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Paperback - 88 pages (December 1997)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 059020940X ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.24 x 10.89 x 8.39
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 8,480
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Number of Reviews: 2
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Synopsis
Each ten-minute lesson in this guide offers proven methods for strengthening a wide variety of writing skills. Students learn good writing techniques such as finding strong verbs, using details, crafting great endings, selecting good topics, and much more Ages 9-12. Pub: 12/97. .
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| Reviewer: A reader from New York State December 16, 1999 | |
| This book is fantastic! Our son (age 9) is extremely bright and a good reader and has always been an excellent student. Now in 3rd grade, there is an emphasis on writing in his classroom and for some reason he developed what the teacher described as a "mental block" about writing, because he didn't know how to get started. He would get anxious and upset and end up in tears, saying "I don't know what to write."
I bought a few different books to help with the challenge, and this book was by far the most valuable. It got him past his mental block. He and I do one mini-lesson each week at home, on the weekends when we are relaxed. The mini-lessons are short, focused and fun. In just a few short weeks, our son has made progress both at home and in the classroom. I even consulted with a professional tutor in our area, who said that we were on the right track by using this book - she was very impressed with it. Thank you Adele Fiderer! | |
| 7 of 7 people found this review helpful. |
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| Reviewer: Hollis Phillips (hollisinseoul@hotmail.com) | |
| Using lively student examples, plain language and common-sense teaching, Fiderer has reduced the complex notion of leads (and attention getting sentences) to a bite sided and useful form: a chart in fact. The text is deceptively thin, yet chuck full of wonderful ideas which easily work just as well (after certain modifications) with my high school aged kids as I imagine it would with the elementary school children it was originally designed for; there is much useful material to be absorbed within this text. The author "shows" rather than "tells" how to write, teach and learn; frankly, it is difficult not to love this text and style. Her running theory seems to be have the students do and discover writing as the teacher does (with the class) the same. | |
| 14 of 17 people found this review helpful. |
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