You Have to Write | 
| Author: Janet S. Wong Creator: Teresa Flavin Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
List Price: $17.99 Buy Used: $5.51 as of 11/22/2009 14:38 CST details You Save: $12.48 (69%)
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Seller: btibbitts2 Rating: 5 reviews Sales Rank: 92779
Media: Hardcover Edition: 1 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Pages: 40 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7 Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 7.6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0689834098 Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54 EAN: 9780689834097 ASIN: 0689834098
Publication Date: July 1, 2002 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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You have to write! It's a class assignment. But you have nothing to write about. All the other kids seem to have something to tell because they start in right away. What can you do? Stop and think. No one else can tell your stories -- about your family, your dog or cat. No one else can tell how it was when your library book got soaked in the rain. But what if you don't like what you write? There are all sorts of ways to change it, to make it better. Keep on playing with your words, putting them together in different ways. You want whatever you write to be good. It will get better and better as you work on it. This is an encouraging book, sympathetically illustrated by Teresa Flavin's charming pictures, for all young readers who worry when they're told to write something.
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| Customer Reviews: You Have To Write June 24, 2008 Petra Siprian (Villa Park, IL United States) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
You Have to Write is a must for every teacher who teaches writing. It is perfect for generating ideas. Students will identify with the struggle of what to write.
Elementary Writing Workshop Mini-lesson March 27, 2008 L. Nelson 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
You Have to Write is a great book to use to encourage young writers to look at their own experiences as the launching pad for their writing. Uses kid language and thought to stimulate ideas.
Inspire your kids March 29, 2007 Kristen Fournier (austin, tx, usa) 5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a kid's book that explains you always have something to write about, even if you think your life is boring and plain. The book gives you ideas of things to write about like the moldy overdue book in the corner, and how your grandmother cracks her knuckles. The illustrations depict kids of various cultures putting their lives to paper in fun ways.
Don't waste your money October 5, 2006 Kay Allen (Colorado) 13 out of 20 found this review helpful
Just received this book and am returning it pronto. It starts out picturing a kid in a classroom feeling he has nothing to write about because he's not rich like the other kids. It actually suggests giving kids ideas for writing through such life experiences as their parents fighting and them having holes in their socks, to such imaginary experiences as a tree falling on their house and killing their mother in her sleep!! Give me a break! There are MUCH better books out there -- I plan to keep the other 6 writing books for kids that I ordered from Amazon.
A must have for classrooms April 29, 2003 Adrienne Navarre (Toledo, OH United States) 18 out of 22 found this review helpful
I used this book in a 3rd grade classroom where I am student teaching. The students hate to write, but they loved this book. They realized that they really do have a lot to write about. We brainstormed a list of possible writing ideas for the days when they are stuck. They love to get out their list and pick something to write about. This book is a must have for any classroom!!!!!!
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