Igniting Your Writing: 24 Sessions to Enliven and Inspire Young Writers
by Sandy Larsen Author
(From Amazon): Multi-level home school writing curriculum in one volume. Offers 24 lessons covering 6 areas of writing skill. Each lesson has 3 levels: Startup, Intermediate, & Advanced. Choose level based on writing ability rather than age or grade. Teacher's Guide is included. Startup level is great for reluctant and unwilling writers and beginning writers of any age. Lighthearted, clearly defined assignments. The student feels immediate success, which builds writing confidence. Intermediate and Advanced levels will inspire higher level writers. Go through Igniting Your Writing! with one student several times at increasingly higher levels, or use for more than one student at a time.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780966667769
- Print Status
- In Print
- Sections
- 24
- Pages
- 88
- Suggested Grades
- 4th - 12th
- Publisher
- Merritt Park Press
- Copyright
- 2004
- URL
- http://www.homeschoolwriting.com
Sections
- A1 Word Play - Word Trade - Pages 8-9
- A2 Word Play - Sentence Stretch - Pages 10-11
- A3 Word Play - Sentence Shrink - Pages 12-13
- A4 Word Play - Flip It! (Word Order) - Pages 14-15
- B1 Parts of Speech - Action! (Verbs) - Pages 16-17
- B2 Parts of Speech - What Is This? (Nouns) - Pages 18-19
- B3 Parts of Speech - Tell Us More About It (Adjectives) - Pages 20-21
- B4 Parts of Speech - How Did You Do That? (Adverbs) - Pages 22-23
- C1 Mind Quest - Roaming Idea Hunt - Pages 24-25
- C2 Mind Quest - Stationary Idea Hunt - Pages 26-27
- C3 Mind Quest - Create A Character - Pages 28-29
- C4 Mind Quest - Create A Place - Pages 30-31
- D1 Lively Language - Simile and the World Similes With You (Comparisons) - Pages 32-33
- D2 Lively Language - Megawatt Writing (Intensity) - Pages 34-35
- D3 Lively Language - Understatement - Pages 36-37
- D4 Lively Language - In Other Words - Pages 38-39
- E1 Special Features - Get A Grip (Titles) - Pages 40-41
- E2 Special Features - Opening Hook - Pages 42-43
- E3 Special Features - Whose Point of View? - Pages 44-45
- E4 Special Features - Let's Talk (Dialogue) - Pages 46-47
- F1 Even Better - The Minus Sign (Cutting) - Pages 48-49
- F2 Even Better - The Plus Sign (Expanding) - Pages 50-51
- F3 Even Better - I Can Fix That For You - Pages 52-53
- F4 Even Better - Nobody's Perfect - Pages 54-55
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