Think First, Then Write: 101 Writing topics (CD-ROM)

Description

Author: Janice G T Penner & Heather A Barnes

Level: Intermediate & Advanced Grade 9 to Adults

Meaningful topics to facilitate success for resistant and weary writers.

What’s Inside:

Think First: a series of questions that focus on the topic

Then Write: tasks which elicit different rhetorical forms such as

• Narrative
• Opinions
• Comparison
• Description
• Expository
• Process
• Response to a quote

Thorough Teachers notes with examples, feedback rubric,
program set up ideas and extended integrated skills projects

Prompts elicit different formats such as lists, letters, brochures, poems, proposals, posters, charts and graphs, questions and more

Flexible & adaptable: Teachers can “cut and paste” to change topics

Topics: Divided into 13 themes

• About self (11)
• Beliefs & values (10)
• Celebrations (4)
• Cultural reflections (13)
• Education (10)
• Family (6)
• Friendship (6)
• Global issues (14)
• Language learning (13)
• Life experiences (13)
• Technology (3)
• Travel (5)
• Work & employment (5)