Decent activities, misleading title

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	• Ready-to-Use English Workshop Activities for Grades 6-12: 180 Daily Lessons Integrating Literature, Writing & ... Mary Ellen Ledbetter Jossey-Bass, 2005 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great as bellringer activities

I use the items in this book as bellringer activities. I had to retype them though because of the strange fonts used. I found my students couldn't read them. The activities would be great test prep also.

A Practical and Useful Book

I have just begun to use this book with my middle school classes. So far, so good. Unlike many workbooks I have bought sight unseen, this one has many pages which can be reproduced as is. I made a packet for my writers using the first five pages of the book which named and gave examples (mostly understood and enjoyed) of techniques such as the "Magic 3," and "Full-Circle Ending" as well as imagery, humor, etc. The book is well-aligned with the 6-Traits method.
The type of printing used on the examples is a little hard to see, but it did not pose a major problem. I also got her "Portfolio" book, as I was that impressed.

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A great resource

I used this book during the latter half of the school year, and wished that I had started sooner. The glossary of terms is so easy to use, and students can refer to it immediately without having that lost look on their faces.
It's a great class starter for that punch of grammar without it looking like those boring grammar drills we went through in school.
The material is very relevant to teenagers, and the sample work is written by students themselves which gives my students more confidence to write.
I plan on using this at the beginning of the year, and carrying on throughout the year.
Highly recommended if you're floundering over those class starters.

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Very useful resource

This book has interesting writing models to use with students followed by a variety of thought provoking questions that range from grammar and style choices to craft lessons. There is so much to choose from that I will need time to sort through it all before I can make the best use of this book. It's great to finally find a resource that will stimulate older students.

Decent activities, misleading title

This book is NOT a book of complete lesson plans, as I thought it was; I was thrown into teaching a new class and curriculum this year, and thought it might be helpful. I don't want to knock the book too much, because the activities are cute, short, and to the point. But the title "180 Daily Lessons" isn't necessarily what you think it might be; even an average middle school class will probably knock off these activities in less than half an hour, and if you teach a double block, this is nowhere near a full lesson. Forewarned is forearmed.

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This unique resource gives middle and secondary school English teachers 180 high-interest activities that build students? proficiency in the three major areas of the English curriculum?reading/literature, writing, and grammar. All the activities have been classroom tested, can be used with students of varying ability, and are effective as individual, group, or whole-class activities. For quick access and easy use, the activities are organized into 36 weekly packets?each packet including five ?Dailies??and printed in a big 8-1/4? x 11? lay-flat format for easy photocopying. Each ?Dailies? activity begins with a well-written student passage followed by prompts that encourage students to examine the passage in terms of usage, stylistic devices, grammatical concepts, punctuation, and reading/literature skills. The activities require students to learn the rules that apply and to use the examples as springboards for their own writing. You?ll find that these integrated ?Dailies? activities are ideally flexible. They can be completed as ?warm-ups? at the beginning of class, as mini-reviews for more advanced students, or serve as walk-through activities or homework assignments for students who need reinforcement. Each activity will lead to inquiry and lively discussion as students analyze the model passage and learn to write effectively.

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