This collection of 15-minute, fun and engaging writing activities is designed to help students succeed in standardized writing tests. Each sentence-writing activity starts with a model sentence and a quick tip for helping students craft their own sentences, from simple subject-predicate sentences to more detailed compound sentences. Students then graduate to writing and structuring different kinds of paragraphs, including descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive. Includes a list of inspiring prompts and topics to get students' creative juices flowing. For use with Grades 3-6.

Perfect Paragraphs is the third book in the How to Write series for English Language students. All the books in the series focus on different areas of English Language, Literacy and Creative Writing. The tasks are set out in easy-to-follow stages with plenty of examples and extra hints. In this book, students use a wide variety of ideas and activities to help them get to grips with writing paragraphs. Tasks include descriptive and active paragraphs, non-fiction work, family-life, hobbies, school, travel and creative adventures into fantasy and science fiction. The Write About chapter helps students learn how to research independently and write about lots of different subjects, with topics including Nature, History and Science This book can be studied alongside How to Write Super Sentences and How to Write Simple Storytelling.

Super Sentences is the first book in the How to Write series for English Language students. All the books in the series focus on different areas of English Language, Literacy and Creative Writing. In this book, students use a wide variety of ideas and activities to help them get to grips with writing longer and complex sentences. Tasks include descriptive and active sentences, expanding ideas, non-fiction work, making sentences into paragraphs and using sentence structure in a variety of ways. Subjects include family-life, hobbies, school, travel and creative adventures into fantasy and science fiction. All the books in the How to Write series link to each other to keep students reminded of other areas while focusing on specific topics. This means that key ideas and themes are reinforced and become familiar, taking away some of the anxiety that can be a part of English work. It also gives students the confidence to try more challenging work by themselves.

"[In this book] basic writing skills are built by focusing on the elements of a good sentence within the context of a paragraph..."--Back cover.

The Second Edition ofGreat Sentences for Great Paragraphsteaches beginning- and low-intermediate-level students the grammar needed for accurate sentence construction and the basics of paragraph development. The text uses sample paragraphs to provide students with authentic input regarding English composition, paragraph organization, and cohesion. In addition, contextualized grammar activities, suggestions for additional writing practice, journal-writing assignments, and an emphasis on peer editing all work together to help students develop academic writing skills. TheWord Buildingfeature offers practice with common suffixes and helps students develop a rich vocabulary. Building Better Sentencesencourages students to practice constructing and combining sentences—the cornerstones of good paragraph writing. Many guided writing activities are supported by additional online material and provide independent practice of targeted structures. Activities with additional web-based content are indicated by icons in the text. Quizzes on the instructor web site help you assess student progress.

Write a Super Sentence offers a classroom-tested method for improving basic sentence writing skills. Through step-by-step guided lessons students brainstorm adjectives, nouns, verbs, and where and when phrases, and use them to expand a simple sentence. Each of the 15 lessons contains: - a teacher resource page - a reproducible form on which students write their "super sentences." Suggested sentence topics range from: - kites - pizzas - spaceships - elephants - dinosaurs - bees - many more Additional features include: - directions for a super sentence writing center - directions for a ""silly sentences"" flip book - a super sentence bulletin board - a super sentence certificate complete this resource book - lots of humorous illustrations The Super Sentence writing center includes: - sentence wheels - pull-through sentences - sentences-in-a-bag - 7 practice worksheets

Want to know how to write more powerfully? You've come to the right book. Word Up!—an eclectic collection of essays, more inspiration guide than style guide—serves up tips and insights for anyone who wants to know how to write with umph. Word Up! does what too few writing books do: it practices while preaching, shows while telling, uses powerful writing to talk about powerful writing. Word Up! explores the perplexities and celebrates the pleasures of the English language. It leaves you smiling—and ready to conquer your next blank (or blah) page.