Just Write

Children love talking about their lives--why not channelthat impulse into writing? Write About Me focuses onstudents lives, and then branches outwards to observing theworld around them. The book features large spaces fordrawing, student-centric illustrations, thematic word banksand steps that lead young writers to add details to theirwriting and make content area connections. The book alsooffers an introdcution to journals as a way to captureobservations and possible writing ideas. Some writingfundamentals such as types of sentences, capitalization andpunctuation are taught. Illustrations are by George Ulrichthat lead students into writing with age-appropriatevisuals. 58 pages, softcover; pages are non-reproducible.Grade 1.

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The drawing activities in Write about Me by ElsieWilmerding help children bridge the gap between thinking andtalking about an idea and writing about it. Children buildtheir writing skills as they develop ideas that havepersonal meaning to them. The book features large spaces fordrawing, student-centric illustrations, thematic word banks,and steps that lead young writers to add details to theirwriting and make content area connections. A great preludeto the Just Write series. Grade 1.

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Just Write helps students become confident andexpressive writers through fun exercises, engaging textandkid-friendly examples. Detailed models are includedthroughout, giving kids a helpful guide for each new skill.Book 1 presents the elements of creative writing, such asbrainstorming, characters, topic, sequencing, story planningand more. Students will eventually progress to writing theirown paragraphs and finally "publishing" their own story.

This book covers 9 weeks of lessons.

For grades2-3, 140 pages, with glossary, softcover.

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

Just Write helps students become confident andexpressive writers through fun exercises, engaging text andkid-friendly examples. Detailed models are includedthroughout, giving kids a helpful guide for each new skill.Book 2 presents capitalization, spelling, punctuation andother grammatical rules, but simultaneously encouragesstudents to start writing without any worry for such rules.They're also familiarized with the writing process from thebeginning with the writing process, from brainstorming to"publishing" a final draft. For grades 2-3. 165 pages withglossary, softcover. This book covers 9 weeks oflessons.

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This teacher's guide accompanies Just Write Book 2. Notes onthe writing process, exercises and chapter-referencedextension activities, classroom discussion & activities andreproducibles are included for a complete course. Studentpages are reduced with the correct answers overlaid in boldprint. 30 pages, paperback.

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

The Teacher's Guide explains the writing process, offerssuggestions on integrating Just Write into yourcurriculum, and provides a helpful page-by-page listing ofextension activities. Reproducible material includes anoutline of the writing process and Content and Editingchecklists. 18 pages, booklet form. Just Write Book 3Teacher's Guide accompanies Just Write Book 3(sold-separately).