Teaching the Story

Take the mystery out of teaching creative writing to middle-school students with Carol Baldwin’s book of mini-lessons! The middle grades are a time of blossoming creativity. Students are reading more intricate novels, thinking new thoughts, and stretching their minds and imaginations. Teaching these students the craft of short story writing is a great way to challenge them and channel their creative energy into a written format.
Writing fiction is more than strictly creative—it will also help your students prepare for standardized testing and for writing academically. Baldwin’s approach will teach your students to translate their thoughts into sentences and paragraphs. As they move through the process of brainstorming thoughts to writing a cohesive story, your students will learn the importance of planning and writing in a logical, sequential manner. In addition, your students will critique their own and their peer’s writing, so these lessons will develop their critical thinking skills as they analyze and evaluate. Support is included for students who want to write a sports, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, or historical story. More than 70 customizable transparencies and reproducibles are included on the CD which accompanies the book.