Pyrotechnics on the page
Subtitle: playful craft that sparks writing
By: Ralph Fletcher.
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Portland, Me
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781571107831
Subjects: Creative writing (Elementary education); Plays on words
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pyrotechnics and play; title: A love affair with words; title: Writers behaving playfully; title: Lessons from a talking elf; title: A developmental perspective; title: Inventing words; title: Puns and double meanings; title: Idioms and expressions; title: Allusions; title: Harnessing the supple power of sentences; title: Reclaiming the play in language play; title: Igniting pyrotechnics in the classroom; title: The limits of labeling: a brief cautionary tale; title: Parting shots; title: Questions and answers; title: Pyrotechnics craft lessons for young writers.