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| The Homeschool Diner's Guide to Homeschooling by Subject Language Arts for Homeschoolers Writing Resources How-To Books on Writing (for both teachers and students) by Julie Shepherd Knapp, copyright, 2006 Be a Writer and Be a Better Writer by Steve Peha and Margot Carmichael Lester -- sensible, conversational advice, includes a free sample download, daily writing tips, helpful for motivating reluctant writers, see the Homeschool Diner Reviews for details on this book Image Grammar by Harry R. Noden -- "... a writer is much like an artist who "paints" images, using grammatical structures as tools...", for writers who are ready to move beyond basic writing courses that focus on noun- verb agreement, run-ons, fragments, etc., learn to add excitement, focus, and complexity to your writing, add “Ancient Greek Special Effects” (rhetorical flourishes), use punctuation and sentence structure for artistic effect, this book is not designed for independent use, it includes examples and lesson strategies, but not daily assignments, designed for classroom use, but adaptable to homeschool, includes a CD with more resources. See an online excerpt, entitled "Harry Nodan's Basic Brushstrokes". Any Child Can Write by Harvey S. Wiener -- (preK - 12) for homeschool use, helps parents encourage their children to write, focuses on descriptive and creative expression thru word games, sentence crafts, autobiography, poetry, narration, painting word pictures, letter writing, and preparing school reports, includes simple exercises and activities, and helpful ideas but not daily lessons, recommended by Mary Pride If You’re Trying to Teach Kids How to Write, You’ve Gotta Have This Book! by Marjorie Frank -- written to help teachers incorporate more writing opportunities into their classrooms, this book is full of easy, fun, and clever ideas that foster an appreciation of words and written expression, aimed at kids who are already reading and writing but many of the ideas could be adapted for younger kids or even be done orally with kids who don't write yet, helps put fun back into writing, can be helpful with reluctant writers, too If you want a more structured writing program, Frank has also written writing texts with lesson plans and worksheets -- "Complete Writing Lessons for the Primary Grades" and "Complete Writing Lessons for the Middle Grades" "Craft Lessons: Teaching Writing K - 8" by Ralph Fletcher and Non-Fiction Craft Writing: Teaching Information Writing K - 8 by JoAnn Potalupi -- present short lessons that cover a particular aspect of writing, each lesson suggests the use of a particular book or books to demonstrate the concept to the children, gives teachers a wealth of practical strategies to help students grow into strong writers Writing the Easy Way by Phyllis Dutwin and Harriet Diamond -- often used as a supplement for writing classes, a practical self-teaching manual that covers general rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation, and provides guidelines for writing term papers, essays, business and personal letters, office memos and reports, can be used by olde students as a reference or as a refresher course The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier: How To Solve The Mysteries Of Weak Writing by Bonnie Trenga -- identifies the seven writing weaknesses that editors everywhere must fix again and again, written in a fun solve-the-mystery format |
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