Pyrotechnics on the page
Subtitle: playful craft that sparks writing
By: Ralph Fletcher ; foreword by Katie Wood Ray
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Portland, Me.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781571107831
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; title: Idioms/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.