By Mary Ellen Ledbetter
Classroom-tested tools for reinforcing secondary scholars' writing skills
The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day bargains lecturers, homeschoolers, and fogeys one hundred eighty ready-to-use, reproducible actions that improve writing abilities in secondary scholars. in accordance with Ledbetter's vast event consulting to language arts academics and college districts around the state, the classroom-tested actions integrated during this booklet educate scholars key literary and writing phrases like allegory, elaboration, irony, personification, propaganda, voice, and more--and supply them with enticing examples that function versions for his or her personal speedy Writes.
- Contains writing activates and pattern passages in student-friendly language that connects summary literary recommendations to scholars' personal lives
- Written by means of renowned workshop presenter and veteran educator Mary Ellen Ledbetter
- Offers a straight forward, value-packed source for educating writing skills
Designed for English language arts academics in grades 6-12, tutors, mom and dad, studying experts, homeschoolers, and consultants.
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The voice boomed as we crept stealthily forward. Write a short vignette containing dialogue using at least five adverbs. v Keep in mind the following rules for dialogue: a. Begin a new paragraph for each new speaker. b. Be sure to put quotation marks around the dialogue. c. Capitalize the first word of what is said. 4 The Writing Teacher’s Activity-a-Day Copyright © 2010 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. ACTIVITY d. Punctuation marks go inside the quotation marks, with a few exceptions; for example: • Did you say ‘‘I’m ready’’?
Now’’ was the one word that hung heavily in the air. I couldn’t help thinking that I had misunderstood. Maybe he had said ‘‘Soon’’ or ‘‘Tonight’’ or ‘‘Tomorrow’’—better yet ‘‘Yesterday’’ or ‘‘Never’’ and the deadly deed would be behind us or not have existed at all. But there it was again—that one word. ’’ the voice boomed as we crept stealthily forward. Write a short vignette containing dialogue using at least five adverbs. v Keep in mind the following rules for dialogue: a. Begin a new paragraph for each new speaker.
Brown’s expense. Signed up as lab partners on frog dissecting day are the two most opposite girls in school—Ellie and Erin. It’s like Princess Di meets Rocky Balboa. (Hook) The girls’ dissenting actions and speech are obvious, but they are united in their desire to pass science class. (Thesis with Three Points) ACTIVITY Copyright © 2010 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. After you have brainstormed your topic and made a web of similarities and differences, write an introduction for your own paper that has the stated requirements.