D. Joan, Berboich, Ph.D.
Writing About Amusing Things.-Writing About Curius Things.
New York, N.Y.: Amsco School Publications, 1982. Both books build upon the natural curiosity and humor in children as the basis of focusing for writing. Vocabulary associated with the curiosity or humor is presented first along with interesting facts to bring creativity to writing. For better 6th, 7th, 8th.
Graham, Louise., Young, Miriam.
Writing Power.
New York: Globe Book Company, 1973. Good book that builds skills useful in writing, for example, looking for details and discovering feeling. Also has good use of visuals for added interest. Audience 7th & 8th grades.
Elson, Peggy, Palmer, Geraldine.
All Write.
San Diego, CA: Benefic Press, 1981. Covers areas of sentence writing, paragraphs, messages, reports, stories, plays and poems. Makes use of holistic grading by a number systems measuring twelve important writing skills. Audience 6th, 7th & 8th graders.
Kessler, Rikki, Friendland, Joyces.
Writing for Life.
New York: Glove Book Company, 1981. Books in this series are geared to the functional part of writing in everyday life examined with adequate explanation and examples. Topics include writing at home, to friends, in school, filling out various forms, writing resumes and handling your money. Audience is mainly high school students entering work for the first time.
Goodman, Burton.
Scoring High In Survival Writing.
New York: Random House, 1979. Books in this series are also of workbook format applying skills in basic writing for very specific functions such as writing or filling out forms such as voter registration forms, classified ads, recipes, accident reports, R.S.V.P. notes, college applications and driver license applications. Low reading level that would apply more specifically to work bound high school students.
Wulffson, Don.
The Basics of Writing.
New York: Globe Book Company, 1985. This book combines creative writing with skills needed for good writing such as dialogue, opinions, letters, and short poems.