creative writing (middle school)

"[Presents a guide for teachers on writing] that teachers [the reader] how to move students step-by-step from ideas, to drafts, to finished works"--Amazon.

Contains suggestions for a wide range of creative writing projects for children in elemenatry and middle school.

Contains twenty-four mentor texts for writing teachers with "Writer's Notes" for students, including stories, memoir, essays, poems, and novel excerpts, and discussing decision-making for authors, and other related topics.

A collection of creative writing exercises for the sixth through twelfth-grade classroom designed to improve writing and comprehension skills.

Presents ten vignettes with strange and evocative endings designed to invite analysis and speculation through discussion. Includes point of view discussion question, improvisation/role play variations, writing suggestions and student comments.

Presents ideas, lessons, examples, games, resources, and activities designed to help teach writing to students in grades six through eight, following the progression of the writing process from deciding what to write about to editing.

Joseph Tsujimoto, an English teacher at Punahou School in Hawaii, discusses his teaching techniques, describing his classroom interactions with his students, and including writing assignments, exercises, a few adult examples, and many student writings collected throughout his career.