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Going Bohemian

Activities That Engage Adolescents in the Art of Writing Well

 

Contributors

Going Bohemian
Lawrence Baines, Anthony J. Kunkel

On Assessment
Anthony J. Kunkel

From a Student
Rob Jones

Section 1: Starting Out

Adagio
Lawrence Baines

Journal to the Third Power
Pamela Sissi Carroll

Thermometer Reading
Tom Stewart

Modeling Prose
Lawrence Baines

120-Word Sentence
Lawrence Baines

Section 2: Multimedia

Pop-Up Videos
Lesley Atwater

Sudden Performance
Hannah Walker, Lawrence Baines

Online Writing for an E-zine
Lawrence Baines

Spin Doctors and Truth
Lawrence Baines

Performance Art Poetry
Lawrence Baines

Section 3: Sentence Structure

Hide the Adjective
Anthony J. Kunkel

Rapid Transitions
Anthony J. Kunkel

Scrambled Sentences
Lawrence Baines

Writing Down the Clincher
Lawrence Baines

Sentence Reversal
Lawrence Baines

Section 4: Enriching Vocabulary

Vocab War
Anthony J. Kunkel

Thinking Sentences
Anthony J. Kunkel

Word Bingo
Anthony J. Kunkel

Living the Word
Lawrence Baines

Synonym Scuffle
Wendy Vascik

Section 5: Nonfiction

Wanted Posters
Tracie Pullum

Same Facts, Different Audience
Lawrence Baines

Diagnosing Symptoms: An Exercise in Critical Thinking
Jan Miller

Teacher Spy
Lawrence Baines

The History of My Writing
Cara Livingstone Turner, Irving Seidman

Section 6: Creative Writing

Creating Man: A Formula for Character
Anthony J. Kunkel

The Poe of Allegiance
Gregory Stanley

Formatting the Story: Focusing on Setting, Character, and Plot
Anthony J. Kunkel

Imaging Metaphors
Anthony J. Kunkel

Mystery Bags
Coleen Baines, Lawrence Baines

Section 7: Point of View and Tone

Someone Else's Shoes
Alan Perry

Tombstone Fiction
Blake Tenore

The Moody House: A Perspective Lesson for Creative Description
Anthony J. Kunkel

Tabloid Exposé
Sydeana Martin

Secrets
Lawrence Baines

Section 8: Literature

From Book to Poem
Mike Rychlik

Evaluating Irony
Robert Kohser

Overcoming Adversity
Clarissa West-White

Crossing Edson's Bridge
Anthony J. Kunkel

Letter to Olaudah
Tracie Pullum

Section 9: Poetry

Reflective Research: Portrait and Poem
Clarissa West-White

Onomatopoeic Poems
Mike Rychlik

Anglo-Saxon Riddles
Alan Perry

Soul and Sense Poetry
Lawrence Baines

Poetry Posse
Barbara Moore

Appendix
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