The Tiger Connection: Teaching Middle School Kids How to Write

New York, NY, November 12, 2007 --(PR.com)-- The reason that Symbol and Sense: Writing Instruction for Middle School is in its third printing is its ability to teach kids how simple it is to write. The book demystifies grammar and punctuation. Organization is the key, and this book shows how ideas, words, sentences, and paragraphs, can be organized to come together as fully fleshed-out compositions. This writing guide appeals to students in clever, concise, humorous and thoroughly accessible ways.

Remember those stodgy textbooks that were guaranteed to confuse students? Not this one. Symbol and Sense: Writing Instruction for Middle School is a fun, stimulating, and comprehensive text. Students make progress in writing aided by a series of easy-to-follow exercises. No need for a child to be left wondering, either. The back section of the book provides the answer key; thus, feedback is immediate.

With its TIGER writing system—a self-guiding formula unique to this textbook—a child can learn how to write reports, summaries, narratives, and even business letters.

Most of all, Symbol and Sense stresses writing as a means of communication. Communication is central to all interaction. Here are a few words from the very beginning of the book:

“People love to talk, read, write, listen, and think. All these activities have one thing in common: they are forms of communication. Communication is the exchange of thoughts or information. Books, TV, and magazines are all forms of communication. Talking is a form of communication, so is sign language. We communicate even when we are not speaking. A laugh communicates happiness. We might roll our eyes to communicate boredom. Suppose you are sitting in a dark room with your eyes closed. The room is completely silent. You are alone with your thoughts. Are you communicating? Yes! You are communicating with yourself.”

ISBN(s): 1598003611 Format(s): 6 x 9 Paperback SRP: US $12.95/CAN $15.95
Genre: Writing Skills

Author Stephen Hawley served in the Navy as a Russian translator and has been an English teacher for over fifteen years. In addition to his public school teaching experience, Hawley, who speaks fluent Japanese, has worked as a consultant in Japan, where he developed and taught English courses to executives of Ricoh and Unisys. An author of several novels and short stories, Hawley is a member of the National Council of Teachers of English, the Mystery Writers of America, and the Linguistic Society of America. He currently teaches middle school English in Palm Springs, California.

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