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Jump Write In!: Creative Writing Exercises for Diverse Communities, Grades 6-12
Writerscorps
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Description for Jump Write In!: Creative Writing Exercises for Diverse Communities, Grades 6-12
Paperback. Classroom teachers often feel pressure to choose between using standards-based lessons and activities that engage their students' creativity and encourage personal expression. This book offer numerous exercises that do both: build key standards-based writing skills and give voice to youth. Editor(s): Tannenbuam, Judith. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CJCW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
Classroom teachers often feel pressure to choose between using standards-based lessons and activities that engage their students' creativity and encourage personal expression. In Jump Write In!, however, the experienced writer-teachers from WritersCorps offer numerous exercises that do both: build key standards-based writing skills and give voice to youth.
Classroom teachers often feel pressure to choose between using standards-based lessons and activities that engage their students' creativity and encourage personal expression. In Jump Write In!, however, the experienced writer-teachers from WritersCorps offer numerous exercises that do both: build key standards-based writing skills and give voice to youth.
Through poetry, fiction, personal narrative, and playwriting, students will improve their writing skills by being invited to put their truths on the page. Perfect for a moment of inspiration as well as for deeper exploration, these easy-to-use and field-tested activities engage students from a variety of ethnic, educational, and economic backgrounds ... Read more
- Dozens of exercises accompanied by teacher notes and suggestions.
- Links to standards for each activity.
- Examples of student work.
- An overview of the writing process from icebreakers to editing.
- Suggestions for further reading.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787977771
SKU
V9780787977771
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99-50
About Writerscorps
WritersCorps helps low-income children and teens improve their literacy and communication skills through creative expression. Founded in 1994 with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, WritersCorps operates programs in San Francisco, Washington, DC, and The Bronx, NY. In San Francisco, WritersCorps is a project of the San Francisco Arts Commission (www.writerscorps.org). Editor Judith Tannenbaum, who has ... Read more
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