Time to write : 43 standards-based lessons for developing creative writing / R.E. Myers.

Includes index.

"Grades 5-8"--Cover.

Producing synonyms -- Producing antonyms -- Decoding a short message -- Devising a rhyming game -- Composing a limerick -- Writing a description -- Composing a paragraph with alliteration -- Writing a paragraph -- Writing a paragraph with new vocabulary words -- Recognizing cliches -- Writing advertisements -- Composing advertisements -- Writing a letter to the editor -- Composing riddles -- Writing a poem -- Writing a haiku -- Writing weathergrams -- Writing a cinquain -- Naming -- Composing themes for titles -- Writing an essay -- Writing an anecdote -- Recognizing malaprops -- Imagining consequences -- Writing a nonfiction narrative -- Writing a character sketch -- Writing a short story -- Writing a story -- Writing a play or story -- Writing a humorous speech -- Writing a research report -- Writing a story and drawing -- Writing a personal letter.

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