40 Elaboration Activities That Take Writing from Bland to Brilliant! Grades 58

Dozens of elaboration activities help students in grades 5–8 become better, more self-directed writers. Each activity comes with a half-page of teacher notes offering a clear writing goal, teaching tips, and follow-up ideas—and breaks down an aspect of writing into a manageable chunk. Reproducible pages are open-ended—enabling students of all abilities and skills to experience success and progress. The activities work well as full lessons, warm-ups, homework assignments, performance assessments, and more.Lee, Martin is the author of '40 Elaboration Activities That Take Writing from Bland to Brilliant! Grades 58 ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780439554343 and ISBN 0439554349.