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Finish This Book (2011)

by Keri Smith(Favorite Author)

4.13 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0399536892 (ISBN13: 9780399536892)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Perigee Trade

review 1: Originally introduced to Keri Smith by a colleague, I struck upon this particular title and ordered it in hopes of encouraging my once enthusiastic writer of a middle son. "I hate writing," he announced a few weeks ago in the car. "Wha??" I asked while skillfully maneuvering the car away from the guardrail. "Yeah. My teacher makes us follow all sorts of rules and we HAVE to brainstorm a certain way. If we don't, then she gets mad. I used to be able to fill pages and pages up with my stories. Now I hate it."So I ordered Finish This Book with hopes of filling both my son's as well as my student's writing buckets.Now, after reading Finish This Book, I can see the value of Smith's creative homage in my middle son's life this summer. For my own students, though, I would pick an... mored choose carefully.Some plums for middle grade writers:-we are skilled observers (look at and document the world as such): use old photos as a warm up activity-instruction manual: have an old, beat up journal with that title and an emblem of a tree as mini lesson spring boards from me-curiosity is key to being a skilled writer: gift wrapped box as writing warm upAs a parent, I enjoyed the naturalistic approach Finish This Book took. As a teacher, I plan on revisiting it again with sticky notes in hand. It's a quick read worthy of any ELA teacher's attention this summer. Want to rejuvenate your writing instruction or think about showing who we are as writers to reluctant ones? Pick it up.
review 2: What a fun book, and creative on so many levels.You literally go through the book doing tasks to help "finish the book". At first I wondered where it would all lead, but all good things must come to an end. And it did.It took a while to get there, and some serious work on my part, but it was worth it. I learned a lot about exploration and collecting and did some ponderous thinking throughout the book. I really love books that challenge you or your mind.I don't think everyone will have the patience to actually go through the book and do every task, some do seem tedious, but they are there for a reason. less

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