Alice R. Smee
Mcquade, Christine, and Donald Mcquade. Seeing and Writing 3. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006.
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Girl by Jamaica Kincaid - short story about girl who has lots of chores but the author uses great descriptive detail, to help with visualization.
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Writers Corp (624-629) - Pairs poems with images. Will give the students a chance to visualize and work together
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Shaw, Fran. 50 Ways to Help You Write: Tips, Techniques, and Shortcuts to Help You Write Like a Pro. - Writing exercise book, with examples and steps on how to do all kinds of writing, formal and creative. The whole book is great for students to have, but for this unit:
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Chapter One- Describing People, Places and Things -Basic writing exercise that uses descriptive writing and visualization tools.
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Chapter four convincing someone exercises on how to write in all different kinds of persuasive situations.
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Truss, Lynne. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!. New York: Putnam Juvenile, 2006. - Picture book that combines punctuation and images.