Authors:Amy Rider, et al.,
Publisher: Cottonwood Press, Inc.
Keywords: abravocabra, vocabulary, series, teaching, approach, amazingly, sensible
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1997-08-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1877673323
ISBN-13: 9781877673320

Help your students improve their vocabularies with AbraVocabra, a book that makes teaching vocabulary easy and effective. The book includes 24 lists of 12 words -- all words taken from newspapers, magazines and television. The words are practical words that any reasonably educated person is likely to encounter in real life. We recommend the word lists for grades 6-9.

Author: M. S. D. Samsto
Publisher: Cottonwood Press, Inc.
Keywords: abravocabra, vocabulary, series, teaching, approach, amazingly, sensible
Number of Pages: 151
Published: 2001-08-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1877673536
ISBN-13: 9781877673535

Help your students improve their vocabularies with More AbraVocabra, a sequel to the popular AbraVocabra. The book includes 24 lists of 12 words - all words taken from newspapers, magazines and television. The words are practical words that any reasonably educated person is likely to encounter in real life. More AbraVocabra has everything a teacher needs to help students expand their vocabularies. We recommend the work lists for grades 6 - 9.

Author: Patricia Woodward
Publisher: Cottonwood Press, Inc.
Keywords: journal, writing, tips, quick, jumpstarts, topics
Number of Pages: 90
Published: 1996-06-01
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 1877673153
ISBN-13: 9781877673153

This popular little book has been updated to include more than 100 NEW topics to "jumpstart" your students when they need help finding something to write about - making a total of more than 400 topics. It also includes the most practical advice you are likely to find on the subject of journal writing in the classroom. Author Patricia Woodward, 1987 Colorado Teacher of the Year, gives sensible suggestions for grading, handling confidential material, dealing with complaints, giving credit and much more. Grades 7-12. 93 pages, 7" 7", reproducible.

Author: Randy Larso
Publisher: Cottonwood Press, Inc.
Keywords: writing, imagination, humor, enthusiasm, encourage, activities, quick, creative, short, sweet
Number of Pages: 36
Published: 1993-09-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1877673196
ISBN-13: 9781877673191

Even reluctant writers enjoy the writing challenges present in "Short and Sweet - Quick Creative Writing Activities that Encourage Imagination, Humor and Enthusiasm for Writing." This collection of creative writing activities helps students of all ability levels have fun with writing as they stretch their imaginations. Most activities can be completed in less that a class period, with time left over for sharing - an important part of the writing process. You can stop there, or you can go on to let students complete more finished, polished works.

Author: Randy Larson
Publisher: Cottonwood Press, Inc.
Keywords: time, hard, swallowing, anything, grammar, students, speech, tasty, monday, ways, teach, parts, fudge
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2007-04-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1877673749
ISBN-13: 9781877673740

Since its initial publication in 1993, this entertaining grammar book has helped thousands of middle school teachers teach even the most reluctant learners using lessons that de-emphasize rote learning and treat the parts of speech as building blocks for crazy writing assignments. Prompts include using at least 10 prepositional phrases from a list to write a scene from the new vegetable horror novel Squash Cemetery, and using lively verbs to write the monologue of a soda can telling his miserable life story to a psychologist. This new edition offers quirky quizzes to check student pro

Author: Victoria Hanley
Publisher: Cottonwood Press, Inc.
Keywords: write, teens, handbook, story, seize
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 2008-09-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1877673811
ISBN-13: 9781877673818

Supplemented by interviews with successful authors of teen literature—including T. A. Barron, Jona Bauer, Chris Crutcher, and Lauren Myracle, among others—this book presents all the elements of fiction, from creating believable dialogue to executing an exciting plot, through real story excerpts. Packed with tips, tricks, and writing exercises from an award-winning author of teen fiction, the guide encourages teen writers to write creatively and explore all the elements and responsibilities of fiction. With the book’s goal of building competent, satisfied young authors, young people

Authors:Dawn DiPrince, Cheryl Miller Thurston,
Publisher: Cottonwood Press, Inc.
Keywords: introspective, boring, personal, exercises, daily, writing, unjournaling
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2006-04-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1877673706
ISBN-13: 9781877673702

The more than 200 impersonal but engaging writing prompts in this exercise book help students practice their writing skills without asking them to share personal thoughts they would rather keep to themselves. Quirky, challenging, and humorous, the ideas encourage lighthearted creativity with such topics as writing about a girl named Dot without using any letters with dots (such as i or j), describing a person named Chris by the reactions of others as he walks into a room, or creating three completely different sentences with the word crumpled. Sample responses are included for all the exercise