Until her sister's birthday party, eight-year-old Kelly, who loves to read and write, feels that everyone in her family, except her, can do something wonderful.
Family, school, and life in general are seen through the writings of four fifth graders who have been taken out of an overcrowded New York City classroom and placed with a teacher who shows them how to write and how to believe in themselves.
Focuses on the skills and techniques necessary for good writing, with excerpts from established writers and samples of young people's work as examples.
In nineteenth-century Concord, Massachusetts, seven-year-old Louisa May Alcott joins other local children on the varied excursions led by teacher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau, and is inspired to write her first poem.
Presents an introduction to the writing workshop and explains how such workshops can be used to develop strong writing skills in students, discussing time and space, the writing cycle, assessment and evaluation, and other topics.
Provides activities to uncover individual traits and abilities, information about careers in writing, description of career planning resources, explanations for personal roadmaps, and profiles of individuals with writing careers.
Under a deadline from his editor, Howie the wire-haired dachshund creates a story featuring a superhero whose ability to stink enables him and his sidekick, a sparrow named Little D, to fight crime in Central City.
