Really Writing!: Ready-to-Use Writing Process Activities for the Elementary Grades

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Cherlyn Sunflower, B.A., M.Ed., PH.D. is Associate Professor of Education at Moorhead State University in Minnesota where she teaches elementary language arts methods courses. She also taught grades K-6 and resource room in the Austin, Texas, schools. Dr. Sunflower is the author of 75 Creative Ways to Publish Students' Writings, URICA - Using Reading in Creative Activities, and LATTS - Learning Aids and Teaching Tools as well as many journal articles. She resides in Moorhead, MN.

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Here are 45 complete model lessons for introducing the writing process to beginning writers in grades 2-6. Each lesson gives step-by-step instructions including examples of what to write on the chalkboard and how to respond to students' writing in a way that will motivate and encourage them.

Designed as models that you can adapt to the needs of your classroom, the lessons/activities in REALLY WRITING! are arranged developmentally into seven sections. Here's just a sample of what each section has to offer:

• I. Easy Writings to Get Students Started: "Name Tags" ... "Coupons" ... "Memories" ... "Tongue Twisters" ...and more
• II. Narrative: "Comic Strips"... "Play Dialogue" ... "'Very Bad Day' Stories" ... "Tall Tales" ... and more
• III. Descriptive: "Wanted Posters" ... "Fortunes" ... "'Mystery Bag' Riddles" ... and more
• IV. Informative (direction and how-to paragraphs): "Art Project" ... "Science Project" ... and "How to Play My Favorite Game"
• V. Persuasive: "Unbelievable Excuses" ... "Thank-you Notes" ... "Advertisements" ... and "Campaign Speeches"
• VI. Informative (reports): "Formulating Field Trip Questions" ... "Choosing a Topic" ... "Creating an Outline" ... and "Using Your Outline to Write the Report"
• VII. Expressive (poems, cheers, songs): "Shape Poems" ... "Rhythm Poems" ... and others as well as "Group Cheers" ... "Folk Songs" ... and "Lullabies"

Reproducible pages throughout provide patterns for projects or supply writing formats and checklists to help students assess their writing. Each lesson also shares tips and techniques you will find helpful as you introduce young writers to a process that will serve them throughout their lives.