At a time when the writing process is sometimes viewed as a seven-step recipe, with revision one of those steps, author Barry Lane inspires language arts teachers to approach the subject with flexibility and playfulness.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Excellent Resource for Teachers-- Buy It!:
This book was recommended to me by my cooperating teacher during my student teaching. I used it for many creative lessons that got kids started on writing (even middle schoolers) really creative stuff-- sometimes just using a dirty legwarmer as a starting point. It made lesson planning exciting and took away time intensive work involved with doing your own original lessons everyday. I'm so excited to use this often in whatever subject I teach!
After the End:
This is an excellent book to aid in teaching writing to all ages. Recommend that every English teacher own and use these principles.
Successful author, successful book, great ideas:
I saw this book reviewed here on Amazon. I then went to the public library to review one of his other books. I liked what I saw. Then I bought this book based on the previous reviews and I'm very glad I did. It's definitely worth a 5 out of 5!
This book hits the sweet spot of what I'm trying to accomplish as a tutor to some junior high school students. Barry Lane's exercises and theories fit what I've learned so far in this fun, and sometimes hilarious, quest.
The book is easy to read, yet loaded with... more info
Required reading for writing teachers:
Tired of trying to browbeat your students into revising their writing? Afraid you might scream if you have to slog through The Writing Process one more time? Try this welcome antedote. Humorously written but based on sound theory, Mr. Lane's book is chock-full of exercises that are fun, practical, easy to modify, and based on classroom experience. I've used them with third and fourth graders, high school students, and even teachers! The book's first chapter, "Good Writing is Good Questions," is reason... more info
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