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Authors: Carmella Van Vleet
ISBN-13: 9781586830977, ISBN-10: 158683097X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Linworth Publishing, Incorporated
Date Published: January 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Carmella Van Vleet

Book Synopsis

Inspire the next Emily Dickinson! These workshops will help younger students develop their passion for the written word and expand their writing ability. Meant for use throughout the entire school year, the workshops steadily become more thought-provoking as students are challenged to increase their skills.

Grades 2-5

	Welcome to Writing Club Workshops	1
	How to Use This Book	2
	Workshop Overview: Poetry Club	5
	List Poems	6
	Poetic Licenses	8
	The Playground	9
	"Dear" Poems	10
	Dear Mr. Foot	12
	Nonsense Poems	13
	Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll	14
	Poor Jam Timna	15
	Thesaurus Poems	16
	Cotton Candy	18
	Hodgepodge Haikus	19
	Hodgepodge Haiku	21
	Workshop Overview: Take Me to Your Leader	22
	UFO Diaries	23
	Earthling Identification Cards	25
	Odes	26
	Ode to My Shoelaces	27
	Postcards	28
	Dear Mom and Dad	29
	Instructions	30
	Instructions for Making a Jelly Sandwich	32
	Workshop Overview: Million Dollar Fun	33
	Newspaper Story	34
	Million Dollar Checks	36
	Local Boy Eats His Way to a Million	37
	Radio Ad	38
	Ad for a Home	40
	Move Right In ...	42
	A Letter Home	43
	Dear Friends	45
	Endorsement	46
	An Endorsement from Sam Thomas	48
	Workshop Overview: What a Character!	49
	Story Starters	50
	Story Starter Illustration	52
	Story Beginning	53
	Character Cards	54
	Character Cards	56
	Profiles	57
	Character Profile Illustration	59
	Meet Mary Watson	60
	Motivation	61
	What's My Motivation?	63
	Workshop Overview: Press Club	64
	Time for a Commercial	65
	Press Passes	67
	Reviews	68
	My Brother the Pest	70
	Interviews	71
	My Interview Notes	73
	Adding Humor	74
	Workshop Overview: Fairy Tales	76
	Retelling "Cinderella"	77
	Comparing Cinderella Stories	78
	Frequent Flyer Passes	79
	I'm Sorry Letter	80
	The Other "True" Story	82
	Story Outline	84
	Wordy Openings	85
	Beware of Wordy Beginnings!	86
	Tall Tales	87
	Why I Don't Have My Homework	88
	Workshop Overview: Crazy for Comics	89
	Captions	90
	Funny Bones	92
	"Kid-sty" illustration	93
	Hero Vs. Villain	94
	Protagonist/Antagonist Profile	96
	Protagonist/Antagonist Worksheet	97
	Three-Panel Comic Strip	98
	"The Nose": Three-panel Comic Strip	100
	Three-panel Comic Strip Worksheet	101
	Six-Panel Comic Strip	102
	"The Nose": Six-panel Comic Strip	104
	Six-panel Comic Strip Worksheet	105
	Single Panels	106
	Single Panel Worksheet	108
	Workshop Overview: Kaleidoscope	109
	A Penny's Journey	110
	You Are Never Going to Believe the Day I Had!	112
	Brick Brainstorm	113
	Word-A-Rama	114
	White Elephant Ads	115
	Free to a Good Home: One Pink Pig Lamp	116
	How to Overcome the Dreaded "Do I Really Need to Revise My Work?" Blues	117
	Desk Revision Card	120
	Revision Cards	121
	What to Try When You Have Writer's Block	124

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