Language learning: writing skills Books
Barcharts, Inc Essays Term Papers
Book SynopsisWriting from the planning stages through completion. Any student at almost any level can improve his/her writing skills.
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Barcharts, Inc English 5th Grade
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Barcharts, Inc English 6th Grade
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Barcharts, Inc English 8th Grade
Book SynopsisBoost grades with quick reference support where students, parents and teachers can easily find answers related to the specific core standards for English Language Arts. This set of expectations and skills need to be mastered to succeed in school, college and the real world. The QuickStudy® series aligns with those standards being implemented in most states to help guide students through their classes, and to support parents helping their students succeed. Each guide in the series focuses on critical areas of the curriculum and features real-world problems, examples, illustrations, and tables to help students retain information. Topics covered include: Verbals Using Ellipses to Indicate Omission Active & Passive Voice Verb Moods Shift in Verb Voice & Mood Indicating a Pause or Break Voice & Mood for Effect Figures of Speech Spelling Greek & Latin Affixes & Roots Finding Pronunciation in Dictionaries Context Clues Connotations & Denotations Word Relationships for Understanding
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Barcharts, Inc English Grammar Writing Easel Book a QuickStudy
Book SynopsisSo much knowledge of English language arts in so few pages at an unbeatable price. These durable coated pages will stand on their own with our built in easel for ease of reading and reference. Hundreds of pages of book facts expertly authored, edited and designed to fit into 21 pages. Find answers easier and faster in a great looking package. The power of knowledge should not break the bank. This Easel Includes: GRAMMAR Words Parts of Speech Parts of a Sentence Sentence Types & Forms Dependent Clauses Sentence Structure & Clarity Agreement Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers Sentence Flow & Phrasing GRAMMAR PITFALLS & MISTAKES Subject-Verb Agreement Tense Shifts Pronoun Shifts in Number or Person Run-On Sentences Sentence Fragments Commas Apostrophes Double Negatives Misused Modifiers Split Infinitives Punctuation Mechanics ENGLISH COMPOSITION & STYLE Define a Purpose Define the Audience Establish Clarity Unity, Completeness & Harmony Establish Coherence Analyze the Prompt Create a Wor
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Barcharts, Inc Argumentative Essay QuickStudy Reference Guide to
Book SynopsisExtremely important essay form that lays the groundwork for persuading others to see your side. Students will be asked to write this essay type (also known as a persuasive essay) from grade school through college, and definitely on standardized tests. Beyond school, much of a career can be spent debating points to persuade your peers, coworkers, colleagues, customers, vendors, constituents, etc. Which is why the skill is important enough to be tested nationwide. Great for school, these 6 laminated pages can last to support the process of persuasion for a lifetime. 6-page laminated guide includes: Understanding Argument & the Writing process Logic in Argument Six Evidences of a Good Argument Types of Arguments What an Argument Requires Arguable Issues Reading Argumentative Materials Writing Your Own Argument Critical Thinking Prompts Purpose & Parts of an Argument Types of Claims Types of Evidence Types of Fallacies Questions for Reading/Writing an Argument Writing the Argumentative Es
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Barcharts, Inc Persuasive Essay
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Quickstudy Reference Guides English Verbs
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Quickstudy Reference Guides MLA Guidelines 9th Edition
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Quickstudy Reference Guides ApaMLA Guidelines 7th9th Editions Style
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Bedford Books Writing First with Readings Paragraphs and Essays
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£105.30
Simon & Schuster The Way of the Writer Reflections on the Art and
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£15.20
Graywolf Press The Art of History: Unlocking the Past in Fiction
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£10.80
Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Giant Write Every Day: Daily Writing Prompts,
Book SynopsisIncludes 300 "quickwrites", 202 story starters, 141 writing forms, a trait-based writing guide, and more!
£19.99
Signature Books Breathe Life Into Your Life Story: How to Write a
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Management Concepts, Inc Plain Language in Government Writing: A Step-by-Step Guide
Book SynopsisA Plain-English Guide to Government Writing Whether you’re in the public or private sector, good writing skills are critical to your success in the workplace. Plain Language in Government Writing: A Step-by-Step Guide shows you how to apply federal plain-language guidelines to every type of writing — from emails, memos, and letters to agency communications, technical procedures, and budget justification statements. Through numerous exercises as well as examples from a variety of federal and state agencies, this practical guide walks you step-by-step through every phase of the writing process, providing tips for improved clarity, conciseness, and completeness. This valuable reference will help you:Write for diverse audiences in reader-friendly, plain language Overcome writer’s block Gain confidence in your ability to write — and get results Make your writing visually appealing Prepare for briefings and presentations Recognize successful writing and identify what makes it effective A Plain-English Guide to Government Writing will enable you to express yourself more clearly and concisely, produce documents more efficiently, and work more effectively with others throughout the writing process.
£37.50
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Gotham Writers' Workshop Writing Fiction: The
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University of Iowa Press The Creative Writer's Survival Guide: Advice from
Book SynopsisBeginning with “The Writer’s Wonderland Or: A Warning” and ending with “You’ve Published a Book Now What?” The Creative Writer’s Survival Guide is a must-read for creative-writing students and teachers, conference participants, and aspiring writers of every stamp. Directed primarily at fiction writers but suitable for writers of all genres, John McNally’s guide is a comprehensive, take-no-prisoners blunt, highly idiosyncratic, and delightfully subjective take on the writing life. McNally has earned the right to dispense advice on this subject. He has published three novels, two collections of short fiction, and hundreds of individual stories and essays. He has edited six anthologies and worked with editors at university presses, commercial houses, and small presses. He has earned three degrees, including an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and taught writing to thousands of students at nine different universities. But he has also received far more rejections than acceptances, has endured years of underpaid adjunct work, and is presently hard at work on a novel for which he has no guarantee of publication. In other words, he’s been at the writing game long enough to rack up plenty of the highs and lows that translate into an invaluable guide. McNally wrestles with writing degrees and graduate programs, the nuts and bolts of agents and query letters and critics, book signings and other ways to promote your book, alcohol and other home remedies, and jobs for writers from adjunct to tenure-track. Chapters such as “What Have You Ever Done That’s Worth Writing About?” “Can Writing Be Taught?” “Rejection: Putting It in Perspective,” “Writing as a Competitive Sport,” “Seven Types of MLA Interview Committees,” “Money and the Writer,” and the all-important “Talking about Writing vs. Writing” cover a vast range of writerly topics from learning your craft to making a living at it. McNally acts as the writer’s friendly drill sergeant, relentlessly honest but bracingly cheerful as he issues his curmudgeonly marching orders. Alternately cranky and philosophical, full of to-the-point anecdotes and honest advice instead of wonkish facts and figures, The Creative Writer’s Survival Guide is a snarky, truthful, and immensely helpful map to being a writer in today’s complex world.Trade ReviewI write this blurb in distress because for years I’ve been stealing John McNally’s sharp insights into writing and publishing and passing them off as my own. Now this generous so-and-so is sharing his vast experience as a writer and editor with everyone. Worse yet, this book, despite its instructional value, is irresistibly, un-put-downably readable.” - Timothy Schaffert, author, Devils in the Sugar Shop. “This has got to be the most comprehensive nuts-and-bolts how-to that has ever been written about writing. McNally has answered every one! Every one of the questions that always come up in a Q&A session when the writer’s impulse is to talk about Art and the audience wants to know: how do I get to be you? I look forward to having this book in hand. It’s a fine addition to the ever-growing literature of creative writing, and it covers everything.” - Janet Burroway, author, Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft and Bridge of Sand.
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Soft Skull Press Monkeys with Typewriters: How to Write Fiction
Book SynopsisThe ultimate guide to reading and writing fiction, with useful creative exercises and fascinating analyses of great plots—from Plato and Tolstoy to The Matrix and Toy Story. The bestselling author of The End of Mr. Y shows you how to unlock any narrative and create your own. Filled with creative exercises, structures, and charts, this creative writing manual breaks down the fiction writing process and demonstrates that everyone has material to write about—whether they believe it or not. Have you ever had your heart broken, or broken someone else’s heart? Have you ever won an argument but later realized you were wrong? Have you ever tripped in public or spilled wine on someone else’s carpet? Monkeys with Typewriters is an ode to the secret power of stories, and a guide to cracking those powers open. As a bestselling author, Thomas may appear as a naturally gifted writer. However, for Thomas, fiction unlocked itself only once she recognized the importance of an author’s individual experience and one’s willingness to ask questions, not simply provide solutions. She deems the communication of one’s humanity as the key to making a piece relatable, and Thomas does nothing less in her own work. With startling and original insights into how we construct stories, Monkeys with Typewriters is a creative writing book like no other. It will show you how to not only write, but also to a finer degree, how to read.
£14.24
Penguin Putnam Inc Writing to Change the World
Book SynopsisFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reviving Ophelia, Another Country, and The Shelter of Each Other comes an inspirational book that shows how words can change the world. Words are the most powerful tools at our disposal. With them, writers have saved lives and taken them, brought justice and confounded it, started wars and ended them. Writers can change the way we think and transform our definitions of right and wrong.Writing to Change the World is a beautiful paean to the transformative power of words. Encapsulating Mary Pipher's years as a writer and therapist, it features rousing commentary, personal anecdotes, memorable quotations, and stories of writers who have helped reshape society. It is a book that will shake up readers' beliefs, expand their minds, and possibly even inspire them to make their own mark on the world.
£13.49
Utah State University Press Rewriting: How to Do Things with Texts, Second
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Experiment Write to the Point: A Master Class on the
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£11.99
Mark Twain Media Common Core: Types of Text
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Cheng & Tsui Company The Way of Chinese Characters: The Origins of 670
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Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc A Belfast Girl: A 1960s American Folk Music
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Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc Storytwisting: A Guide to Remixing and
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Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc Storytwisting: A Guide to Remixing and
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Capstone Classroom Writing Strategies for the Common Core:
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Capstone Classroom Writing Strategies for the Common Core:
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Sasquatch Books Welcome to the Writer's Life: How to Design Your
Book SynopsisLearn how to take your work to the next level with this informative guide on the craft, business, and lifestyle of writing With warmth and humor, Paulette Perhach welcomes you into the writer’s life as someone who has once been on the outside looking in. Like a freshman orientation for writers, this book includes an in-depth exploration of all the elements of being a writer—from your writing practice to your reading practice, from your writing craft to the all-important and often-overlooked business of writing. In Welcome to the Writer’s Life, you will learn how to tap into the powers of crowdsourcing and social media to grow your writing career. Perhach also unpacks the latest research on success, gamification, and lifestyle design, demonstrating how you can use these findings to further improve your writing projects. Complete with exercises, tools, checklists, infographics, and behind-the-scenes tips from working writers of all types, this book offers everything you need to jump-start a successful writing life.Trade Review“Paulette Perhach is a teacher you can trust. She knows the creative writing process from hard work and constant practice, and everything she says about it rings true. Funny and wise, filled with examples of the joys and sweet agonies of the creative process, Welcome to the Writer's Life is a book both veterans and beginners will enjoy.”—Charles Johnson, author of The Way of the Writer and Middle Passage "Welcome to the Writer's Life is an indispensable guide to the literary life. Paulette Perhach offers a wealth of ideas and resources here in a warm and welcoming voice. It's like your best friend is a writer and she's giving you all the inside scoop."—Theo Pauline Nestor, author of Writing Is My Drink “Writers looking for encouragement, specifics, and some memorable advice would do well to pick up this good-humored and highly useful guide…This funny, readable, and idea-crammed book is a powerful tool for writers, no matter where they are in their journeys.”—Publisher's Weekly "The book’s interactive approach and dynamic format coupled with Perhach’s warm, encouraging tone make this a multi-faceted guide that’s a delight to read."—The Writer magazine“A panoramic view of what you need to know most and what you need to know first...Paulette Perhach’s introductory guide is a comprehensive volume containing hard-earned wisdom and organizational ideas, covering everything from writing and reading habits, to craft and editing. Full of helpful writing exercises and prompts, lists of prizes and literary journals, strategies for social media and financial budgeting, and inspirational anecdotes from poets and prose writers offering insightful advice gleaned from their personal experiences."—Poets & Writers"This compendious exploration-and tactical workbook-of the writer's path, replete with tried-and-true exercises and behind-the-scenes tips, provides a tremendous asset for aspirants or anyone simply curious about writers, their work, and the challenge of keeping body and spirit together."—Library Journal"The book is a great practical guide to the craft and business of writing for aspiring authors, and it also serves as a wonderful cross-section of the Seattle writing community."—The Seattle Review of Books
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Reading Comprehension: Nonfiction, Grade 1
Book SynopsisBuild strong literacy foundations with leveled nonfiction minibooks and comprehension activities! Engage first-grade students in high-quality reading comprehension lessons that include picture dictionaries with words to know, plus comprehension, vocabulary, and scaffolded writing activities.
£19.19
Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Reading Comprehension: Nonfiction, Grade 2
Book SynopsisBuild strong reading comprehension skills with leveled nonfiction texts and comprehension activities! Engage second-grade students in high-quality reading comprehension lessons that include texts with a variety of text structures, picture dictionaries, comprehension activities, writing prompt activities, and more.
£19.19
Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Reading Comprehension: Nonfiction, Grade 3
Book SynopsisBuild strong reading comprehension skills with leveled nonfiction texts and comprehension activities! Engage third-grade students in high-quality reading comprehension lessons that include texts with a variety of text structures, dictionaries, comprehension activities, writing prompt activities, and more.
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Reading Comprehension: Nonfiction, Grade 5
Book SynopsisBuild strong reading comprehension skills with leveled nonfiction texts and comprehension activities! Engage fifth-grade students in high-quality reading comprehension lessons that include texts with a variety of text structures, dictionaries, comprehension activities, writing prompt activities, and more.
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Reading Comprehension: Nonfiction, Grade 6 Teacher Resource
Book SynopsisBuild strong reading comprehension skills with leveled nonfiction texts and comprehension activities! Engage sixth-grade students in high-quality reading comprehension lessons that include texts with a variety of text structures, dictionaries, comprehension activities, writing prompt activities, and more.
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Reading Comprehension: Paired Text, Grade 1
Book SynopsisReading comprehension practice gives first-grade students strong foundations. It includes 7 paired text units with leveled minibooks about science and social studies topics. Each unit has a big question, a teacherâs complex text, a picture dictionary, and illustrated reading and writing activities. Each unit also includes assessment activities.
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Reading Comprehension: Paired Text, Grade 5
Book SynopsisReading comprehension practice boosts fifth-grade studentsâ competencies across the curriculum. Includes 8 paired text units with science, social studies, and civics topics. Each unit has an essential question and vocabulary, reading, and writing activities that help students examine texts and engage in discussions. Also includes unit assessments.
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Reading Comprehension: Paired Text, Grade 6 Teacher Resource
Book SynopsisReading comprehension practice boosts sixth-grade studentsâ competencies across the curriculum. Includes 8 paired text units with science, social studies, and civics topics. Each unit has an essential question and vocabulary, reading, and writing activities that help students examine texts and engage in discussions. Also includes unit assessments.
£19.99
Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Reading Comprehension: Fiction, Grade 1 Teacher
Book SynopsisBuild strong reading comprehension skills with leveled fiction stories and comprehension activities!
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Reading Comprehension: Fiction, Grade 2 Teacher Resource
Book SynopsisBuild strong reading comprehension skills with leveled fiction stories and comprehension activities!
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Reading Comprehension: Fiction, Grade 4 Teacher
Book SynopsisBuild strong reading comprehension skills with leveled fiction stories and comprehension activities!
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Reading Comprehension: Fiction, Grade 6 Teacher Resource
Book SynopsisBuild strong reading comprehension skills with leveled fiction stories and comprehension activities!
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Sourcebooks, Inc 52 Diverse Titles Every Book Lover Should Read: A
Book SynopsisThe American Library Association presents a book by a must-read BIPOC author for every week of the year in this beautiful reading log.Calling all book lovers! Expand your reading list with a one-year reading challenge from the American Library Association (ALA). Including the ALA's insights into each title and prompts for further reflection, this journal is a must-have for all bibliophiles and library regulars.Includes:52 book recommendations to keep you reading BIPOC authors all yearRoom to reflect on each book as you complete the challengePages for your personal reading log, perfect for sharing on social media
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Sourcebooks, Inc 52 Award-Winning Titles Every Book Lover Should
Book SynopsisThe American Library Association presents an award-winning must-read book for every week of the year in this beautiful reading log.Calling all book lovers! Expand your reading list with a one-year reading challenge from the American Library Association (ALA). Including the ALA's insights into each title, notes on the awards they've won, and prompts for further reflection, this journal is a must-have for all bibliophiles and library regulars.Includes:52 Award-Winning book recommendations to keep you reading all yearRoom to reflect on each book as you complete the challengePages for your personal reading log, perfect for sharing on social media
£13.66
Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc The New Book of Plots: Constructing Engaging
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Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc Affrilachian Tales: Folktales from the
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Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc Old China Through the Eyes of a Storyteller
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Myers Education Press Writing in Online Courses: How the Online
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