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Guy-Write: What Every Guy Writer Needs To Know (2000)

by Ralph Fletcher(Favorite Author)

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review 1: Writers and teachers can always depend on Ralph Fletcher for practical advice to help improve their own or their students' writing. Not only do the twelve chapters provide tips that teachers can use tomorrow in their writing lessons, but they also include insightful interviews with authors Jon Scieszka, Greg Trine, Robert Lipsyte, Robert San Souci, and Jarrett Krosoczka, and some comment from Jane Yolen. Although Fletcher continues to focus on boy writers and their need to express themselves by drawing before or while they write, the ideas in this book can help just about any budding writer, male or female. I love his inclusion of artwork from boy writers as well as some sample pieces written by boys. His suggestions about what to include in a writer's notebook are immense... morely helpful. Writers need to have a place to collect ideas or mementos to use as writing inspiration, and Fletcher's discussion of his own notebook is helpful. I was pleased to see nary a writing assignment directed to a high-stakes writing prompt too. Bravo, Ralph!
review 2: Love this book! Great resource and mentor for writers - I loved how Ralph Fletcher interviewed various authors throughout the book and talks about many different genres. Can't what for to share this with students. Although this book is titled Guy-Write and meant for boy writers, all writers can learn from and with this book! I tabbed sections and pages already that I want to use in mini-lessons, small groups, and conferences. less

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