{"product_id":"the-writing-teachers-activityaday-9780470461327","title":"The Writing Teachers ActivityADay","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassroom-tested methods for boosting secondary students'' writing skills\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Writing Teacher''s Activity-a-Day\u003c\/i\u003e offers teachers, homeschoolers, and parents 180 ready-to-use, reproducible activities that enhance writing skills in secondary students. Based on Ledbetter''s extensive experience consulting to language arts teachers and school districts across the country, the classroom-tested activities included in this book teach students key literary and writing terms like allegory, elaboration, irony, personification, propaganda, voice, and more--and provide them with engaging examples that serve as models for their own Quick Writes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains writing prompts and sample passages in student-friendly language that connects abstract literary concepts to students'' own lives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by popular workshop presenter and veteran educator Mary Ellen Ledbetter\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a user-friendly, value-packed resource for teaching writing skills\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Makes This Book Different v\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAction Verbs as a Method of Elaboration 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdages 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdjectives as a Method of Elaboration 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdverbs as a Method of Elaboration: Practice # 1 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdverbs as a Method of Elaboration: Practice # 2 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAllegory 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlliteration 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAllusion 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalogy 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnecdote 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAntagonist 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplication and Synthesis 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing Prompts: Determining Mode of Writing 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssonance 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAutobiographical Collage 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiography 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrainstorming 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrainstorming: Web 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrainstorming: Web Subpoints 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBusiness Letter 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacter Sketch 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacterization: Actions 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacterization: Contrasting Actions 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacterization: Appearance 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacterization: Environment 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacterization: Inner Thoughts and Feelings (First Person) 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacterization: Inner Thoughts and Feelings (Third Person Omniscient) 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacterization: Speech 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacterization: What Others Say 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClichés 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimax 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChoppy Style 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommas (Individualized Practice #1) 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommas (Individualized Practice #2) 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparison\/Contrast Essay (Introduction) 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparison\/Contrast Essay (First Body: First Part of Contrast\/Comparison of Actions) 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparison\/Contrast Essay (First Body: Second Part of Contrast\/Comparison of Actions) 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparison\/Contrast (Second Body) 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparison\/Contrast Essay (Third Body) 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparison\/Contrast Essay (Conclusion) 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConflict: External 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConflict: Internal 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConnectives 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConnotation or Denotation 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinition as a Method of Elaboration 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions: Specialized 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDenouement 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescription as a Method of Elaboration 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescriptive Essay (Introduction) 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescriptive Essay (First Body) 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescriptive Essay (Second Body) 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescriptive Essay (Third Body) 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescriptive Essay (Conclusion) 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDialect 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDialogue as a Method of Elaboration 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditing for Grammar Mistakes 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElaboration 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElaboration: Examples and Explanation as a Method 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElaboration: Researchable Fact as a Method 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEuphemisms 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpanded Moment 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpository Writing (Introduction) 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpository Writing (First Body) 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpository Writing (Second Body) 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpository Writing (Third Body) 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpository Writing (Conclusion) 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtended Metaphor (Part #1) 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtended Metaphor (Part #2) 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamous Quotations Blending into Author’s Own Words 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamous Quotations as Methods of Elaboration 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamous Quotations (Top Ten) 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFantasy 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFigurative Language Fill-Ins 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlashback 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeshadowing 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFragments 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFriendly Letter (Heading, Salutation, Introduction) 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFriendly Letter (Body, Part #1) 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFriendly Letter (Body, Part #2) 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFull-Circle Ending in Narratives and Quick Writes 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFull-Circle Ending in Free Verse Poems 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHooks (Part #1) 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHooks (Part #2) 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHooks (Part #3) 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHooks (Part #4) 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow-To Vignette 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow-To or Process Writing (Introduction) 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow-To or Process Writing (First Body) 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow-To or Process Writing (Second Body) 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow-To or Process Writing (Third Body) 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow-To or Process Writing (Conclusion) 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHumor 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHyperbole 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHyphenated Modifier 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdioms 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInference 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrony of Situation 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview Questions (Get-Acquainted Exercise) 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterary Analysis (Introduction) 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterary Analysis (First Body) 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterary Analysis (Second Body) 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterary Analysis (Third Body) 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterary Analysis (Conclusion) 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMagic Three as a Method of Elaboration and Voice 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetaphor 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetaphor Quick Write 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMood (Part #1) 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMood Prediction (Part #2) 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMotif 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMotivation 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarrative (Setting, Characters, Conflict) 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarrative (Furthering Conflict in Rising Action) 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarrative (Introduction of Second Conflict and More Insight into Characters) 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarrative (Characters’ Reaction to Conflict) 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarrative (Introduction of Minor Character and Continued Conflict) 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarrative (Climax and Falling Action) 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnomatopoeia 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpen-Ended Questions 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpen-Ended Question (‘‘The Physicians of Trinidad’’) 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParadox 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePathetic Fallacy (Part #1) 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePathetic Fallacy (Part #2) 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeer Editing 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonalizing Current Events: Turning Nonfiction into Fiction 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonification 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersuasive Writing (Introduction) 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersuasive Writing (First Body) 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersuasive Writing (Second Body) 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersuasive Writing (Third Body) 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersuasive Writing (Conclusion) 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePicture Prompt Writing 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePicture Prompt Rubric: Student-Interactive (Beginning) 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePicture Prompt Rubric: Student-Interactive (Details) 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePicture Prompt Rubric: Student-Interactive (Editing) 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlay-Doh Writing Game 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoem Cut-Ups 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoignancy 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoint of View: Omniscient 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrediction (Part #1) 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrediction (Part #2) 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRedundancy 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepetition for Effect: One Trick for Voice (From Excerpt of Short Story) 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepetition for Effect (Sentence Practice) 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRun-On Sentences 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScience Fiction (Setting and Characters) 157\u003c\/p\u003e 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