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1 online resource (xxvii, 211 pages) : illustrations |
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Machine generated contents note: LESSON PLANS -- 1. Details [Golden], Character (Immortal], And Setting (Rural India] / Dave Eggers -- 2. Literary Facebooks / Kathryn Riddle -- 3. Suburban Epics / Tom Perrotta -- 4. Busted / William John Bert -- 5. How To Write Science Fiction / Cory Doctorow -- 6. Writing From Experience / Stephen Elliott -- 7. Too Much Money! An Ethical Writing Experience In 10 Easy Steps / Louanne Johnson -- 8. Talk Show Circuit / Ellie Kemper -- 9. First Draft Is My Enemy: Revisions / Sarah Vowell -- 10. See You Again Yesterday: Playing With Time / Audrey Niffenegger -- 11. Look Smart Fast: College Application Essay Boot Camp / Risa Nye -- 12. Writing About Painful Things / Imiokiik Iloeckner -- 13. Mutant Shakespeare / Kyle Booten -- 14. How To Write A One-Person Show About A Historical Figure / Kristen Schaal -- 15. Writing For Gamers / Tom Bissell -- 16. Humor Writing: An Exercise In Alchemy / Dan Kennedy -- 17. On Pining: Write A Verse To Make Them Stay / Thao Nguyen -- 18. Adding Insult To Poetry / Nicholas Decouos -- 19. Bad Writing / Neal Pollack -- 20. Where Stories Come From / Julie Orringer -- 21. Word Karaoke / Matthue Roth -- 22. Tall Tales And Short Stories / Steve Almond -- 23. Welcome To The Funhouse: Writing Funny Scenes / Mark Odonnell -- 24. Voice Mails From My Future Self / Mark Sipowicz -- 25. How Short Is Short? / Vendela Vida -- 26. Comic Composition Challenge! / Jordan Crane -- 27. My Boring Life / Micah Pilkington -- 28. Colonel Mustard In The Library With A Candlestick: How To Write A Mystery / Julianne Balmain -- 29. Creating Characters / Jonathan Ames -- 30. High School Confidential: How To Write A Young-Adult Novel / Matthuk Roth -- 31. Get Your Haiku On / Daphne Gottlieb -- 32. Essay / Meghan Daum -- 33. Story Of Me: Writing About Your Life And Your Family / Jason Roberts -- 34. Meet Your Protagonist! / Ryan Harty -- 35. All Witnesses Eventually Die: Embarrassing Stories / Erika Lopez -- 36. Wicked Style And How To Get It / Mica Ii Imlkington -- 37. President Takes Martian Bride: Writing Tabloid Fiction / Alvin Orloff -- 38. Lying For Fun And Profit / Emily Katz -- 39. This Class Sucks / Andrew Strickman -- 40. Screenwriting / Noah Hawley -- 41. How To Write A Ghost Story / Adele Griffin -- 42. 826 Unplugged: Songwriiing / Chris Perdue -- 43. Sportswriting: The Life / Jason Turbow -- 44. How To Write A Fan Letter Without Getting A Restraining Order / Lisa Lutz -- 45. Exquisite Story Lines / Kait Steele -- 46. Soul Prowlers: The Art Of Writing Newspaper Profiles / Rona Marech |
| Summary |
Getting your students excited about writing begins with offering projects that are interesting, relevant, and challenging. This book offers 50 creative writing lesson plans for mature young writers developed by the imaginative and highly acclaimed 826 National writing centers. These lessons cover a myriad of skills (developing characters and voice), interests (novel-writing, song- writing, screenwriting), and even interest levels. (Don't believe us? try out "This Class Sucks" or "My Boring Life" for those especially hard-to-reach writers.) Each unique lesson is written by educators, 826 volunteers, celebrated authors, actors, and writers.--Adapted from back cover |
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English |
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English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
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English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Traig, Jennifer
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| LC no. |
2011025957 |
| ISBN |
1118132300 |
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9781118132302 |
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9781118132326 |
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1118132327 |
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1299314198 |
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9781299314191 |
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