Writing With a Point

Writing With a Point by Harper, Ann. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780838820544.

Grades 7-12. How do you help your student improve their essay writing skills? This workbook painlessly walks your student through the process. Topics included Brainstorming; Write and Support a Point Sentence; Develop the Paragraph, and How to Use an Edit Sheet. Writing with a Point begins by focusing on methods to help students narrow a writing topic using 2 main strategies, brainstorming and observing. These strategies, used in a variety of exercises, are tools for generating ideas as well as for finding details to support them. This book also emphasizes techniques to help students clarify their categorizing, condensing thoughts into brief, precise statements, and focusing on what the author calls a point sentence, a technique that gives students a one-sentence blueprint for a paragraph.