Teaching Powerful Writing: 25 Short Read-Aloud Stories and Lessons That Motivate Students to Use Literary Elements in Their Writing (PagePerfect NOOK Book)

Written especially for grades five and up, this collection of stories by new and renowned authors gives your students short models they can emulate. Each 3-to-6-page personal narrative highlights a different writing technique and includes a writing activity. Covers voice, using flashback, point of view, writing about heroes, getting away from the obvious, and more. Includes stories by Joseph Bruchac, Susan Shreve, Karin Cook and others.