Stephen R. Hawley

Symbol & Sense: Writing Instruction for Middle School Stephen R. Hawley

Get back to the basics and see improvement in writing skills. You'll find hundreds of exercises in this text, as well as the TIGER writing process, an intuitive writing method that combines outlining and mind mapping. The text spirals outwards to ensure that important points are given plenty of review. Students move quickly from the basics of writing to more advanced grammatical structures and conventions. Checklists for writing help students meet their goals. The result is improvement you'll see in student sentences, paragraphs, reports, and stories.