Additional information
| Weight | 90 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 210 × 148 × 3 mm |
| ISBN | 9780987215901 |
| Format | |
| Page extent | 56 |
| Publication Year | 2012 |
| Subject | Education |
| Imprint | longonliteracy |
| ebook | Available through iBooks |
How to Write What You Want to Say
$24.99
Patricia Hipwell
Students who struggle with putting their ideas into writing need the language that mature writers use. This book provides that language in the form of sentence starters and connectives.
How to write what you want to say is a guide for those students who know what they want to say but can’t find the words provides parents, teachers and students with a unique tool for improving writing and suits students from the middle years of schooling to tertiary level.
admin –
How to Write What You Want to Say fills a gap that existed in resources for students in that it draws together relevant elements that comprise a thinking skill. At a glance, students are able to see a definition, sentence starters, connectives, task words and an example which demonstrates the interaction between all the aspects of the skill. The beauty of this book is that the focus is on skills and not content making it suitable for use across the curriculum. Staff love the fact that we have a now have a great tool to use when teaching the all-important skills that are common to all curriculum area and an integral part of the Australian Curriculum. Students love the sensible, easy-to-follow layout. Pat has taken a range of complex skills and broken them down so that staff, students and parents can see the formula that lies behind quality writing. The real proof of the quality of the book is the almost immediate positive impact its use has had on the way in which students write. A must for educators and students.
Ellen Kean
Head of Department – English and LOTE
Toolooa State High School
admin –
I have found that the Little Blue Book has made teaching writing a lot easier. It helps with writing criteria sheets and, when a student gets stuck for sentence starters, it is great to be able to offer a couple of options. Creating exemplars for students has been made easier as well.
Rebecca Glynn – Mirani SHS
admin –
I love this resource!
Kay Whittaker, parent , Gladstone
admin –
I use the book in class, especially with my middle school classes. Today I am doing a lesson on comparing two sets of data in mathematics and I am going to use the section on comparing. The example is about sports drinks and I will use this example to look at the language of comparison. Then my students will consider the data they have collected and write a comparison of the data sets. They will be guided through the language using the example, as well as some of the connecting ideas and sentence starters. These give my students the confidence to begin to write and when they have that momentum they write with confidence and style.
Peter Cocks
Teacher
Cairns SHS
admin –
How to Write What You Want to Say has been one of the most valuable teaching resources that I have stumbled across. As a teacher, it has given me the confidence to teach students how to approach key task words and has allowed me to develop a framework for breaking down in-class and assessment tasks. For my students, I have witnessed many of them experiencing the ‘light-bulb’ moment when they read the definition of the task word and then see it in action. The sentence starters have also given them the confidence to know that they are ‘starting off on the right foot’ and it’s exciting to see their work improving as they incorporate more of these. It is a resource that I highly recommended to all of my teaching colleagues!
Amanda Favier
Teacher
Cairns SHS
admin –
‘How to write what to say’ is a helpful book as it gives me a variety of sentences and words to choose from. Not only is the book small and understandable it does the thinking for you. I now no longer have a blank page. I can start my sentences easier thanks to the book.
Leah McAuley, student, Toodyay District High School
Secondary Science Teacher –
I did a few workshops with you up in Central Queensland some years ago, and have used your methods of improving writing since then. Just wanted to share with you an experience I had last year at my school. I was given a group of Year 12 Biology students who weren’t doing too well. Most were C’s, a couple of B students. Within 3 months of using your prompts for critical thinking and writing we had 6 students getting consistent A’s, 13 students getting consistent B’s, and our D/E students were getting C+’s. It was amazing to see how confident they felt after taking them through how to write in both exam and assignment work. Thanks so much for all your hard work. I’m currently working hard with a group of Year 11 students in Biology and we’re starting to use your methods. Can’t wait to see what they will do next year when we kick it up a notch. .