Graves, Donald H. Writing: Teachers and Children at Work. Portsmouth NH: Heinemann Educational Books, 1983.
Contains many ideas for writing activities.
McCormick Calkins Lucy, The Art of Teaching Writing. Portsmouth NH: Heinemann Educational Books, 1986.
Comprehensive guide for ideas on teaching writing across all grade levels.
Marzano, John, Debra J. Pickering and Jane E. Pollack. Classroom Strategies That Work: Research - Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2001.
Outlines effective strategies for the classroom that are based on educational research.
McQuade, Donald and Christine McQuade, Seeing and Writing 3. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006.
This text includes many writing activities with visual and verbal components. Many examples of how to incorporate the visual with writing exercises.
Nagin, Carl and The National Writing Project, Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.
An excellent resource guide for teaching writing. Includes relevant information backed by educational research.
