writing

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe the history of writing and how important it has become.

The R.A.F.T.S. technique provides students with the baseline information they need to focus their writing: a Role from which to write, an Audience to address, a Format in which to write, a Topic about which to write and a Strong verb that suggests the purpose of the writing.

A study of written language, documenting the history and typology of writing beginning with the ancient Near East, and discussing how writing systems, such as Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese characters, and European alphabets convey meaning.

When Gabby's parents separate, her tendency to daydream becomes essential to coping with life's difficuties, which only increase when she moves with her mother to a new home and a new school.

French writer, editor, and publisher Roger Grenier has been presenting readers with books that draw elegant connections to the art of living and the work of art for decades. In this book, he offers a series of observations and quotations from some of his favorites writers such as Checkhov, Baudelaire, Proust, James Kafka, Mansfield, and many others.

The story of Travis Hugh Culley and how he taught himself to read. When Travis moved with his family to Miami in the spring of 1980, the bright six-year-old hoped things would be easier for him. Labeled as a discipline problem in school, and made fun of at home, Travis faked his way through tests and homework assignments and pretended he knew how to read. When his music teacher suggested that he audition for an acting program, a new world opened up for him. His father was not happy that his son was acting and so Travis began to write down his experiences. Once he began his journal, he saw the relationship between words and actions. When his parents separated, Travis ran away from home but stayed in school, committed to an education in the theater.

Includes "quick and easy literature-based lessons and activities that help students write super stories."--Cover.

After a storm blows some of them away, the letters on the alphabet tree learn from a strange bug to be stronger by forming words, then a caterpillar comes along and tells them that words are not enough; they must say something important.

Helen Keller became deaf and blind after a childhood illness, she grew up to be a renowned author, activist, and speaker. Anne Sullivan helped, her to overcame obstacles and used them to become an advocate for those experiencing hardship. This biography uses Keller's own words, so that readers can better know and understand this woman and leader.