Writing Skills Activities for Special Children

by Darlene Mannix

Overview

Now available in lay flat, paperback edition, here's the book you need to help elementary students with special needs develop basic writing skills, relate writing to real-life tasks, and explore writing as a creative, enjoyable event! The book includes 135 step-by-step lessons and 269 illustrated activity sheets. It moves from copying words and completing sentences to processing the writing reports and stories, from filling out necessary forms to taking class notes, writing a letter, and addressing an envelope. For quick access and easy use, the lessons and activities are organized into four sections:

1. Writing Words
2. Writing Sentences
3. Writing Paragraphs
4. Other Types of Writing Activities

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787978846
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	12/27/2004
Pages:	560
Sales rank:	997,946
Product dimensions:	8.29(w) x 10.83(h) x 1.12(d)

About the Author

DARLENE MANNIX, B.S. Taylor University, M.A. Indiana University, has taught emotionally handicapped and mentally disabled, language disordered, and learning disabled children of all ages. She is an active member of the Council for Exceptional children, and Ms. Mannix is also the author of six other practical resources for special educators.

Table of Contents

Section I: Writing Words 1

Part 1 Beginning Writing

Lesson I-1 Matching Words to Pictures 2

Lesson I-2 Completing Sentences by Copying Words 4

Lesson I-3 Completing Sentences with Picture Clues 6

Lesson I-4 Sentence Starters 8

Lesson I-5 Completing Sentences to Make a Short Story 10

Lesson I-6 Composing and Copying a Class Story 14

Part 2 Writing High-Frequency Words and Phrases

Lesson I-7 Twenty Little Words (1-20) 16

Lesson I-8 Twenty More Words (21-40) 24

Lesson I-9 Another Group of Twenty Words (41-60) 31

Lesson I-10 Yet Another Group of Twenty Words (61-80) 38

Lesson I-11 A Final Group of Twenty Words (81-100) 45

Lesson I-12 Dictated Sentences with High-Frequency Words 52

Lesson I-13 -ould and -n't 59

Lesson I-14 More n't Words 62

Lesson I-15 ough 64

Lesson I-16 a, e 66

Lesson I-17 igh 68

Lesson I-18 Pronouncing Words "Funny" 70

Lesson I-19 Question Words 72

Lesson I-20 Confusing Words 74

Lesson I-21 Having Enough Letters 79

Lesson I-22 A Few More Tricky Words 82

Lesson I-23 Personal Words 84

Lesson I-24 Sight-Word Games 86

Part 3 Increasing Vocabulary Words

Lesson I-25 Writing Color Words 95

Lesson I-26 Writing Number Words 102

Lesson I-27 Writing Common Nouns 108

Lesson I-28 The Days of the Week 116

Lesson I-29 The Months of the Year 120

Lesson I-30 Abbreviations and Titles 125

Lesson I-31 Proper Nouns 130

Lesson I-32 Antonyms 134

Lesson I-33 Synonyms 139

Lesson I-34 Homonyms 143

Lesson I-35 Contractions 152

Lesson I-36 Compound Words 160

Part 4 Editing Words

Lesson I-37 Changing the Noun 166

Lesson I-38 Changing the Adjective 169

Lesson I-39 Changing the Verb 172

Lesson I-40 Changing One Word 175

Lesson I-41 Finding Omitted Words 178

Section II: Writing Sentences 183

Part 1 Writing a Basic Sentence

Lesson II-1 Identifying a Complete Sentence 184

Lesson II-2 Identifying a Sentence in Print 187

Lesson II-3 Writing Short Sentences 189

Lesson II-4 Identifying a Fragment 191

Lesson II-5 Repairing a Fragment 193

Lesson II-6 Identifying a Run-On 195

Lesson II-7 Repairing a Run-On 197

Lesson II-8 Writing a Telling Sentence 199

Lesson II-9 Adding a Sentence 201

Lesson II-10 Writing a Question 203

Lesson II-11 Writing an Exclamation 205

Lesson II-12 Other Exclamations 207

Lesson II-13 Writing Commands 210

Lesson II-14 Sentences with Quotation Marks 214

Part 2 Writing Sentences for a Specific Purpose

Lesson II-15 Writing to Describe 219

Lesson II-16 Writing a Reaction 224

Lesson II-17 Writing to Give Information 226

Lesson II-18 Writing to Explain/Give Instructions 230

Lesson II-19 Answering a Question with Appropriate Information 234

Lesson II-20 Answering a Question with Complete Sentences 238

Lesson II-21 Turning a Statement into a Question 241

Part 3 Varying Sentences

Lesson II-22 Varying the Beginning 245

Lesson II-23 Lengthening Sentences 248

Lesson II-24 Lengthening Sentences by Using Prepositional Phrases 251

Lesson II-25 Using More Specific or Varied Words 255

Lesson II-26 Changing the Position of Phrases 258

Lesson II-27 Combining Short Sentences (and, but, so) 261

Lesson II-28 Using Commas in a List 268

Lesson II-29 Using a Comma When Addressing Someone 272

Lesson II-30 Varying the Length of Sentences 276

Lesson II-31 Paraphrasing 280

Part 4 Proofreading/Editing Sentences

Lesson II-32 Legible Writing 284

Lesson II-33 Capital Letters—Only When Necessary! 289

Lesson II-34 Editing for Punctuation 295

Lesson II-35 Editing for Spelling 300

Lesson II-36 Editing for Meaning 305

Lesson II-37 Editing for Overuse of "and" 309

Lesson II-38 Editing for Interest 313

Lesson II-39 Editing with Proofreader's Marks 318

Lesson II-40 Rough Draft and Final Copy 324

Lesson II-41 The Editing Team 328

Section Ill Writing Paragraphs 333

Part l The "Sandwich" Model for Paragraphs

Lesson III-1 Sandwiches and Paragraphs 334

Lesson III-2 Writing a Topic Sentence 337

Lesson III-3 Adding Details 341

Lesson III-4 More Practice in Adding Details 344

Lesson III-5 Writing a Concluding Sentence 347

Lesson III-6 More Practice in Writing Concluding Sentences 351

Lesson III-7 Putting a Title to Your Paragraph 354

Lesson III-8 Evaluating a Paragraph 358

Part 2 Types of Paragraphs

Lesson III-9 Writing a Descriptive Paragraph 361

Lesson III-10 Writing an Opinion Paragraph 366

Lesson III-11 Writing a Narrative Paragraph 371

Lesson III-12 Writing an Informative Paragraph 374

Lesson III-13 Writing a How-to Paragraph 378

Lesson III-14 Writing a Persuasive Paragraph 382

Lesson IIl-15 Review of Paragraphs 387

Part 3 Multiple Paragraphs

Lesson III-16 Ways to Organize Multiple Paragraphs 392

Lesson III-17 Writing an Informative Report 396

Lesson III-18 Writing a Sequential Report 402

Lesson IIl-19 Writing a Compare/Contrast Report 407

Lesson III-20 Writing a Topic-Support Document 413

Section IV Other Types of Writing Activities 419

Part 1 Writing a Story

Lesson IV-1 Elements of a Story 420

Lesson IV-2 Using Dialogue 424

Lesson IV-3 Plot: Beginning, Middle, and Ending 428

Lesson IV-4 Character Development 431

Lesson IV-5 A Checklist for Writing a Short Story 435

Part 2 Writing for School Projects

Lesson IV-6 Writing a Book Report 437

Lesson IV-7 Writing an Essay Response 441

Lesson IV-8 Keeping a Journal 445

Lesson IV-9 Writing a Letter 448

Lesson IV-10 Writing Definitions 453

Lesson IV-11 Writing Spelling Words in Context 457

Lesson IV-12 Writing a Current Events Summary 462

Lesson IV-13 Writing a Math "Story" Problem and Math Log 468

Lesson IV-14 Writing an Interview 472

Lesson IV-15 Taking Class Notes 479

Lesson IV-16 Completing an Assignment Sheet 483

Part 3 Practical Writing Activities

Lesson IV-17 Taking a Phone Message 488

Lesson IV-18 Making a List 490

Lesson IV-19 Writing Directions or Instructions 492

Lesson IV-20 Writing Notes on a Calendar 496

Lesson IV-21 Completing a Form 500

Lesson IV-22 Writing/Completing an Invitation 505

Lesson IV-23 Writing a Thank-you Note 507

Lesson IV-24 Addressing an Envelope 510

Part 4 Creative-Writing Activities

Lesson IV-25 Writing a Poem 513

Lesson IV-26 Writing a Song 517

Lesson IV-27 Writing a Classified Ad 519

Lesson IV-28 Writing a Commercial Ad 522

Lesson IV-29 Writing a Travel Brochure 524

Lesson IV-30 Writing a Cartoon Strip 526

Lesson IV-31 Writing a Greeting Card 531

Lesson IV-32 Writing a Joke or Riddle Book 533

Lesson IV-33 A Written Time Capsule 535

Lesson IV-34 Writing a Skit or Play 537