350 Fabulous Writing Prompts (Grades 4-8)

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Summary: High School Use
Review: A note should be made that while this book contains many fabulous ideas for creative writing, it is geared specifically toward 4th and 5th grade students, using such ideas as, "If I were an animal, what would I be?" and "What would you do if suddenly you traded places with your parents?" It is formatted as a teacher's supplement to a creative writing class. I ordered this book thinking it was more for adults because no mention was made of its format and content.

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Summary: Homeschool Must
Review: I homeschool my children and am using this book in our 6th grade curriculm to help my son get past his fear of writing.

I am excited about the questions and am looking forward to the answers my son gives for each one. The questions in it are thought proking just as the title says and will help your child "find" writing as they are simply answering a question.

The book itself is well oraganized into subjects and we are going to use each subject intermittently as needed in our work in other subjects.

Sadly the people that bought the book as an adult looking for writing help did not look closely at the title as they should have, it is clearly a childs book and is well suited as such.

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Summary: High School Use
Review: I was a bit disappointed in the book since I am a high school teacher and was looking for materials to use in my class. It is written for grades 4-8, and says so on the cover. The book's description did not include this information, and my eyes weren't good enough to see it on the picture of the cover. Some of the writing activities can be modified to fit high school students, but there are better books out there for journal topics in the secondary classroom.

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Summary: Great for encouraging Creative Writing in Class
Review: This book is full of ideas to spur children on to creative writing. It is also great because it gives children the ideal start for thought in a particular subject. Highly recommended for 8-12 yr olds.

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Summary: Great for kids
Review: Wrongly assuming that I had bought an inspirational tool for writers, I was disappointed to receive an educational bookled with assignments only suitable for young children. Though in that category this book must be one of the best, scoring high on imagination as well as practical use. So I keep this one on the shelf, awaiting the next generation.