d7c-8aa5-64cdb9089edc.jpg?v=1647523283","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/real-life-writing-activities-for-grades-4-9-9780130449795","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}