Ready-to-Use Word Activities: Unit 1, Includes 90 Sequential Activities for Building Better Word Skills in Grades 6 through 12

by Jack Umstatter

Overview

A practical series that provides over 540 stimulating, ready-to-use activity sheets to help teach and reinforce writing skills in middle/junior high and senior high school students, grades 6-12. Each unit in the series focuses on a different area of writing skills and is complete and self-contained, including 90 reproducible activities in a variety of formats, a brief teacher's guide to effective use of the activities and full answer keys. The activities can be used in any order in any developmental or corrective writing program to meet the specific needs of individual students, small groups, or an entire class.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780876284827
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/02/1999
Series:	J-B Ed: Ready-to-Use Activities , #57
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.21(w) x 10.94(h) x 0.44(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Jack Umstatter, a master English teacher with over 25 years' experience, is a multiple winner of the Teacher of the Year award. He currently teaches English in the Cold Spring Harbor School District in New York and educationand literature at Dowling College in Oakdale, New York. He is the author of Brain Games!, Hooked on English! and other practical teacher resources published by The Center.

Table of Contents

About the Writing Skills Curriculum Library.

About Unit 1.

Teacher's Correction Marks.

The Writer's Basics.

A Way With Words.

Writing the Right Word.

Using Words Effectively.

A Potpourri of Puzzles.

Answer Key.