Film: A Critical Introduction, 2nd edition, provides a comprehensive framework for studying films, with an emphasis on writing as a means of exploring film’s aesthetic and cultural significance.
These field-tested writing strategies and techniques create a carefully sequenced and balanced approach that fosters competent narrative and expository writing. Through simple and effective writing concepts this essential teacher resource illustrates ways in which every student can begin and master the writing process. Finally, writing is fun again!
For anyone who has ever dreaded the blank page or struggled to find something to write and then agonized over how best to write it, or has simply found writing to be hard work, The Playful Way to Serious Writing breaks down common writing barriers and frees the writer within. Drawing on extensive experience in teaching creative writing and a lifetime of free artistic expression, Roberta Allen, novelist, short story writer, and author of Fast Fiction, has created a unique book of writing exercises packed with hundreds of verbal directives and visual cues.
Designed around the new IRA/NCTE Standards, (reading, writing, representing, viewing, speaking, and listening) these 60 stimulating activities applicable to a variety of novels create opportunities for students to develop their skills as readers, writers, and speakers. Three sections center on reading and writing activity projects (e.g., essays, news stories, letters), visual display projects (e.g., charts, posters, bookmarks), and speaking and listening activities.
Even reluctant writers enjoy the writing challenges present in "Short and Sweet - Quick Creative Writing Activities that Encourage Imagination, Humor and Enthusiasm for Writing." This collection of creative writing activities helps students of all ability levels have fun with writing as they stretch their imaginations.
