![]() more d 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. For my own students, though, I would pick an. 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. I used to be able to fill pages and pages up with my stories. My teacher makes us follow all sorts of rules and we HAVE to brainstorm a certain way. "Wha?" I asked while skillfully maneuvering the car away from the guardrail. ![]() ![]() "I hate writing," he announced a few weeks ago in the car. ![]() 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. ![]()
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