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Writing Whizardry: 60 Mini-Lessons to Teach Elaboration and Writer's Craft
Maity Schrecengost
Maupin House Publishing, 2001
An ideal classroom curriculum supplement
In Writing Whizardry: 60 Mini-Lessons To Teach Elaboration & Writer's Craft, Maity Schrecengost provides classroom teachers with sixty self-contained "mini-lessons" targeting a specific writer's techniques or elaboration skills, as well as teaching the tips, tricks and ...
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Voice Lessons: Classroom Activities to Teach Diction, Detail, Imagery, Syntax, and Tone
Nancy Dean
Maupin House Publishing, 2000
Excellent resource for teaching voice
This title was recommended to me by our AP English teacher and she was right. A few simple lessons from each section and my high school students had a much better understanding of voice.
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The Writing Menu: Ensuring Success for Every Student
Melissa Forney
Maupin House Publishing, 1999
A "Must Have" for Teaching the Writing Process
Ever bought a teacher resource with high hopes only to file it away on your shelf never to be used? Not this one. Melissa Forney's book "The Writing Menu: Ensuring Success for Every Student" is a "must have" for anyone who is involved in helping children learn how to ...
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Constructing Meaning Through Kid-Friendly Comprehension Strategy Instruction
Nancy N. Boyles
Maupin House Publishing, 2004
Guidebook to honing one's teaching skills
Enhanced with an accompanying CD, Constructing Meaning Through Kid-Friendly Comprehension Strategy Instruction by Nancy N. Boyles (Professor, Graduate Reading Program, and Graduate Reading Program Coordinator at Southern Connecticut State University) is a resource ...
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Blowing Away the State Writing Assessment Test: Four Steps to Better Writing Scores for Students of All ...
Jane Bell Kiester
Maupin House Publishing, 2006
Blowing Away the State Writing Assessment Test
After my first year of teaching and experiencing the stress associated with preparing for the state writing assessment, I knew I had to find something that would help me know how to prepare my students for this important test. As I stood in the middle of a teacher's ...
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Giggles in the Middle: Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle for Middle School (Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle) ...
Jane Bell Kiester
Maupin House Publishing, Inc., 2006
love the caughtya's
This is the third "Caught 'Ya" book I've purchased - my kids LOVE this idea, and they are LEARNING!
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Razzle Dazzle Writing: Achieving Success Through 50 Target Skills
Melissa Forney
Maupin House Publishing, 2001
Great Resource!
After borrowing this book from a colleague, I decided I had to have my own copy. It's a resource I keep going back to each year. My sixth graders love the activities, which are fun and easy to follow. Melissa Forney knows how to motivate students to improve their ...
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Teaching Written Response to Text: Constructing Quality Answers to Open-Ended Comprehension Questions
Nancy N. Boyles
Maupin House Publishing, 2001
The Answer to Open-ended Questions is Here!
This is the perfect way for teachers to break down open-ended questions. So many states are asking students to write open-ended answers and teachers don't always know how to teach this. This book allows teachers to include open-ended questions as a part of their ...
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That's a GREAT Answer!
Nancy N. Boyles
Maupin House Publishing, 2007
Excellent Resource for All Primary Teachers!
That's A Great Answer is an excellent resource for primary grade teachers! Not only does Dr. Boyles' work help teachers introduce ways to respond to open ended questions but provides teachers with literacy objectives, great books and lesson examples. The teaching ...
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Caught'Ya !: Grammar With a Giggle
Jane Bell Kiester
Maupin House Publishing, 1990
Giggling Good Grammar
This is the only how-to teacher book that I've read cover to cover in the last 10 years. I love Hairy. I ordered Giggles in the Middle: Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle for Middle School and also read it cover to cover.
In a desolate, lifeless, serious world of ...
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The Chortling Bard: Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle for High School
Jane Bell Kiester
Maupin House Publishing, 1998
I love this system!
I discovered (and bought) Jane's first two Caught'ya books at the national Differentiated Education conference last summer. I have used the high school level stories successfully in the two semesters since then. I wanted more stories so that I could keep my students on ...
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Primary Literacy Centers : Making Reading and Writing Stick!
Susan Nations, Mellissa Alonso
Maupin House Publishing, 2001
Excellent book
This book was teacher friendly and a great resource. It shows how to easily set up and maintain literacy centers. The actual reading is only about 45 pages, the rest of the book has resources for teachers to set up the centers.
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Primary Pizzazz Writing with CD (Audio)
Melissa Forney
Maupin House Publishing, 2005
An extremely valuable resource for any educator of young children
Primary Pizzazz Writing is a K-2 one-stop textbook program for teaching young students how to write well. Chapters outline a curriculum covering all of the national primary writing standards, and offer a wide variety of fun projects to appeal to the littlest budding ...
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Dynamite Writing Ideas!: Empowering Students to Become Authors
Melissa Forney
Maupin House Publishing, 1996
Dynamite...it is!
Melissa gives you a golden crutch to use if you are anticipating starting a writing workshop in your classroom and are not sure where to begin, how to continue, or do not have the time to recreate the wheel. She gives you guidelines for daily and weekly activities to ...
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The Reviser's Toolbox
Barry Lane
Maupin House Publishing, 1999
The Revisor's Toolbox
I absolutely LOVE this book. While it is helpful to read After the End to get the theory etc, if you are a teacher who loves writing with your children and is looking for new ways to help your children truly REVISE their work, this book is for you. The book is full of ...
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