Just Write

Children love talking about their lives--why not channel that impulse into writing? Write About Me focuses on students lives, and then branches outwards to observing the world around them. The book features large spaces for drawing, student-centric illustrations, thematic word banks and steps that lead young writers to add details to their writing and make content area connections. The book also offers an introdcution to journals as a way to capture observations and possible writing ideas. Some writing fundamentals such as types of sentences, capitalization and punctuation are taught. Illustrations are by George Ulrich that lead students into writing with age-appropriate visuals. 58 pages, softcover; pages are non-reproducible. Grade 1.

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The drawing activities in Write about Me by Elsie Wilmerding help children bridge the gap between thinking and talking about an idea and writing about it. Children build their writing skills as they develop ideas that have personal meaning to them. The book features large spaces for drawing, student-centric illustrations, thematic word banks, and steps that lead young writers to add details to their writing and make content area connections. A great prelude to the Just Write series. Grade 1.

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Just Write helps students become confident and expressive writers through fun exercises, engaging text andkid-friendly examples. Detailed models are included throughout, giving kids a helpful guide for each new skill. Book 1 presents the elements of creative writing, such as brainstorming, characters, topic, sequencing, story planning and more. Students will eventually progress to writing their own paragraphs and finally "publishing" their own story.

This book covers 9 weeks of lessons.

For grades 2-3, 140 pages, with glossary, softcover.

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The "Just Write Book 1 Teacher's Guide" explains the writing process, offers suggestions on how to use Just Write in your classroom, and provides a helpful page-by-page listing of exercises and extension activities. An answer key features answers overlaid on reduced-size student pages. Reproducible material includes a few graphic organizations and a "Content and Editing" checklist. The Just Write Book 1 Teacher's Guide accompanies Just Write, Book 1 (sold-separately). 26 pages, booklet.

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Just Write helps students become confident and expressive writers through fun exercises, engaging text and kid-friendly examples. Detailed models are included throughout, giving kids a helpful guide for each new skill. Book 2 presents capitalization, spelling, punctuation and other grammatical rules, but simultaneously encourages students to start writing without any worry for such rules. They're also familiarized with the writing process from the beginning with the writing process, from brainstorming to "publishing" a final draft. For grades 2-3. 165 pages with glossary, softcover. This book covers 9 weeks of lessons.

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This teacher's guide accompanies Just Write Book 2. Notes on the writing process, exercises and chapter-referenced extension activities, classroom discussion & activities and reproducibles are included for a complete course. Student pages are reduced with the correct answers overlaid in bold print. 30 pages, paperback.

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Just Write helps students become confident and expressive writers through fun exercises, engaging text and kid-friendly examples. Detailed models are included throughout, giving kids a helpful guide for each new skill. Book 3 builds upon the earlier Just Write books, and introduces students to the four types of writing: narrative, descriptive, expository and persuasive. Students are encouraged to be creative and experiment with each genre. Enjoyable activities, exercises and checklists guide aspiring writers towards making 'reading-writing connections'. This book covers 9 weeks of lessons. Glossary included. Softcover, 88 pages. Grade 4.

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The Teacher's Guide explains the writing process, offers suggestions on integrating Just Write into your curriculum, and provides a helpful page-by-page listing of extension activities. Reproducible material includes an outline of the writing process and Content and Editing checklists. 18 pages, booklet form. Just Write Book 3 Teacher's Guide accompanies Just Write Book 3 (sold-separately).

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