{"product_id":"real-life-writing-activities-for-grades-4-9-9780130449795","title":"Real-Life Writing Activities for Grades 4-9","description":"This ready-to-use resource provides 40 complete model and writing lessons that capture students' attention, build their writing skills, and teach them a writing process (motivation, brainstorming, composing, revising, and publishing) that will serve them throughout their lives.\u003cbr\u003e The lessons\/activities are designed for young authors in grades 4 through 9 who are just learning the composing process, as well as for advanced writers who are ready to experiment with a variety of writing and speaking genres. They feature a wide range of practical writing tasks students can easily relate to their own lives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For easy use, all materials are printed in a big 8 1\/4\" x 11\" lay-flat binding that folds flat for photocopying of the writing formats and evaluative checklists that accompany many of the lessons, and are arranged developmentally into five sections. Here's just a sample of what each section offers: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Descriptive Compositions for Young Authors: \"People\/Fact Hunt\"...\"Consumer Survey\"...\"Captions\"...\"Letter of Introduction to My Next Teacher\"...: Restaurant Review Checklist\"...\"Horoscope\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Directional Compositions for Young Authors: \"Advice to Next Year's Class\"...\"Treasure Map Directions\"...\"Friendship Recipe\"...\"Cheer-Up Checklist\"...\"Medical Guide\"...\"Advice Column Solution Letter\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Persuasive Compositions for Young Authors: \"Apology\/ApologyNote\"...\"Travel Brochure\"...\"Movie.VideoReview\"...\"Sympathy Message\"...\"Bill of Rights\"...\"Letter of Complaint\"...\"Eulogy\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Marrative Compositions for Young Authors: \"Good News\/Bad News Tale\"...\"Mystery\/Whodunit\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Poems \u0026amp; Songs for Young Authors: \"Simple Chant\"...\"Five-Line Poem\"...\"Comparison Poem\"...\"Auto\/Bio Poem\"...\"Modern Nursery Rhymes\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e All lessons provide step-by-step instructions, including alternative motivators, examples of what to say to elicit students' response and what to write on the chalkboard, and suggestions for responding to students' writing in a way that will encourage them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You'll also find the lessons are ideally flexible. You may follow the steps in each Real-Life Writing lesson just as described or add, omit, and\/or change parts to fit your students' knowledge, skills, or interests and\/or your curriculum needs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jossey-Bass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780130449795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.82h x 8.26w x 1.33d","brand":"Cherlyn Sunflower","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44507391164597,"sku":"9780130449795","price":29.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0f0ac09c-e489-4b54-979d-b79b5f03ae13.jpg?v=1722312135","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/real-life-writing-activities-for-grades-4-9-9780130449795","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}