Recently added articles from Writing!:
Beginnings and endings: great first lines and final words ... in lit and life.
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Beginnings and endings. BACKGROUND MATERIAL This issue's feature article is designed to help students write attention-grabbing beginnings and satisfying endings. Students can explore how the opening lines set the tone for the rest of ...
1,000 words.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There is something mysterious about this picture. Is that really a man sitting on that tree stump? Could he be hiding from something or someone? Or is he--it--something else? What about the birds and the cage? What does it all mean? As a ...
Teens get their day.(write stuff)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Do you hear that buzzing sound? Listen; it's all around you. With the U.S. presidential election just months away, people are anxious to see who the 44th president will be. Newspapers, magazines, TV news shows, and Web sites are all working overtime to cover this important event. ...
Just so much blah, blah, blah.(write stuff)(Brief article)(List)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Back in the day--1976 to be exact--some folks at Lake Superior State University (LSSU) in Michigan decided to improve the quality of public discourse in the United States. They put together a list of words and phrases they thought should be kicked out of our everyday speech. The list ...
Writing magazine to join READ.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Beginning in September 2008, Writing magazine will become part of its sister publication READ. It will no longer be published as a separate periodical. This is the final issue of Writing in this format. For 30 years, Writing has explored and illuminated the ...
Mark your calendar: April/May.(Calendar)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] April 3 If he'd fallen asleep as his character Rip Van Winkle did, Washington Irving would be 225 years old today. This early American author is best known for his headless horseman story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. April 4 ...
The chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Pevensie children are returning to Narnia and so can you. Prince Caspian, the movie version of the second book in The Chronicles of Narnia series, is set to premiere on May 18. Fans of the first book and movie The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, will remember that the ...
From once upon a time ... to happily ever after: how great stories begin and end.
Apr 01, 2008; Nevins, Debbie ... Every story has a beginning and an end. Even The Neverending Story has an ending. Writers make deliberate decisions about beginnings and endings; those lines can be the hardest parts of a story to get right. The best ones are truly memorable. Let's look at some of them. BEGIN AT ...
Your treasured objects: the results are in!(contest)
Apr 01, 2008; Nye, Naomi Shihab ... 'Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ...' Do you know the song "My Favorite Things"? We must have been humming it when we dreamed up the theme for this year's student writing contest--Treasured Objects. We knew you would ...
The window seat.(junior poetry winner)(Poem)
Apr 01, 2008; Garcia, Allison ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] <Pre> The Window Seat From behind the shining glass, I can see my little corner of the universe. Neighborhood pets and people, Friends and family. I can sit on the hard wooden bench, Pimply from stormy days and dripping water ...
A reflection.(senior poetry winner)(Poem)
Apr 01, 2008; Contreras, Alma ... <Pre> A Reflection Look at what I'm made of between that soft brown color in the wrinkled page. The skin color that reflects in the light, and the brown wavy hair he gave me. The one I hide beneath the crimson head of mine. A picture says a thousand words, ...
1st home-run ball.(junior story winner)
Apr 01, 2008; Youngblood, Rob ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's a tie! Our judge has chosen two winners in this category. This is one of them. I came out of the Rawlings factory on a warm spring afternoon weighing 5 ounces and measuring 9 inches around. Smooth, white genuine leather, and ...
Here lies my struggle.(junior story winner)
Apr 01, 2008; Karesh, Sidney M. ... It's a tie! Our judge has chosen two winners in this category. This is one of them. My most treasured item is important to me not because it was autographed by a famous person or because it is "lucky," but because it signifies an important emotional and life-changing experience ...
The paddle.(senior story winner)
Apr 01, 2008; Goodman, Sam ... My father works until he has red-rimmed eyes, then he works some more. He works as the only full-time person of the hardware department in Home Depot. He works despite the fact that the irregular times of his job make it exhausting and confusing. Then he comes home and works. He works on ...
The best-laid plans: a look back to our summer trip to Italy.(power of the pen)(Short story)
Apr 01, 2008; Frank, Steven ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] My brother had arranged everything. In Milan we would pick up the rental car and follow his explicit, e-mailed directions to a gas station in central Recco, a coastal town on Italy's Ligurian coast. At precisely 10 p.m. Italian time, we were to turn on the ...
End.(final word)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008; Welles, Orson ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your ...
Put your apostrophe in the right place.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Name -- Directions: Correct the following sentences by adding or deleting apostrophes. Identify the mistakes and rewrite the sentences. Some sentences have more than one error. 1. Whos the partys candidate for vice president this year? -- 2. Johns' ...
Planning your story.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Name -- Interesting and effective stories contain these elements: characters, setting, point of view, conflict, theme, and style/voice. Use this organizer to help you plan a story before you begin writing. Characters: What are their names? What do they look like? What ...
Rewrite the lead.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Read the draft below. Then review the following examples of opening sentences, based on the same information. Next, try it yourself using the information provided. Yesterday was really hot. It was the last day of school. All day long I thought of going to the town pool. I walked ...
Vocabulary workout.(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Directions: Each sentence below includes a challenging vocabulary word used in Writing issue 6. Choose the best definition for each boldfaced word. protagonist, feisty, cynical, villa, itinerary, awry, futile, de facto, intrepid 1. I would have liked the book more if ...
