{"product_id":"real-life-writing-activities-for-grades-4-9-by-cherlyn-sunflower","title":"Real-Life Writing Activities for Grades 4-9 by Cherlyn Sunflower","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis ready-to-use resource provides 40 complete model and writing lessons that capture students' attention, build their writing skills, and teach them a writing process (motivation, brainstorming, composing, revising, and publishing) that will serve them throughout their lives. The lessons\/activities are designed for young authors in grades 4 through 9 who are just learning the composing process, as well as for advanced writers who are ready to experiment with a variety of writing and speaking genres. They feature a wide range of practical writing tasks students can easily relate to their own lives. For easy use, all materials are printed in a big 8 1\/4\" x 11\" lay-flat binding that folds flat for photocopying of the writing formats and evaluative checklists that accompany many of the lessons, and are arranged developmentally into five sections. Here's just a sample of what each section offers: 1. Descriptive Compositions for Young Authors: \"People\/Fact Hunt\"...\"Consumer Survey\"...\"Captions\"...\"Letter of Introduction to My Next Teacher\"...:Restaurant Review Checklist\"...\"Horoscope\" 2. Directional Compositions for Young Authors: \"Advice to Next Year's Class\"...\"Treasure Map Directions\"...\"Friendship Recipe\"...\"Cheer-Up Checklist\"...\"Medical Guide\"...\"Advice Column Solution Letter\" 3. Persuasive Compositions for Young Authors: \"Apology\/ApologyNote\"...\"Travel Brochure\"...\"Movie.VideoReview\"...\"Sympathy Message\"...\"Bill of Rights\"...\"Letter of Complaint\"...\"Eulogy\" 4. Marrative Compositions for Young Authors: \"Good News\/Bad News Tale\"...\"Mystery\/Whodunit\" 5. Poems \u0026amp; Songs for Young Authors: \"Simple Chant\"...\"Five-Line Poem\"...\"Comparison Poem\"...\"Auto\/Bio Poem\"...\"Modern Nursery Rhymes\" All lessons provide step-by-step instructions, including alternative motivators, examples of what to say to elicit students' response and what to write on the chalkboard, and suggestions for responding to students' writing in a way that will encourage them. You'll also find the lessons are ideally flexible. You may follow the steps in each Real-Life Writing lesson just as described or add, omit, and\/or change parts to fit your students' knowledge, skills, or interests and\/or your curriculum needs. Read more\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48130031354041,"sku":"0130449792","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/7871\/0713\/files\/9780130449795-right-three-quarter.jpg?v=1785115795","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuybook.com\/products\/real-life-writing-activities-for-grades-4-9-by-cherlyn-sunflower","provider":"BestBuyBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}