Writing Club: A Year of Writing Workshops for Grades 2-5

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

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Writing Club: A Year of Writing Workshops for Grades 2-5

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

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Writing Club: A Year of Writing Workshops for Grades 2-5

Writing Club: A Year of Writing Workshops for Grades 2-5

by Carmella Van Vleet
Writing Club: A Year of Writing Workshops for Grades 2-5

Writing Club: A Year of Writing Workshops for Grades 2-5

by Carmella Van Vleet

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Overview

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


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781586830977
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 01/01/2003
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 8.40(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range: 7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Carmella Van Vleet is a writer and speaker from Lewis Center, OH.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Writing Club Workshops1
How to Use This Book2
Workshop Overview: Poetry Club5
List Poems6
Poetic Licenses8
The Playground9
"Dear" Poems10
Dear Mr. Foot12
Nonsense Poems13
Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll14
Poor Jam Timna15
Thesaurus Poems16
Cotton Candy18
Hodgepodge Haikus19
Hodgepodge Haiku21
Workshop Overview: Take Me to Your Leader22
UFO Diaries23
Earthling Identification Cards25
Odes26
Ode to My Shoelaces27
Postcards28
Dear Mom and Dad29
Instructions30
Instructions for Making a Jelly Sandwich32
Workshop Overview: Million Dollar Fun33
Newspaper Story34
Million Dollar Checks36
Local Boy Eats His Way to a Million37
Radio Ad38
Ad for a Home40
Move Right In ...42
A Letter Home43
Dear Friends45
Endorsement46
An Endorsement from Sam Thomas48
Workshop Overview: What a Character!49
Story Starters50
Story Starter Illustration52
Story Beginning53
Character Cards54
Character Cards56
Profiles57
Character Profile Illustration59
Meet Mary Watson60
Motivation61
What's My Motivation?63
Workshop Overview: Press Club64
Time for a Commercial65
Press Passes67
Reviews68
My Brother the Pest70
Interviews71
My Interview Notes73
Adding Humor74
Workshop Overview: Fairy Tales76
Retelling "Cinderella"77
Comparing Cinderella Stories78
Frequent Flyer Passes79
I'm Sorry Letter80
The Other "True" Story82
Story Outline84
Wordy Openings85
Beware of Wordy Beginnings!86
Tall Tales87
Why I Don't Have My Homework88
Workshop Overview: Crazy for Comics89
Captions90
Funny Bones92
"Kid-sty" illustration93
Hero Vs. Villain94
Protagonist/Antagonist Profile96
Protagonist/Antagonist Worksheet97
Three-Panel Comic Strip98
"The Nose": Three-panel Comic Strip100
Three-panel Comic Strip Worksheet101
Six-Panel Comic Strip102
"The Nose": Six-panel Comic Strip104
Six-panel Comic Strip Worksheet105
Single Panels106
Single Panel Worksheet108
Workshop Overview: Kaleidoscope109
A Penny's Journey110
You Are Never Going to Believe the Day I Had!112
Brick Brainstorm113
Word-A-Rama114
White Elephant Ads115
Free to a Good Home: One Pink Pig Lamp116
How to Overcome the Dreaded "Do I Really Need to Revise My Work?" Blues117
Desk Revision Card120
Revision Cards121
What to Try When You Have Writer's Block124
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