{"product_id":"real-life-writing-activities-for-grades-4-9-9780130449795","title":"Real-Life Writing Activities for Grades 4-9","description":"This ready-to-use resource provides 40 complete model and writing lessons that capture students' attention, build their writing skills, and teach them a writing process (motivation, brainstorming, composing, revising, and publishing) that will serve them throughout their lives.\u003cbr\u003e The lessons\/activities are designed for young authors in grades 4 through 9 who are just learning the composing process, as well as for advanced writers who are ready to experiment with a variety of writing and speaking genres. They feature a wide range of practical writing tasks students can easily relate to their own lives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For easy use, all materials are printed in a big 8 1\/4\" x 11\" lay-flat binding that folds flat for photocopying of the writing formats and evaluative checklists that accompany many of the lessons, and are arranged developmentally into five sections. Here's just a sample of what each section offers: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Descriptive Compositions for Young Authors: \"People\/Fact Hunt\"...\"Consumer Survey\"...\"Captions\"...\"Letter of Introduction to My Next Teacher\"...: Restaurant Review Checklist\"...\"Horoscope\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Directional Compositions for Young Authors: \"Advice to Next Year's Class\"...\"Treasure Map Directions\"...\"Friendship Recipe\"...\"Cheer-Up Checklist\"...\"Medical Guide\"...\"Advice Column Solution Letter\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Persuasive Compositions for Young Authors: \"Apology\/ApologyNote\"...\"Travel Brochure\"...\"Movie.VideoReview\"...\"Sympathy Message\"...\"Bill of Rights\"...\"Letter of Complaint\"...\"Eulogy\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Marrative Compositions for Young Authors: \"Good News\/Bad News Tale\"...\"Mystery\/Whodunit\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Poems \u0026amp; Songs for Young Authors: \"Simple Chant\"...\"Five-Line Poem\"...\"Comparison Poem\"...\"Auto\/Bio Poem\"...\"Modern Nursery Rhymes\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e All lessons provide step-by-step instructions, including alternative motivators, examples of what to say to elicit students' response and what to write on the chalkboard, and suggestions for responding to students' writing in a way that will encourage them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You'll also find the lessons are ideally flexible. You may follow the steps in each Real-Life Writing lesson just as described or add, omit, and\/or change parts to fit your students' knowledge, skills, or interests and\/or your curriculum needs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCherlyn Sunflower is Associate Professor of Education at Moorhead State University in Minnesota where she teaches elementary language arts courses. She previously taught grades K-6 and resource room in Austin, Texas, Public Schools. Dr. Sunflower is also the author of 75 Creative Ways to Publish Students' Writings and Really Writing! Ready-to-Use Writing Process Activities for the Elementary Grades.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844042101010,"sku":"9780130449795","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_45cb87c2-0dd1-43e3-aa0b-3f85b522d6f1.jpg?v=1737308272","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/real-life-writing-activities-for-grades-4-9-9780130449795","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}