rhetoric

Describes six traits of good writing in any genre, including ideas, organizations, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation, and offers advice for teachers on how to assess student writing using the 6 + 1 TRAIT model. Includes scoring guides, sample student papers, and focus lessons and activities.

Provides a detailed, step-by-step guide to the basics of writing fiction and creative nonfiction for beginner and advanced writers. Discusses the three main aspects of creative writing and includes definitions of basic terms of fiction. Provides examples including excerpts from short fiction stories, essays, and contemporary novels.

Offers advice about grammar and getting upset about spelling and punctuation errors, taking moral and ethical insights into grammar errors and using them to instruct teachers and students on good grammar and writing.

This book, revised with more than 150 new ideas, inspirations, and sample notes, helps you write meaningful messages that let people know how much they matter.

Contains lesson plans, reproducibles, and display and publishing ideas to implement meaningful, fun-filled student writing experiences.

Explores the usage of verbs to write with style.

Describes how to write a story or other type of narrative. Discusses the steps to follow, and the importance of rewriting and proofreading. Includes a glossary and sources of more information.

Explains how to write and defines the steps to the writing process.

Offers step-by-step instructions for developing effective writing skills.