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    101 Sensational Story Starters for 5th and 6th Grade Students
    101 Sensational Story Starters for 5th and 6th Grade Students
    101 Sensational Story Starters for 5th and 6th Grade Students
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    101 Sensational Story Starters for 5th and 6th Grade Students

    By Tracy Wasem

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    Students will revel in the creative, detailed writing prompts. Bone chilling to laugh out loud humorous, the starters are springboards for success. Students will be carried to the future, transported to the past and improve their writing skills in the present.
    This book is written by a teacher for teachers. An invaluable tool to ease preparation of written work. 101 Sensational Story Starters for 5th and 6th Grade Students includes two plot synopsis for familiar fairy tales for students to understand the elements of plot. There is rich vocabulary word lists to engage your students to achieve higher standards in their written expression.

    Two hands on Expository Text writing lessons are guaranteed to ignite even the most hesitant of writers to complete their best work. Infuse entertaining material that will teach lessons required in today's standardized testing world in a manner that children will not forget.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTracy Wasem
    Release dateOct 9, 2013
    ISBN9781301681532
    101 Sensational Story Starters for 5th and 6th Grade Students
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    Tracy Wasem

    I am a retired school teacher for the PVUSD in Phoenix, Arizona. I have my MA in Education Curriculum and Instruction from Chapman University and an undergraduate degree, BA in English from Arizona State University. I enjoy traveling, spending time with my family , reading and writing. Candy Crush on Facebook has me hooked and I try to play at least once a day.

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      Really inspiring and detailed prompts! I am going to use these with my students.

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