Paper Lightning: Prewriting Activities to Spark Creativity and Help Students Write More Effectively

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HELP YOUR STUDENTS BECOME SUCCESSFUL, CONFIDENT WRITERS!

EASY TO USE

• The activities are adaptable for just about any age group.
• They involve minimal preparation on the part of the teacher.
• They include answer keys and easy-to-follow teacher notes.

MORE FUN

• Students enjoy the kid-friendly, interactive activities that really pull them
  into the writing process.
• Surprise students with how easily they can write!

EFFECTIVE

• The proven, classroom-tested prewriting activities help students choose and narrow
  a topic, consider audience and purpose, and gather and organize details.
• They help students write descriptive, expository, narrative, informational, persuasive,
  and analytical essays, as well as folktales, mysteries, and other kinds of fiction.
• They help stimulate thought, reflection, memories, and research.
• They support the 6-Trait Writing objectives.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Acknowledgments
• Oral Storytelling
• Using Strong Words
• Adding Details
• Ugly Writing
• Organizing Facts
• Planning to Persuade
• Planning Fiction
• Folk Tales
• Sample Answers

DARCY PATTISON: Children’s Book Author and Writing Teacher

Children’s book author and writing teacher Darcy Pattison understands
the writing process from the inside out. She is the author of The Journey
of Oliver K. Woodman (Harcourt), which received starred reviews in
Kirkus and Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books and was included
on the Best Book of the Year lists from Child magazine and Nick Jr.
Family Magazine. It was listed in Children’s Booksense 76 and was an
Irma S. and James H. Black Picture Book Award Honor Book. Her other
picture books include Searching for Oliver K. Woodman (Harcourt)
and 19 Girls and Me (Philomel/Penguin). For over twenty years,
Pattison has taught writing and professional teacher development classes

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