DownWRITE Funny: Using students' love of the ridiculous to teach serious writing skills
by Randy Larson
List Price:
Our Price: $12.21
You Save: $7.74 (39%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $10.75 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Randy LarsonIllustrator: Judy Larson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-08-01
ISBN: 1877673315
Number of pages: 128
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Cottonwood Press, Inc.
Book Reviews of DownWRITE Funny: Using students' love of the ridiculous to teach serious writing skills
Book Review: Only for younger students
Summary: 3 Stars
Pay attention to the grade ranges on this teaching resource because it is definitely aimed for younger middle school and elementary students. Its format, illustrations, and humor play well with younger kids but fall flat with high school students who find it demeaning. Unfortunately, our department ordered it from an English resource catalog that advertised it as being for middle and high school students. Uh-uh.
Summary of DownWRITE Funny: Using students' love of the ridiculous to teach serious writing skills
Winged baby hippopotami nest in a tree, crocodiles fall in love, and Frankenstein monsters attend a self-help seminar-all part of these writing activities that teach important skills in a challenging and interesting way.
Teens Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Teens Books
The Official SAT Study Guideby The College Board
College Board; Published: 2007-01-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.00
Price in other shops:
The Twilight Sagaby Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2008-10-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $48.29
Price in other shops:
The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide (Twilight Saga)by Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2008-12-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.19
Price in other shops:
The Graveyard Bookby Neil Gaiman
HarperCollins; Published: 2008-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.19
Price in other shops:
Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companionby Mark Cotta Vaz
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2008-10-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.34
Price in other shops:
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)by Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2008-05-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.75
Price in other shops:
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3)by Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2007-08-07; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.50
Price in other shops:
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)by Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2008-08-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.18
Price in other shops:
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)by Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2006-09-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.62
Price in other shops:
Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3)by Christopher Paolini
Knopf Books for Young Readers; Published: 2008-09-20; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.00
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Caught'Ya !: Grammar With a Giggleby Jane Bell Kiester
Maupin House Publishing; Published: 1990-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.99
Price in other shops:
Fun With Grammar: 75 Quick Activities & Games That Help Kids Learn About Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, and More : Grades 4-8by Laura Sunley
SCHOLASTIC TEACHING RESOURCES; Scholastic; Published: 2002-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.01
Price in other shops:
A Sentence a Day: Short, Playful Proofreading Exercises to Help Students Avoid Tripping up When They Writeby Samantha Prust
Cottonwood Press, Inc.; Published: 2007-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.59
Price in other shops:
50 Writing Lessons That Work!: Motivating Prompts and Easy Activities That Develop the Essentials of Strong Writing (Grades 4-8)by Carol Rawlings Miller
Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching; Published: 1999-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.30
Price in other shops:
Awesome Hands-on Activities For Teaching Grammarby Susan Van Zile
Scholastic; Teaching Resources; Published: 2003-12-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.35
Price in other shops:
Yoga for the Brain: Daily Writing Stretches that Keep Minds Flexible and Strongby Dawn DiPrince, Cheryl Miller Thurston
Cottonwood Press, Inc.; Published: 2006-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.93
Price in other shops:
Giggles in the Middle: Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle for Middle School (Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle) (Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle)by Jane Bell Kiester
Maupin House Publishing, Inc.; Published: 2006-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.21
Price in other shops:
Phunny Stuph: Proofreading Exercises with a Sense of Humorby M. S. Samston
Cottonwood Press, Inc.; Published: 2005-01-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.41
Price in other shops:
Unjournaling: Daily Writing Exercises that Are NOT Personal, NOT Introspective, NOT Boring!by Dawn DiPrince, Cheryl Miller Thurston
Cottonwood Press, Inc.; Published: 2006-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.58
Price in other shops:
Hot Fudge Monday: Tasty Ways to Teach Parts of Speech to Students Who Have a Hard Time Swallowing Anything to Do with Grammarby Randy Larson
Cottonwood Press, Inc.; Published: 2007-04-01; Spiral-bound; Book
Best price: $13.38
Price in other shops: