Jump Write In!: Creative Writing Exercises for Diverse Communities, Grades 6-12

by WritersCorps, Valerie Chow Bush, Judith Tannenbaum, et al.

Book Overview

Classroom teachers often feel pressure to choose between using standards-based lessons and activities that engage their students' creativity and encourage personal expression. In Jump Write In , however, the experienced writer-teachers from WritersCorps offer numerous exercises that do both: build key standards-based writing skills and give voice to youth.

Through poetry, fiction, personal narrative, and playwriting, students will improve...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787977772
• ISBN13: 9780787977771
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 6 to 12 years