Children's Literature that Promotes Creative
Writing
This site facilitates TPTE595 students by providing suggestions of children's
literature that serve as prompts for creative writing.
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What
you Know First by Patricia
MacLachlan, Barry
Moser (Illustrator). This book is an excellent prompt for writing
childhood memories, making lists of special childhood moments, or reflecting on
the trauma of moving.
Wishing by
Ruth
Tiller, Debrah
Santini (Illustrator).
This book uses verse-like text to express to someone the types of things you
would wish for them. It can serve as a prompt for a journal of
wishes.
Black
and White by David
Macaulay. This book appears to tell four stories at once . . . or
maybe not. Clever illustrations combined with carefully chosen text
invites the reader to try and simultaneously juggle the plot(s).
Paddle Whispers by Doug Wood. Through poetic text and drawings, woven gracefully with quotes, Douglas Wood traces a timeless journey by paddle and canoe that renews the spirit.
Felix
by Annette
Langen, Constanza
Droop (Illustrator).
This is one of a series of four (Felix
Explores Planet Earth : With Six Letters from Felix and a Fold-Out World Map,
Felix
Travels Back in Time : Includes Six Pull-Out Letters and Fold-Out Map and Time
Line, Felix's
Christmas Around the World) books about the stuffed rabbit named
Felix. This book provides the model for incorporating storytelling, letter
writing, and factual information in one piece of work. Great appeal for
younger children, but has information and applications that extend beyond the
primary level.
Two
Bad Ants by
Chris
Van Allsburg. Two
Bad Ants allows children (and everyone else) to experience the world through an
ant's point of view. This book provides a prompt for writing from
different points of view.
The
Ant Bully by John
Nickle. This book
addresses point-of-view and the nature of bullies.
Night
Visitors by Ed
Young. This is a Chinese folktale that allows a young man to
view the world through an ant's perspective.
Rebus Riot
by Bonnie Christensen
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages (May 1997)
Penguin USA (Juv); ISBN: 0803719981
Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke
by Pamela Duncan Edwards, Henry Cole (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (May 1997)
HarperTrophy; ISBN: 006443480X
Some Smug Slug
by Pamela Duncan Edwards, Henry Cole (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages 1 Ed edition (May 1996)
Harpercollins Juvenile Books; ISBN: 0060247894
Six Sandy Sheep
by Judith A. Enderle, Jeff O'Hare, Stephanie Gordon
Tessler (Contributor), O'Brien, Judy Enderle,John O'Brien (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 24 pages (May 1997)
Boyds Mills Pr; ISBN: 1563975823
Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut
by Maryann Kovalski (Illustrator), Margaret Eleanor Atwood
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages (September 1995)
Workman Publishing Company; ISBN: 0761101667
Once There Was a Bull... : Frog
by Rick Walton, Grag Hally (Illustrator), Greg Hally (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (April 1998)
Paper Star; ISBN: 0698116070
Pig, Pigger, Piggest
by Rick Walton, Jimmy Holder (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages 1 Ed edition (November 1997)
Gibbs Smith Publisher; ISBN: 0879058064
Why the Banana Split
by Rick Walton, Jimmy Holder (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages 1 Ed edition (August 1998)
Gibbs Smith Publisher; ISBN: 0879058536
Responding to Literature: Web Sites that Suggest Writing Activities for Children's Literature
Rainbow
Fish
This site provides ideas for using The Rainbow Fish as a prompt for
writing sentences about sharing, giving, receiving, helping others, and
feelings.
If
the Dinosaurs Came Back
This site provides ideas for using If the Dinosaurs Came Back
as a
prompt for creative writing. This site also has links to several related
science topics.
Busy
as a Bee
Suggestions for using Quick as a Cricket
to help
children learn to use similes in their writing to make their sentences or
stories more descriptive and interesting to read.
The
Grouchy Ladybug
This site provides ideas for using The
Grouchy Ladybug as a prompt for study in several areas of
interest. Included in the suggestions are ideas for writing.
Little
House in the Big Woods
This site provides ideas for using The
Little House in the Big Woods
books for reading and writing applications.
The
Tin Heart
This site provides ideas and activities for using The
Tin Heart
for math, science, social studies, reading and writing instruction.
The
Watson's go to Birmingham
This site provides ideas and activities for using The
Watson's go to Birmingham . Ideas for social studies, word play,
and writing are included.
Link to Creative Writing Homepage
100
Research Topic Guides for Students
by Barbara Wood Borne
Hardcover - 256 pages (July 1996)
Greenwood Publishing Group; ISBN: 0313295522
The
Art of Teaching Writing
by Lucy McCormick Calkins
Hardcover - 550 pages New edition (September 1994)
Heinemann; ISBN: 0435088173
25 Mini-Lessons for Teaching Writing : Quick Lessons That
Help Students
Become Effective Writers (Teaching Strategies)
by Adele Fiderer
Paperback - 88 pages (December 1997)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 059020940X
350 Fabulous Writing Prompts : Thought-Provoking Springboards for
Creative, Expository, and Journal Writing
by Jacqueline Sweeney, Stephanie Peterson (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback (August 1996)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 059059933X
325 Creative Prompts for Personal Journals
by J. A. Senn, Mona Mark (Illustrator)
Paperback Reissue edition (November 1995)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590493507
35 Rubrics & Checklists to Assess Reading and Writing : Time-Saving
Reproducible Forms for Meaningful Literacy Assessment
by Adele Fiderer
Paperback - 56 pages (July 1998)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590131028
Great Graphic Organizers to Use With Any Book! : 50 Fun Reproducibles &
Activities to Explore Literature & Develop Kids' Writing
by Michelle O'Brien-Palmer, Heidi Stephens (Illustrator)
Paperback - 160 pages (November 1997)
Micnik Pubns; ISBN: 0590769901
Beyond Book Reports : 50 Totally Terrific Literature Response Activities
That Develop Great Readers and Writers
by Michelle O'Brien-Palmer, Michelle C'Brien-Palmer
Paperback - 160 pages (November 1997)
Micnik Pubns; ISBN: 059076991X
Incredible Quotations : 230 Thought-Provoking Quotes With Prompts to
Spark Students' Writing, Thinking, and Discussion
by Jacqueline Sweeney
Paperback - 62 pages (April 1997)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590963783
Helping Students Revise Their Writing : Practical Strategies, Models, and
Mini-Lessons That Motivate Students to Become Better Writers
by Marianne Tully, Wendy Murray (Editor)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Mass Market Paperback - 112 pages (February 1997)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 059086565X
Expository Writing (Teaching Writing Series)
by Tara McCarthy
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback - 48 pages (April 1998)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590103873
Narrative Writing (Teaching Writing Series)
by Tara McCarthy
Paperback - 48 pages (June 1998)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 059020937X
Descriptive Writing (Teaching Writing Series , No 3)
by Tara McCarthy
Paperback - 64 pages (July 1998)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590209329
Persuasive Writing
by Tara McCarthy
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback - 64 pages (August 1998)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590209345
Grammar Works! : 15 Reproducible Skills Lessons That Teach Essential Grammar
Rules
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback - 128 pages (December 1996)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590604201
Fab Vocab! : 35 Creative Vocabulary-Boosting Activities for Kids of All
Learning Styles
by Marguerite Hartill
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback - 64 pages (June 1998)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590762516
50 Wonderful Word Games : Easy and Entertaining Activities That Build Imporant
Language Art Skills
by Alan Trussell-Cullen
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback - 80 pages (April 1998)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 059096559X
Books Don't Have to Be Flat! : Innovative Ways to Publish Students' Writing
in Every Curriculum Area
by Kathy Pike, Jean Mumper
Paperback - 96 pages (June 1998)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590120492
What
If? : Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
by Anne Bernays, Pamela Painter
Paperback - 256 pages
Reissue edition (November 1991)
HarperCollins (paper); ISBN:
0062720066
Room
to Write : Daily Invitations to a Writer's Life
325
Creative Prompts for Personal JournalsPaperback
Reissue
edition (November 1995)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590493507
Story
Starters : How to Jump-Start Your Imagination, Get Your Creative Juices Flowing,
and Start Writing Your Story or Novel
Paperback - 176 pages
(April 1998)
Avon Books (Pap Trd); ISBN:
0380795523
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