With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built--meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound and sense. She talks of iambs and trochees, couplets and sonnets, and how and why this should matter to anyone writing or reading…

Give your students the gift of expression with Creative Word Studio's Creative Writing: Sparkling Bits Workbook 1. With Free Writing, Reading Response, and Mini Writing Lessons, this workbook-based curriculum gives eager writers in grades 4-7 a chance to polish their skills and provides a kick-start to those who declare that…

Everything you need from how to choose good books for your children to encouraging them to be avid readers, this fourth edition also includes an indexed and updated list of the best children’s classics ever. A modern classic with over 250,000 copies sold, Honey for a Child's Heart is a compelling, essential guide…

If you're pining for a poetic form (complete with definition, example, guidelines and a place for students to write their own), you have found the one and only resource book that provides all of the above and more! This book is a guide to creating 36 poetic forms but also it shows students the power…

In "Simple & Direct, " Jacques Barzun, celebrated author and educator, distills from a lifetime of writing and teaching his thoughts about the craft of writing. In chapters on diction, syntax, tone, meaning, composition, and revision, Barzun describes and prescribes the techniques to correct even the most ponderous style. Exercises…

A small book on the basics of writing style.

A note to future teacher ... from the author, Ronald Cramer - "This text presents an array of strategies, models, research, and well-established best practices for teaching reading, writing, listening, talking, and thinking. The research, ideas, and information presented in this text will inform, and I hope inspire, pre-service teachers…