SCHOLASTIC TEACHING RESOURCES SC-9780545147811 TEACHING STUDENTS TO MAKE WRITING VISUAL AND VIVID

SCHOLASTIC TEACHING RESOURCES SC-9780545147811 TEACHING STUDENTS TO MAKE WRITING VISUAL AND VIVID Review

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Its all about the pictures. When student writers rely primarily on vague statements adjectives and adverbs their writing doesnt score well on tests and worse sounds generic voiceless and dull. Creating vivid pictures is the key to good writing. In this book a teacher/writer/cartoonist provides tools for helping students write about people places events and even abstractions so that their readers can see hear smell touch and taste their topics. The author demonstrates ways to use figurative language movie techniques moment-by-moment narration hypothetical scenarios and dialogue to make any kind of writing come alive on the page.- Authors lively original reproducible middle-school-based comic strips make key points about writing through humor.- Classroom-tested ideas produce powerful engaging writing and raise test scores.- Writing exercises included here inspire even reluctant writers.