Making the Writing Process Work

Making the Writing Process Work
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Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X002711794
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Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Making the Writing Process Work by : Karen R. Harris

Helps make the writind process clearer and helps students organize their thoughts about the writing task.

DIY MFA

DIY MFA
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9781599639345
ISBN-13 : 1599639343
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis DIY MFA by : Gabriela Pereira

Get the Knowledge Without the College! You are a writer. You dream of sharing your words with the world, and you're willing to put in the hard work to achieve success. You may have even considered earning your MFA, but for whatever reason--tuition costs, the time commitment, or other responsibilities--you've never been able to do it. Or maybe you've been looking for a self-guided approach so you don't have to go back to school. This book is for you. DIY MFA is the do-it-yourself alternative to a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. By combining the three main components of a traditional MFA--writing, reading, and community--it teaches you how to craft compelling stories, engage your readers, and publish your work. Inside you'll learn how to: • Set customized goals for writing and learning. • Generate ideas on demand. • Outline your book from beginning to end. • Breathe life into your characters. • Master point of view, voice, dialogue, and more. • Read with a "writer's eye" to emulate the techniques of others. • Network like a pro, get the most out of writing workshops, and submit your work successfully. Writing belongs to everyone--not only those who earn a degree. With DIY MFA, you can take charge of your writing, produce high-quality work, get published, and build a writing career.

Writing Your Way

Writing Your Way
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Publisher : Writer's Digest Books
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 1599634104
ISBN-13 : 9781599634104
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Writing Your Way by : Don Fry

Writers write the way they were taught, which may not suit them at all, making their writing slow, painful, and not what they want to say. Writing Your Way shows you how to create your own unique writing process that magnifies your strengths and avoids your weaknesses. It shows you a multitude of ways to do the five key stages: Idea, Gather, Organize, Draft, and Revise. You can then design your own collection of techniques that work for you. You'll write clearer, faster, and more powerfully, with less effort and suffering. The second half of this book shows you how to create and modify your own voice, one that sounds like the real you, that sounds the way you want agents and publishers and readers to experience you.

How to Write Funny

How to Write Funny
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Publisher : Writer's Digest Books
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106018771227
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Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis How to Write Funny by : John Kachuba

A discussion of the basics and genres of the comic point of view includes essays and interviews with such authors as Dave Barry, Sherman Alexie, and Melissa Bank.

Wondrous Words

Wondrous Words
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Publisher : National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte)
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015061421494
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Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Wondrous Words by : Katie Wood Ray

Examines the theoretical underpinnings of how students learn to write from reading other writers; describes various kinds of inquiry designed to help teachers and students learn how to learn from writers; and includes thoughts from the author on writing and teaching, as well as a selection of resource materials.

Teach Writing Well

Teach Writing Well
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Publisher : Stenhouse Publishers
Total Pages : 251
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ISBN-10 : 9781625311184
ISBN-13 : 1625311184
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Teach Writing Well by : Ruth Culham

Ask great writers what the key to writing well is and they will tell you revision. Author Ruth Culham, both a successful writer and writing teacher, understands the challenges elementary teachers face when teaching writing and revision and now shares her knowledge in Teach Writing Well: How to Assess Writing, Invigorate Instruction, and Rethink Revision. Divided into two parts, Culham's book provides ways to teach that are both accessible to the teacher and student. You will find techniques to assess writing that are practical, and results driven. Inside you'll discover: Culham's "traits of writing" and how to use them to read and assess student work Ways to guide revision decisions using these traits as common language How to address challenges students may face within the different modes of writing (narrative, expository, and persuasive) Strategic lessons to teach the writer that scaffold students towards making their own craft decisions A chapter on mentor texts which can be used to model traits and key qualities for your students Teach Writing Well pulls best practices together and shows writing with fresh eyes.

The Genius in All of Us

The Genius in All of Us
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Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 9780307387301
ISBN-13 : 0307387305
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis The Genius in All of Us by : David Shenk

"Fresh insights into the nature of exceptional peformance…. A deeply interesting and important book” (New York Times Book Review) that offers a revolutionary and life-changing message on the new science of human potential. Is true greatness obtainable from everyday means and everyday genes? Conventional wisdom says no, that a lucky few are simply born with certain gifts. Now you can forget everything you think you know about genes, talent, and intelligence, and take a look at the amazing new evidence. Here, interweaving cutting-edge research from numerous scientific fields, David Shenk offers a new view of human potential, giving readers more of a sense of ownership over their accomplishments, and freeing parents from the bonds of genetic determinism. As Shenk points out, our genes are not a “blueprint” that dictate individual destinies. Rather we are all the product of interplay between genes and outside stimuli—a dynamic that we can influence. It is a revolutionary and life-changing message.

The Writing Workshop

The Writing Workshop
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Publisher : National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte)
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0814113176
ISBN-13 : 9780814113172
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis The Writing Workshop by : Katie Wood Ray

Offers advice to teachers on how to conduct writing workshops, providing a rationale for writing workshops, looking at what they have in common across grade levels, and discussing the tone of workshop teaching, getting started with independent writing time, curriculum, focus lessons, assessment and evaluation, and other topics.

Mindful Writing

Mindful Writing
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0738091529
ISBN-13 : 9780738091525
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Mindful Writing by : Brian D. Jackson

Mark Writing

Mark Writing
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Total Pages : 108
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ISBN-10 : 0986104930
ISBN-13 : 9780986104930
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Mark Writing by : Angela Stockman

In Make Writing, everyone's favorite education blogger and writing coach, Angela Stockman, turns teaching strategies and practice upside down. She spills you out of your chair, shreds your lined paper, and launches you and your writer's workshop into the maker space! Who even knew this was possible?