INCITE TO WRITE!sm is an original, out-of-the-box, active writing program that makes writing fun. It recognizes that 85% of writing for elementary age students is actually not about writing at all. It is about thinking. When a student writes 3 sentences, stares at the ceiling and complains, "I can't think of anything else to write", that is a thinking problem, not a writing problem. The mechanics of writing are easy to master, just like the multiplication tables, but it is the thinking component that makes writing a high-level skill and one of the most difficult to master.

The good news is that critical and creative thinking skills are incredibly fun to teach and to learn. And they are best learned in a group environment that is charged with action, fun and partnership. The INCITE TO WRITE strategies activate children's brainstorming abilities and enable students to push their boundaries by learning from the unique imaginations of each other. By the time students sit down to write, they are eager to pick up a pencil because they have so much to say. After all, that is the main purpose of writing to begin with, so it is no wonder kids stress over it if they have nothing to say.

The INCITE TO WRITE program is filled with successful strategies that stretch children's thinking skills and are proven winners with kids. There are over 100 activities focusing on:

• The mechanics of Writing: Paragraph Building
• The mechanics of Writing: Grammar
• Narrative Writing
• Expository Writing
• Critical Thinking & Essay Writing
• Supplemental Strategies for Beginning Writers

Examples of 3 writing strategies:
• BUILDING PARAGRAPHS: The Question Game
• NARRATIVE: Pantomime Add-On
• GRAMMAR: Punch The Period!

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