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" The writing teacher's activity-a-day : "
Mary Ellen Ledbetter.
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BL
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1001892
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b756262
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Ledbetter, Mary Ellen.
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The writing teacher's activity-a-day : : 180+ reproducible prompts and quick-writes for the secondary classroom /\ Mary Ellen Ledbetter.
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San Francisco :: Jossey-Bass,, [2010]
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, ©2010
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| Series Statement
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5-minute fundamentals
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Jossey-Bass teacher
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xxv, 193 pages ;; 24 cm.
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0470461322
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: 9780470461327
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| Contents
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Action verbs as a method of elaboration -- Adages -- Adjectives as a method of elaboration -- Adverbs as a method elaboration: practice #1 -- Adverbs as a method of elaboration: practice #2 -- Allegory -- Alliteration -- Allusion -- Analogy -- Anecdote -- Antagonist -- Application and synthesis -- Assessing prompts: determining mode of writing -- Assonance -- Autobiographical collage -- Biography -- Brainstorming -- Brainstorming: Web -- Brainstorming: Web subpoints -- Business letter -- Character sketch -- Characterization: actions -- Characterization: contrasting actions -- Characterization: appearance -- Characterization: environment -- Characterization: inner thoughts and feelings (first person) -- Characterization: inner thoughts and feelings (third person omniscient) -- Characterization: speech -- Characterization: what others say -- Clichés -- Climax -- Choppy style -- Commas (individualized practice #1) -- Commas (individualized practice #2) -- Comparison/contrast essay (introduction) -- Comparison/contrast essay (first body: first part of contrast/comparison of actions) -- Comparison/contrast essay (first body: second part of contrast/comparison of actions) -- Comparison/contrast (second body) -- Comparison/contrast essay (third body) -- Comparison/contrast essay (conclusion) -- Conflict: external -- Conflict: internal -- Connectives -- Connotation or denotation -- Definition as a method of elaboration -- Definitions: specialized -- Denouement -- Description as a method of elaboration -- Descriptive essay (introduction) -- Descriptive essay (first body) -- Descriptive essay (second body) -- Descriptive essay (third body) -- Descriptive essay (conclusion) -- Dialect -- Dialogue as a method of elaboration -- Editing for grammar mistakes -- Elaboration -- Elaboration: examples and explanation as a method -- Elaboration: researchable fact as a method -- Euphemisms -- Expanded moment -- Expository writing (introduction) -- Expository writing (second body) -- Expository writing (third body) -- Expository writing (conclusion) -- Extended metaphor (part #1) -- Extended metaphor (part #2) -- Famous quotations blending into author's own words -- Famous quotations as methods of elaboration -- Famous quotations (top ten) -- Fantasy -- Figurative language fill-ins -- Flashback -- Foreshadowing -- Fragments -- Friendly letter (heading, salutation, introduction) -- Friendly letter (body, part #1) -- Friendly letter (body, part #2) -- Full-circle ending in narratives and quick writes -- Full-circle ending in free verse poems -- Hooks (part #1) -- Hooks (part #2) -- Hooks (part #3) -- Hooks (part #4) -- How-to vignette -- How-to or process writing (introduction) -- How-to or process writing (first body) -- How-to or process writing (second body) -- How-to or process writing (third body) -- How-to or process writing (conclusions) -- Humor -- Hyperbole -- Hyphenated modifier -- Idioms -- Inference -- Irony of situation -- Interview questions (get-acquainted exercise) -- Literary analysis (introduction) -- Literary analysis (first body) -- Literary analysis (second body) -- Literary analysis (third body) -- Literary analysis (conclusion -- Magic three as a method of elaboration and voice -- Metaphor -- Metaphor quick write -- Mood (part #1) -- Mood prediction (part #2) -- Motif -- Motivation -- Name -- Narrative (setting, characters, conflict) -- Narrative (furthering conflict in rising action) -- Narrative (introduction of second conflict and more insight into characters) -- Narrative (characters' reaction to conflict) -- Narrative (introduction of minor character and continued conflict) -- Narrative (climax and falling action) -- Onomatopoeia -- Open-ended questions -- Open-ended question ("The physicians of Trinidad") -- Paradox -- Pathetic fallacy (part #1) -- Pathetic fallacy (part #2) -- Peer editing -- Personalizing current events: turning nonfiction into fiction -- Personification -- Persuasive writing (introduction) -- Persuasive writing (first body) -- Persuasive writing (second body) -- Persuasive writing (third body) -- Persuasive writing (conclusion) -- Picture prompt writing -- Picture prompt rubric: student-interactive (beginnings) -- Picture prompt rubric: student-interactive (details) -- Picture prompt rubric: student-interactive (editing) -- Play-doh writing game -- Poem cut-ups -- Poignancy -- Point of view: omniscient -- Prediction (part #1) --- Prediction (part #2) -- Redundancy -- Repetition for effect : one trick for voice (from excerpt of short story) -- Repetition for effect (sentence practice) -- Run-on sentences -- Science fiction (setting and characters) -- Science fiction (unfolding of plot: rising action #2) -- Science fiction (establishing conflict: rising action introducing conflict) -- Science fiction (establishing connection between characters) -- Science fiction (plan purposed: plan of action revealed) -- Science fiction (rising action leading to climax) -- Science fiction (climax and falling action) -- Sensory images (sound) -- Sensory images (touch) -- Sensory images (taste) -- Sensory images (smell) -- Sentence variety: sentence combining (noun absolutes) -- Sentence variety: noun absolutes practice -- Sentence variety: sentence combining (participial phrase) -- Sentence variety: adverb clause practice -- Sentence variety: sentence combining (adjective clause) -- Sentence variety: adjective clause practice -- Similes as methods of voice in a paragraph -- Similes as practice in developing voice -- Snapshot poem -- Structure rubric for one-paragraph essay -- Subjunctive mood of verbs -- Summary -- Symbol -- Thank-you note -- Theme: building themes into essays -- Themes: works built around a theme -- Transitions: more sophisticated methods (persuasive essay) -- Transitions: more sophisticated methods (expository essay) -- Verb tense shift -- Vocabulary: I don't think so -- Vocabulary: which word? -- Vocabulary: what if?
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| Abstract
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The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day offers 180+ ready-to-use, reproducible activities that are designed to enhance writing skills of all secondary students. Written for teachers in grades 6-12, the book's classroom-tested activities are designed so that teachers aren't required to do any extra grading. Partnering techniques along with new oral assessments and peer-editing strategies not only reduce teacher paper load but provide immediate feedback for students. The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day is filled with writing prompts and sample passages written in student-friendly language that connects abstract literary concepts to students' own lives. In addition, the engaging examples serve as models to encourage students to create their own Quick Writes. --Publisher's description.
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| Subject
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English language-- Composition and exercises-- Study and teaching (Secondary)-- Activity programs.
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English language-- Composition and exercises-- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit.
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| Dewey Classification
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808/.0420712
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| LC Classification
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LB1631.L3385 2010
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5,3ssgn
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DP 4000rvk
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