Nonfiction for Middle School: A Sentence-Composing Approach Contributor(s): Killgallon, Donald (Author), Killgallon, Jenny (Author) |
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ISBN: 0325062897 ISBN-13: 9780325062891 Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books OUR PRICE: $39.21 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics - Education | Elementary |
Dewey: 428.007 |
LCCN: 2015041414 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.3" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 224 pages |
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Publisher Description: Don and Jenny Killgallon's sentence-composing approach helps students all across America develop into more proficient and sophisticated writers. Now in this powerful worktext, the Killgallons use their highly effective method to help students become better readers and writers of nonfiction. Nonfiction for Middle School: A Sentence Composing Approach offers varied practice in building better sentences and paragraphs by modeling the sentence structures of well-known authors, including Diane Ackerman, David McCullough, Gary Paulsen, John Krakauer, Tracy Kidder, Erik Larson, Anna Quindlen, Laura Hillenbrand, Phillip Hoose, Rebecca Skloot, and many others. |
Contributor Bio(s): Killgallon, Donald: - Don Killgallon is the originator of the sentence-composing approach and author of numerous sentence-composing worktexts. He is the author or coauthor of Paragraphs for Middle School (2013), Paragraphs for High School (2012), Grammar for College Writing (2010), Story Grammar for Elementary School (2008), Grammar for High School (2007), Grammar for Middle School (2006), Sentence Composing for Elementary School (2000), Sentence Composing for High School (1998), Sentence Composing for College (1998), Sentence Composing for Middle School (1997), and Daily Sentence Composing (Great Source). He currently co-teaches with Jenny Killgallon in the Odyssey Program of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.Killgallon, Jenny: - Jenny Killgallon is coauthor of Paragraphs for Middle School (2013), Paragraphs for High School (2012), Grammar for College Writing (2010), Story Grammar for Elementary School (2008), Grammar for High School (2007), Grammar for Middle School (2006), Sentence Composing for Elementary School (2000), and Daily Sentence Composing (Great Source). She currently co-teaches with Don Killgallon in the Odyssey Program of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. |