| A Sentence a Day: Short, Playful Proofreading Exercises to Help Students Avoid Tripping Up When They Write (Grades 6-9) Contributor(s): Prust, Samantha (Author) |
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ISBN: 1877673730 ISBN-13: 9781877673733 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: These brisk and humorous one-sentence examples of writing mistakes provide teachers with what are often called "daily oral language" exercises that help students master the basics of capitalization, mechanics, punctuation, and usage. Such quick mini-lessons can become boring when the sentence comes from another classroom subject such as science, but this book's punchy declarations get kids' attention and keep the focus on writing. Each exercise includes an at-a-glance summary of skills addressed, as well as quick ideas and tips to help students understand basic grammar concepts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts |
| Dewey: 372.6 |
| LCCN: 2007297554 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6.7" W x 7.48" (0.73 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Many teachers have adopted the daily proofreading exercises published by large companies as a way to help students practice finding and correcting errors. Sadly, many students have fallen asleep over these same exercises. Ordinary daily proofreading exercises try to do too much--i.e., force-feed facts and information as they also try to teach writing. A Sentence a Day takes a different approach. It focuses on short, playful, interesting sentences with a sense of humor. Students receive proofreading practice in daily doses that don't overwhelm. Each exercise should take only a few minutes of class time, allowing for frequent, consistent reinforcement and practice of serious writing skills. Each page of the book shows an incorrect sentence, a sample correction, and notes for the teacher. Grades 6-9 |
Contributor Bio(s): Prust, Samantha: - Samantha Prust is a freelance writer who has contributed materials for many language arts textbooks. She is a writer and editor for Cottonwood Press. |