Dynamite Writing Ideas: Empowering Students to Become Authors [Paperback]

Melissa Forney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1996

Practical, fun, and informative. If you want to integrate a writing worshop into your classroom but don't know where to start, this book is for you. This is a teacher-friendly guide packed with creative ideas and reproducibles for your class.

Editorial Reviews

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"The explosion of ideas makes this book exciting as well as teacher-friendly." -- Dr. Carolyn Musslewhite, Special Communications

Product Details

• Paperback: 119 pages
• Publisher: Maupin House Publishing (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929895185
• ISBN-13: 978-0929895185
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #719,875 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Melissa Forney's writing workshops combine her enthusiasm as a children's author with her years of teaching experience to bring fresh insights on the writing process. Teachers look forward to her training sessions because of the many practical ideas they take away for their own classrooms. Her workshops involve teachers and administrators in writing, revising, publishing, and presenting. Melissa prepares teachers for state writing assessment, the daily writing workshop, and grade-appropriate target skills. Schools trained by Melissa are enjoying higher test scores and better team planning and organization. She is a popular keynote and motivational speaker.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dynamite...it is!, December 9, 2001

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Mary (Saint Cloud, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dynamite Writing Ideas: Empowering Students to Become Authors (Paperback)

Melissa gives you a golden crutch to use if you are anticipating starting a writing workshop in your classroom and are not sure where to begin, how to continue, or do not have the time to recreate the wheel. She gives you guidelines for daily and weekly activities to use to make this a successful and fun writing time for your students. A must for your writing library of resource books that have practical and workable activities to encourage the success of your students in this, their most important area of lifetime learning skills...written communication.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Author and Resource, August 10, 2007

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C. Steiner (Island Lake, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dynamite Writing Ideas: Empowering Students to Become Authors (Paperback)

Great ideas and methods for the middle school classroom! Reader/student friendly with many ready to use pages and ideas. Check this author out, she has GREAT books!!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good resource book for teachers of language arts. dynamite!, September 21, 2008

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Deborah L. Shepherd "queen of writing" (terre haute, indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dynamite Writing Ideas: Empowering Students to Become Authors (Paperback)

This makes a wonderful reference and review book for teachers of language arts if they are attempting to improve children's writing development skills. I have used many of the ideas!