Write for You
33 inventive and creative activities for building writing skills
Levels: Elementary/High School to Adult, Intermediate proficiency level
Teacher Resource

Price: $21.00 ISBN: 0-86647-139-1 978-0-86647-139-8 Contents and Introduction Review: Press Notice What Teachers Say

Complete with copyable handouts
Minimal preparation
Creative, fun projects

This is a teacher resource book with copyable handouts for use with intermediate level students, especially those who are intending to further their education at a community college or other training program. It was created and used successfully by two teachers in an adult education center.

Their own introductory words explain the purpose and nature of this valuable addition to your professional library. "In our classroom, we alternate creative writing activities with more formal writing instruction. The two methods reinforce each other. However, we discovered that in our program, our students did their best writing and seemed to enjoy writing more on the days we used our creative writing activities. We wanted our students not only to develop their writing skills, but also to experience the enjoyment that we feel when we write and to experience the pleasure we feel in sharing our writing with others."

The book contains thirty-three carefully detailed activities with dozens of handouts. Each unit consists of:

a teacher's page outlining the focus of the unit, the objective, materials needed, and the step-by-step procedure to be followed, including pre-writing conversation.

a student's handout explaining the topic and activity and giving an example of good writing.

Examples of student writing taken directly from the authors' classes.

With very little modification, these activities can be used at any level.