Muutke küpsiste eelistusi

Ready-to-Use Paragraph Writing Activities (Volume 3 of Writing Skills Curriculum Library) [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 152 pages, kaal: 1000 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 09-Nov-2001
  • Kirjastus: Prentice Hall
  • ISBN-10: 0876284845
  • ISBN-13: 9780876284841
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 152 pages, kaal: 1000 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 09-Nov-2001
  • Kirjastus: Prentice Hall
  • ISBN-10: 0876284845
  • ISBN-13: 9780876284841
A practical series that provides over 540 stimulating, ready-to-use activity sheets to help teach and reinforce writing skills in middle/junior high and senior high school students, grades 6-12. Each unit in the series focuses on a different area of writing skills and is complete and self-contained, including 90 reproducible activities in a variety of formats, a brief teacher's guide to effective use of the activities and full answer keys. The activities can be used in any order in any developmental or corrective writing program to meet the specific needs of individual students, small groups, or an entire class.
About the Writing Skills Curriculum Library ix
About Unit 3 xi
Teacher's Correction Marks xix
SECTION ONE STARTING UP
Identifying the Parts of Speech
Parts of speech
3(1)
Parts-of-Speech Review
Parts of speech
4(1)
Parts-of-Speech Review Crossword Puzzle
Parts of speech
5(1)
Placing the Punctuation Marks in Their Proper Places
Punctuation
6(1)
Reviewing Punctuation Marks
Punctuation
7(1)
Jumbled Sentences
Writing sentences
8(1)
Turning Fragments into Sentences
Complete sentences
9(1)
How Tasty!
Phrases, clauses, and sentences
10(1)
Each Has 40
Phrases, clauses, and sentences
11(1)
Mistakes...Mistakes...Mistakes
Proofreading
12(1)
13 Errors
Proofreading
13(1)
The Backyard Experience
Proofreading
14(1)
The Paragraph That Needs Much Work
Proofreading
15(1)
The Error Detector
Proofreading
16(1)
Matching Errors and Examples
Proofreading
17(1)
By the Numbers
Composing sentences
18(1)
All 26
Spelling
19(4)
SECTION TWO BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT
Following Your Teacher's Suggestions
Sentence building
23(1)
Combining Sentences
Combining sentences
24(1)
Methods of Transportation
Sentence building
25(1)
Placing the Participles Properly
Participles
26(1)
A Different Kind of Paragraph
Paragraph building
27(1)
Order in the Paragraph
Sentence sequence
28(1)
Ten into One (Twice)
Sentence combining
29(1)
Restoring Order
Paragraph building
30(1)
Transitional Words and Phrases
Transitions
31(1)
Making the Distinction
Facts and opinions
32(1)
Fact versus Opinion
Facts and opinions
33(1)
Distinguishing Fact from Opinion
Facts and opinions
34(1)
The Facts and Opinions of Poetry
Facts and opinions
35(4)
SECTION THREE GENERATING IDEAS
Developing Topic Sentences
Topic sentences
39(1)
Working with Topic Sentences
Topic sentences
40(1)
Topic Sentence Review
Topic sentences
41(1)
The Thesis Statement
Thesis statement
42(1)
Supporting Your Thesis Statement
Thesis statement
43(1)
Giving Good Reasons
Supporting an opinion
44(1)
Expressing Yourself
Supporting an opinion
45(1)
Supporting Your Opinions
Supporting an opinion
46(1)
Supporting Your Choice
Supporting an opinion
47(1)
Supporting Yourself on School Issues
Supporting an opinion
48(1)
Taking a Stand on Literature
Literary opinions
49(1)
Select, State, and Narrow
Paragraph building
50(1)
Listing Your Ideas
Brainstorming
51(1)
Thinking About Topics
Brainstorming
52(1)
Developing the Topic
Approaches
53(1)
A Topic's Development
Approaches
54(3)
SECTION FOUR ZEROING IN
Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing
57(1)
Rewording Memorable Words
Paraphrasing
58(1)
Show Us How They Feel
Illustrative sentences
59(1)
Let's Get Emotional
Illustrative sentences
60(1)
Showing the Contrasts
Brainstorming
61(1)
Working with Quotations
Topics
62(1)
What Is the Difference?
Word definitions
63(1)
Illustrative Sentences
Illustrative sentences
64(1)
Using the Correct Word
Word definitions
65(1)
A Sensational Assignment
Description
66(1)
Noting an Author's Opinion
Approaches
67(1)
Time Out for Some Fun with Oxymorons
Oxymorons
68(1)
Tracing the Source
Eponyms
69(1)
Idioms
Idioms
70(3)
SECTION FIVE DEVELOPING SKILLS
Setting Down the Terms
Writing terminology
73(1)
Some Food for Thought Regarding the Paragraph
Writing terminology
74(1)
Describing People, Places, and Things
Description
75(1)
Writing a Report
Organization
76(1)
An Interview Report
Organization
77(1)
How to Do an Analogy Question
The analogy essay
78(1)
The Comparison-Contrast Essay
Writing the comparison-contrast essay
79(1)
The Cause-and-Effect Essay
Cause-and-effect essay
80(1)
A Powerful Paragraph
Paragraph writing
81(2)
The Descriptive Essay
Writing the descriptive essay
83(1)
The Persuasive Essay
Writing the persuasive essay
84(1)
Writing the Narrative
Writing a story
85(1)
The Classification Essay
Writing the classification essay
86(1)
The Definition Essay
Writing the definition essay
87(1)
An Isolated Hero
Paragraph writing
88(5)
SECTION SIX IMAGINING THINGS
I Am Like...
Paragraph writing
93(1)
A Day in the Life
Paragraph writing
94(1)
Describing a Place
Paragraph writing
95(1)
Dear Advice Columnist
Paragraph writing
96(1)
Mapping a Paragraph
Paragraph writing
97(1)
Arizona Facts
Organizing ideas
98(1)
Writing Directions
Writing directions
99(1)
An Experience with Quotations
Paragraph writing
100(1)
Your Ideas About Television and the Movies
Paragraph writing
101(1)
Point of View Through Interior Monologue
Interior monologues
102(1)
Would You Rather...
Story writing
103(1)
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Paragraph writing
104(1)
Surprise!
Composition writing
105(1)
Describing a Friend
Speech writing
106(1)
A Real Test of Your Writing Skills
Composition writing
107(2)
Answer Key 109
Jack Umstatter, a master English teacher with over 25 years experience, is a multiple winner of the Teacher of the Year award. He currently teaches English in the Cold Spring Harbor School District in New York and educationand literature at Dowling College in Oakdale, New York. He is the author of Brain Games!, Hooked on English! and other practical teacher resources published by The Center.