Get Wise! Mastering Writing Skills [Paperback]

Laurie Sue Barnett (Author), Heather McCarron (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 207 pages
• Publisher: Thompson Learning; 1 edition (September 6, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0768910781
• ISBN-13: 978-0768910780
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,515,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars English, February 19, 2008

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Altanya Horton "Ambassador for Christ" (Hempstead, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get Wise! Mastering Writing Skills (Paperback)

I purchased this book so that I could sit with my 15 yr old son who's having a hard time when it comes to writing. This book, I think, has an approach to capture the teenager, making it more interesting with the "smart-aleck" comments that refer to english. I'd recommend this book as I think it's a great tool. As I'm working with my son I find it helping me brush up also.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Wonderful Book!, April 24, 2003

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StarGymnast (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Get Wise! Mastering Writing Skills (Paperback)

Another fun-to-read title in the Get Wise! series, this book teaches you what you need to know to write fabolous essays. As always, Chi is there to perk things up and make them interesting. The book starts off with a chapter about choosing right words and how to make sentences come alive with vocabulary. Then, moving on, the book teaches about sentences and how to make them interesting and amazing. After that, you will learn all the basics of writing great paragraphs. Then you will learn about brainstorming, with great methods that really work. And after that comes the essay! The method for writing an essay in here is one that really works, too! After that chapter comes a chapter on editing and revising, and finally a chapter about timed essays. In conculsion, this was a wonderful book for teaching troubled students how to write fantastic essays. Wonderful book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly original!, October 19, 2002

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"bphair2" (Maplewood, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Get Wise! Mastering Writing Skills (Paperback)

This book (Mastering Writing Skills), as well as the three other skill books in the Get Wise! series, is a richly imagined ride through the classroom that offers high school students an innovative and exciting way to learn. Students will thrill to the irreverent character Chi as she chides the authors with her razor-sharp wit while experiencing the lessons with the reader. Filled with fun and games, Get Wise: Mastering Writing Skills provides the highest quality lessons and easy-to-use formulas, which provide the keys to writing well-constructed and compelling prose. Kids may love the character's snide remarks but smart parents and teachers will be satisfied with intelligent methods that will ultimately maximize their child's potential.