Expressive Writing Level 2, Workbook

Author: McGraw-Hill
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780076035908
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
Help poor writers improve their skills with Expressive Writing, an easy-to-use approach to teaching the basics of good writing. Expressive Writing focuses on the writing and the editing of basic sentences, paragraphs, and stories. Instructional strands include Mechanics, Sentence Writing, Paragraph and Story Writing, and Editing, making the program an ideal solution for students who: Have trouble getting started Have problems knowing when to capitalize and punctuate Omit important parts of the story Write incomplete sentences Ignore paragraph structure Edit ineffectively or not at all

Opening Up by Writing It Down, Third Edition

Author: James W. Pennebaker
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462524923
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
"Expressing painful emotions is hard--yet it can actually improve our mental and physical health. Distinguished psychologist James W. Pennebaker has spent decades studying what happens when people take just a few minutes to write about deeply felt personal experiences or problems. This lucid, compassionate book has introduced tens of thousands of readers to an easy to use self help technique that has been proven to heal old emotional wounds, promote a sense of well being, decrease stress, improve relationships, and boost the immune system. Updated with findings from hundreds of new studies, the significantly revised second edition now contains practical exercises to help readers try out expressive writing. It features extensive new information on specific health benefits, as well as when the approach may not be helpful"--

Expressive Writing

Author: Kathleen Adams
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1475812191
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 267

Book Description
Expressive writing is life-based writing that focuses on authentic expression of lived experience, with resultant insight, growth and skill-building. Research shows that expressive writing can help in the development of emotional intelligence, better choice-making, and healthy coping skills. In this remarkable collection, 11 experts from education and community service join to offer compelling guidance on applied practice. You’ll discover a model for a poetry group for youth at risk; how to help students develop inner resources through metaphor; a “photovoice” project to help at-risk students stay in school; how storytelling develops emotional intelligence in primary school children; a method that helps teachers become more confident writers; how expressive writing can help teachers manage stress and avoid burn-out; expressive writing as change agent for communities; the benefits and limitations of writing programs in prisons and jails; hip-hop as “the pen of the people”; finding a writing group; writing with others; the ethics and standards of practice for expressive writing in the classroom and community; guidance for all levels of learners: Primary, teens, college-age, adult; professional development, personal growth. Whether you are a teacher, a counselor, a facilitator, or a writer you’ll find this volume an invaluable and innovative resource for expressive writing in the classroom and in the community.

Expressive Writing

Author: Kathleen Adams
Publisher: R&L Education
ISBN: 1475803168
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
Expressive writing is life-based writing that focuses on authentic expression of lived experience, with resultant insight, growth and skill-building. For decades, it has been the province of journals, memoirs, poets, and language arts classrooms. Social science research now provides indisputable evidence that expressive writing is also healing. In this remarkable collection, eight leading experts from education, counseling, and community service join to offer compelling guidance from applied practice. You’ll discover: How writing poetry helps primary school children develop emotional intelligence A model for helping teens at risk write safely about their deepest hurts How to engage reluctant writers and help them develop vital writing skills A simple and effective way to build structure, pacing, and containment into life-based writing How discovering the wellspring of inner speech helps strengthen writing skills A method to transform expressive writing into insightful problem-solving Easy strategies to write family stories Innovative ways to bring literature into the classroom to hone critical thinking skills through reflective practice Practical, time-tested ways for expressive writing in guidance and counseling Case studies for all levels of learners: Primary, teens, college-age, and adults Whether you are an educator, a counselor, a facilitator or a writer, you’ll find this volume an invaluable and innovative resource for the foundations of practice of expressive writing.

Expressive Writing 2 Teacher's Presentation Book

Author: Sra/McGraw-Hill
Publisher: EXPRESSIVE WRITING
ISBN: 9780076035885
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Your Brain on Ink

Author: Kathleen Adams
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1475814267
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
A growing body of neuroscience research has established the principle of neuroplasticity; a powerfully hopeful message that we can use our minds to change our brains in the direction of greater health and well-being. The key to shaping this change rests in how we direct and focus and our attention. In an easy-to-use workbook format this publication offers a strengths based, preventative, positive approach, grounded in neuroscience research, for creating a stronger sense of overall well-being. It contains more than 65 unique writing prompts and a facilitator’s guide with complete facilitation plans for 1-hour, 90 minutes and 2-hour groups.

SRA Essentials for Writing Textbook

Author: Siegfried Engelmann
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780076234738
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
SRA Essentials for Writing is specifically designed to help middle/high school students write with clarity, purpose and care. Systematic, explicit instruction and daily writing assignments ensure that your students focus and structure their thinking, as well as learn strategies for accomplishing specific types of writing tasks. Appropriately scaffolded lessons prepare them to produce work that contains well developed and pertinent ideas, supporting examples, and appropriate detail. Key Features Lessons target the skills, strategies and knowledge students need to be successful on high-stakes tests Outline diagrams set specific product goals to help students focus on particular aspects of their writing Grammar, language use and mechanics are woven throughout to improve the quality of writing Components Teacher Materials include: Presentation Book Teacher's Guide Answer Key Practice Software CD-ROM

Power and Identity in the Creative Writing Classroom

Author: Anna Leahy
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1847696260
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Power and Identity In the Creative Writing Classroom remaps theories and practices for teaching creative writing at university and college level. This collection critiques well-established approaches for teaching creative writing in all genres and builds a comprehensive and adaptable pedagogy based on issues of authority, power, and identity. A long-needed reflection, this book shapes creative writing pedagogy for the 21st century.

Expressive Writing 1 Teacher's Presentation Book

Author: Sra/McGraw-Hill
Publisher: EXPRESSIVE WRITING
ISBN: 9780076035878
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Writing Whirlwind

Author: Linda Polon
Publisher: Good Year Books
ISBN: 1596474149
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 55

Book Description
Open-ended writing prompts, progressing in a natural sequence from sentence completions to simple sentences and whole thoughts, help children become comfortable with the writing process. Easy and convenient to use for individual enrichment or in small groups, the activities include inventing a creature from outer space and creating the menu for a new restaurant. An introduction provides correlations to the Common Core State Standards. Grades 2-4. Illustrated. Good Year Books. 44 pages. Second Edition.