Writers Express: A Handbook for Young Writers, Thinkers, and Learners

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This book is a must for elementary school students. [Posted on 1999-01-23]
I am a fourth grade teacher in California. I first saw this book about 5 years ago and bought a few copies for my class to use. I was amazed at how it fascinated the students even though it was a writer's handbook. It was in constant demand during our daily sustained silent reading time. The book is colorful and inviting and contains a wealth of information besides just general writing how to's. It has maps, presidential timelines, helpful math tables, and much more. It is colorfully organized and coded for easy reference and written to appeal to kids and motivate them to write. I showed this book to my principal and other teachers and they were all so impressed that the decision was made to order the books for all of our upper grade classes 4 through 6. The Write Source books have become one of the key components of our language program. I would highly recommend this book to all parents and students. It is a resource that is as valuable as the dictionary or encyclopedia that you offer your child at home to support his/her education.

Dave Kemper really knows how to make writing fun!!!!!!! [Posted on 1999-03-10]
This book has had a strong impact on the way I write.My dream of being a professianel writer seems so close when I read about the process of writing in this book. I really think this is a wonderful book to have, all through your life!

Help for my children [Posted on 2001-02-13]
I have 3 boys who dislike writing. It's frustrating to get them to think of ideas to write about even in their daily school journals. This book makes thinking of ideas fun and helps to know how to write them. I borrowed Writers Express from a friend after being told it was great. I then purchased Write Source 2000, as I was unsure of the age appropriateness. Write Source 2000 is great for 6th grade and above because it is less cartoon-like and has higher level information. Writers Express is perfect for 2nd grade and above. Much of the information is overlapping, but written age-appropriately.

Writer's Express: A Handbook for Young Writers, Thinkers, and Learners [Posted on 2005-09-21]
This Book was very helpful for my 5th grader, and me. It gives clear explanations of various forms of writing.

I wish every child had access to this book [Posted on 2008-02-22]
Out of all the resources I was exposed to during my time in college (elementary education) this is my most treasured. It is thorough, entertaining, accurate, and creative.

It not only covers the writing process wonderfully (and it surely does that), but is overflowing with tips and tools to help the writer/student: tips on giving speeches, performing poems, test taking strategies, planning a writing portfolio, conferencing with partners about your writing, developing a personal writing style, conducting interviews, story elements, reading strategies, tips to improve listening and thinking skills, how to manage your time, just to name a few...

It is exhaustive in covering the various forms of writing (a sampling: persuasive and expository paragraphs, narratives, letters, poems, journals, newspaper articles, family stories, book reviews, observation reports, fantasies, tall tales, historical fiction, even writing songs and plays...)

Beyond the writing process itself, you will find information on all sorts of things: writing conventions, parts of speech (including every single preposition, predicate adjectives, direct objects and the like), synonyms, homophones, contractions, all the different types of pronouns, on and on...

But more than being an indispensable resource, it has a cool presentation. Students will actually enjoy reading from this book, and get excited about their writing. It's not your typical dry text most students at any level are subjected to.

This is good for everybody. The teacher (public or homeschool). The student (especially one struggling to enjoy writing). And the writers among us. I wouldn't put any age limit on it.

I've used it to homeschool. I'll be using it in the public school classroom soon. And I refer to it with my own writing.

As a teacher I wish every child had their own copy.

Get this. You won't be disappointed. You'll wish you stumbled upon it a lot sooner.

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