DON’T FORGET TO WRITE FOR THE SECONDARY GRADES

By 826 National. This book offers 50 creative writing lesson plans from the imaginative and highly acclaimed 826 National writing labs. Created as a resource to reach all students (even those most resistant to creative writing), the offbeat and attention-grabbing lessons include such gems as Literary Facebooks, where students create a mock Facebook profile based on their favorite literary character, as well as highly practical lessons like the College Application Essay Boot Camp. These writing lessons are written by experts—and favorite novelists, actors, and other entertainers pitched in too. Includes a chart linking lessons to the Common Core State Standards. Appendix. 8½" x 11". Jossey-Bass. 211 pages. ©2011.

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