"The prompts, lectures and examples in Prompt Book are designed to provide workshop teachers with ideas for teaching, and to provide an individual writer with a guided experience through three full courses. I start each course with the same opening assignment, using the art of haiku writing to write imagist prose poetry and short-short fiction. I begin with this particular assignment to ground writers (no matter what genre) in the importance of learning how to work with particulars. I recommend beginning each section with this same assignment"--

Known as the bible of theatre history, Brockett and Hildy's History of the Theatre is the most comprehensive and widely used survey of theatre history in the market. This 40th Anniversary Edition retains all of the traditional features that have made History of the Theatre the most successful text of its kind including worldwide coverage, more than 530 photos and illustrations, useful maps, and the expertise of Oscar G. Brockett and Franklin J. Hildy, two of the most widely respected theatre historians in the field. This tenth edition provides the most thorough and accurate assessment of theatre history available and includes contemporary milestones in theatre history.

Inspire kids to write and build literacy and with easy-to-make, keepsake mini-books they’ll love! Engaging page-by-page prompts invite kids to write and illustrate their own books across a variety of genres – autobiography, fairy tales, tall tales, letters, and more. Ideas for introducing and sharing each mini-book are included. For use with Grades 1-3.

In Writing with Mentors, high school teachers Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O'Dell prove that the key to cultivating productive, resourceful writers-writers who can see value and purpose for writing beyond school-is using dynamic, hot-off-the-press mentor texts. In this practical guide, they provide savvy strategies for:--finding and storing fresh new mentor texts, from trusted traditional sources to the social mediums of the day --grouping mentor texts in clusters that show a diverse range of topics, styles, and approaches --teaching with lessons that demonstrate the enormous potential of mentor texts at every stage of the writing process.

Your students will jump at the chance to write with this fun resource. Every page offers three prompts on kid-captivating topics plus plenty of writing room. Students will share opinions, write stories, and more! 80 pages.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.