Write Away Book

Introduction     1
How This Book Is Organized     1
Suggestions for Using the Writing Activities     1
Getting Published     2
The Process of Writing     3
Freewriting     4
Discovery     5
Think Writing     6
Picture Writing     7
Picture Writing-People     8
Picture Writing-Scenes     9
Clustering     10
Brainstorming     11
Dialogue with a Photograph     12
Dialogue with a Text     13
Predicting Outcomes     14
What I Learned in Class     15
Going Back     16
Characterization     17
Problem Situations     18
Plotting a Story     19
What I Watched on TV     20
TV Script-Cast of Characters     21
TV Script-Settings     22
Obituary of Something That Was Never Alive     23
Obituary of a Historical Figure     24
Revisiting a Story from Childhood     25
Cartoon Story Starter 1     26
Cartoon Story Starter 2     27
Cartoon Story Starter 3     28
My Life So Far     29
Interviewing     30
A Biographical Sketch of a Best Friend     31
Writing a Journal     32
Thumbnail Sketch of a Famous Person     33
Thumbnail Sketch of a Famous Place     34
Thumbnail Sketch of a Historical Event     35
A School Success Story     36
A School Problem and My Answer     37
A Book Review     38
A Film Review     39
Creating a Historical Moment     40
How to Make a...     41
A Problem Results in an Effect     42
Debating an Issue     43
Giving Advice     44
School News     45
Letters to Advertisers     46
A Historical Newspaper     47
Today's Weather Report     48
Adopt a Country     49
Adopt a State in the United States     50
Famous Do-gooders     51
What's New in Medicine and Health     52
Animals     53
Emotions in Pictures     54
VIPs in Our Society     55
Food in Our Lives     56
Careers     57
Letters to the Editor     58
Writing Comedy as a Team      59
Enlarging Copy     60
Condensing Copy     61
Reordering Copy     62
The Basics of Writing     63
Punctuation
Periods-Declarative Sentences     64
Periods-Commands     65
Periods-Requests     66
Exclamations     67
Questions     68
Commas-Series     69
Commas/Periods-Inside Quotation Marks     70
Commas-Clauses     71
Commas-Letters     72
Semicolons-Main Clauses     73
Semicolons-Series     74
Colons-Business Letter     75
Colons-Time     76
Quotation Marks-Direct Quotations     77
Quotation Marks-Quotations within Quotations     78
Parts of Speech
Pronouns     79
Common Nouns     80
Proper Nouns     81
Verbs     82
Adjectives     83
Adverbs     84
Conjunctions     85
Interjections     86
Similes     87
Metaphors     88
Grammar and Usage
Acronyms     89
Initialisms     90
Prefixes      91
Suffixes     92
Synonyms     93
Compound Words     94
Idioms     95
Contractions     96
Italics-Titles     97
Italics-Other Uses     98
Other Topics
Difficult Words     99
Math Words     100
A Word Ladder     101
Expanding Headlines     102
Personal Titles     103
Writing Forms
Business Letter     104
Friendly Letter     105
Narrative Paragraph     106
Comparison and Contrast Paragraph     107
Expository Paragraph     108
Descriptive Paragraph     109
Persuasive Paragraph     110
Newspaper Article Lead-in     111
The Poetics of Writing     113
Two-word Poems     114
Touch Poems     115
Taste Poems     116
Smell Poems     117
Sight Poems     118
Listen Poems     119
Picture Poems-Nouns     120
Picture Poems-Verbs     121
Haiku     122
Senryu     123
Tanka     124
Cinquain      125
Double Cinquain     126
Newspaper Poems     127
Newspaper Poems Answering Six Questions     128
Name Poems     129
Alphabet Poems     130
Diamante Poems     131
Lanterne Poems     132
Words That Rhyme     133
Couplet Poems     134
Triplet Poems     135
Quatrain Poems     136
Limerick Poems     137
License Plate Poems     138
Two-person Poems     139
Memory Poems     140
List Poems     141
Personification Poems     142
Comic Page Poems     143
Syllabic Poems     144
Parallel Poems     145
Common Items Poems     146
So You Want to Be a Writer     147
Bibliographies     151