8th Grade - WRITE SOURCE: A Book for Writing, Thinking And Learning (Hardcover)


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8th Grade - WRITE SOURCE: A Book for Writing, Thinking And Learning

Hardcover - 1st Edition

Authors: Dave Kemper, Patrick Sebranek, and Verne Meyer

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company


Copyright: 2005

Pages: 766

This book is an awesome reference book for figuring out what to write about, prewriting, revising, editing, and publishing! There are methods to help students get started and steps that walk them through the entire process. It also contains GREAT sections on adding details, topic sentences, main ideas, grammatically correct sentences, mechanics, etc... The Proofreader's Guide at the end is amazing and can help students "clean up" their final writings!

CONTENTS:

OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS The Writing Process One Writer's Process Peer Responding Traits of Writing Using a Rubric Publishing Your Writing Creating a Portfolio GUIDELINES AND MODELS The Forms of Writing Descriptive Writing Narrative Writing Expository Writing Persuasive Writing Response to Literature Creative Writing Research Writing SPEAKING TO LEARN Listening and Speaking Making Oral Presentations WRITING TO LEARN Journals and Learning Logs Taking Notes Completing Assignments Taking Classroom Tests THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF WRITING Working with Words Building Effective Sentences Constructing Strong Paragraphs A WRITER'S RESOURCE PROOFREADER'S GUIDE

These materials were purchased from a school district's surplus sale.

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