In The Quickwrite Handbook, master teacher Linda Rief shares 100 compelling mentor texts and shows how to use each one as a powerful tool for sparking successful writing. Each mentor text includes “Try this” suggestions for inviting students to get started. You’ll also find “Interludes” woven throughout: examples of quickwrites that students crafted into more fully developed pieces. -- Provided by publisher.

In the year 3000, you are the first archaeologist to dig up a parking meter - describe the find in your daily log book. More than 60 similarly creative writing exercises, each comprising a teacher page and a reproducible student handout, build skills in nonfiction (such as personal narrative, biography, opinion, informational writing, and business letters), fiction (including descriptive writing, character, point of view, the narrator's voice, and flashbacks and foreshadowing), and poetry. The book includes indexes of authors cited and skills addressed. Grades 6-8. Illustrated. Good Year Books. 153 pages.

Practice writing strategies to help prepare students for current standardized tests.

A guide for teaching successful creative writing, includes writing prompts, mentor texts to inspire student writing, and guidelines for creating original quick writes.

Practice writing strategies to help prepare students for current standardized tests.

Spark Quick Writes to Kindle Hearts and Minds in Elementary Classrooms The act of writing doesn't just convey our thinking; it shapes our thinking. Literacy expert Paula Bourque, author of Close Writing: Developing Purposeful Writers in Grades 2-6, now brings to K-6 classrooms "quick writes"--short, frequent bursts of low-stakes writing that allow young students to explore on paper. Bourque presents a way for children to create a rich array of writing, nurturing a range of skills: mindfulness, metacognitive skills, and a mindset of reflection, motivation, and gratitude. Spark offers purposeful, practical, and enjoyable approaches that meet your students where they are in their writing development. Using the tools in this volume, you will see tangible results in your classroom: Increased volume and stamina of your writers Deeper thinking and discovery of their voices as writers More effective and confident communication Engagement with visual, auditory, and verbal art that stimulates thinking Exploration and appreciation of the diverse thinking of others Even in a tight schedule, Bourque's tools of "thinking and inking" can enliven your students' writing experiences.

Practice writing strategies to help prepare students for current standardized tests.