Inspiring Students to Write, Grades 2-7.
This Corwin Press’ book offers a wealth of easily implemented ideas and activities to encourage a culture of writing in one’s classroom and building writing skills by mining what students already ‘know’ and have experienced.
Illustrating how teachers can use a multi- sensory approach and exercise student’s observations intelligence, the book emphasizes specific facets of the writer’s craft including, Beginnings, Sequential Thinking, Observation and Description, Characters, Settings and Endings.
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“A refreshing break from the rule-obsessed manuals that litter the educational market place.“
Tom Armstrong, Author, Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing
“This book has some of the strongest writing prompts and examples I have read in a long time!”
Brenda Lynch, Spanish Teacher, Madison High School, SD
“Young writers often don’t grasp what they are being asked to do by their teachers. The author offers many strategies to make abstract writing concepts more concrete.”
Stacy Gardner Dibble, Fifth-Grade Teacher and Reading Coordinator, Prairie Elementary School, Worthington, MN
“Inventive and original, Marc Levitt’s ideas actually put the fun back in writing—for teachers and for students.”
Susan Ohanian, Senior Fellow, Vermont Society for the Study of Education
“This book is written from years of passionate experience in classrooms with students. It offers a multitude of great ideas for lessons.”
Diana W. McDougal, Art Teacher, East High School, Cheyenne, WY
“With pre-writing and observing activities, targeted lessons, and simple strategies that create a desire to write, Levitt shows us that teaching students to write better is not only possible but fulfilling and fun.”
R. James Stahl, Founder, Merlyn’s Pen Magazine and the New Library of Young Adult Writing
“Lucky for all young writers, Levitt has turned his storytelling talents to talking to teachers in this practical and user-friendly book. Teachers across the curriculum will find Levitt’s suggestions innovative and helpful as he describes how to transition students through the writing process. Always student-centered, Levitt invites us to keep children and their interests at the heart of writing.”
Pat Cordeiro, Professor of Elementary Education, Rhode Island College
“This book is packed with lessons ready for use.”
Jim D’Acosta, Teacher, Fairfield Warde High School, Fairfield, CT
