Teaching The Elements Of Powerful Writing Using Great Fiction And Nonfiction

By Midge Madden

Book Overview

Aliveness. Clarity. Strength. These are characteristics of good writing, characteristics too often lacking in student work. Jane Sullivan and Midge Madden have developed a successful approach that helps students to see and appreciate these qualities in literary model--and then to revise their own writing with the ideas in mind. Includes 15 classroom-tested lessons in a format that lets teachers hear the authors' thinking, describing what they do and discussing why they do it. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439517818
• ISBN13: 9780439517812
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Teaching Strategies
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

A diamond in the rough!

It took a lot of effort on my part, as the teacher, to understand the concept, BUT it was well worth the effort. This is not a quick-fix, easy-to-do worksheet approach so if a teacher is looking for something quick and easy, he/she will need to look elsewhere. Instead, this is a resource that can be used throughout the year to teach specific techniques in writing by reading good literature, breaking it down into lessons on...