Tasso of Tarpon Springs
Tasso of Tarpon Springs

Author: Maity Schrecengost

Publisher: Maupin House Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780929895246

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In 1905 when his father and brother sail from Greece to Florida to work in the sponge industry, twelve-year-old Tasso stows away on the same ship to share their adventures.

Voice Whizardry
Voice Whizardry

Author: Maity Schrecengost

Publisher: Maupin House Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 0929895673

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Tired of dull, formula-driven writing from students? Discover Voice Whizardry and reawaken their slumbering voices! Easily adaptable to any balanced language arts program, these 36 Discovery Activities teach students in grades 4-8 how to identify the subtle elements of voice and use them skillfully in any writing situation. With literary models and student writing samples for narrative and expository writing throughout, this resource will show teachers and students how to: Recognize voice in the writing of others; Choose writing topics carefully; Personalize and focus responses to write-on-demand prompts; Adapt writing voice to different audiences and genres; and Expand vocabulary --essential for writing growth Plus, each Discover Activity includes a new kind of mini-lesson that helps teachers explore their own voice before introducing the skill to the class --perfect for Professional Growth and/or Development Plans.

Florida on the Boil
Florida on the Boil

Author: Kenneth F. Kister

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1425717268

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Provides incisive reviews of more than 300 recommended novels and short-story collections set in Florida. Numerous Florida fiction writers, past and present, are represented in the book, including such diverse talents as Edna Buchanan, Harry Crews, Connie May Fowler, and others.--Excerpted from book cover.

Writing Whizardry
Writing Whizardry

Author: Maity Schrecengost

Publisher: Maupin House Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 51

ISBN-13: 0929895452

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Provide young writers with skills that expand their creativity and writer's craft vocabulary. Each self-contained lesson targets a specific technique or skill that teaches craft and author's devices, and encourages elaboration.Sixty mini-lessons give your students practice in applying the skills they need to write well-developed narrative and expository pieces. Best of all, each mini-lesson provides examples of polished writing and writing that need revision, as well as reference to other books to use as models -- all you need to teach show me writing effectively.

Nonfiction Writing Strategies Using Content-Area Mentor Texts
Nonfiction Writing Strategies Using Content-Area Mentor Texts

Author: Marcia S. Freeman

Publisher: Capstone Classroom

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1625215126

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"How can you enhance the quality and effectiveness of instruction in both the content areas and in writing? By integrating content in both social studies and science with the strategies of writing that are so important for students to master as they craft nonfiction. This book shows teachers how to use mentor texts in an integrative approach for teaching both content and informational writing. As you explore the pages of this book, you'll find strategies for teaching writing craft fundamentals with step-by-step instructions that make writing instruction come alive in content-area classes. Models make the instructional strategies clear. The book also includes a variety of expository techniques and advice on preparing writers for success on performance-based tests."

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

Author: John T. Edge

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2009-09

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1458721795

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The American South embodies a powerful historical and mythical presence, both a complex environmental and geographic landscape and a place of the imagination. Changes in the region's contemporary socioeconomic realities and new developments in scholarship have been incorporated in the conceptualization and approach of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Anthropologist Clifford Geertz has spoken of culture as context, and this encyclopedia looks at the American South as a complex place that has served as the context for cultural expression. This volume provides information and perspective on the diversity of cultures in a geographic and imaginative place with a long history and distinctive character.