Improved Title: Writing Workouts for Grades 6-12 Students: Strategies to Boost Writing Skills, Stamina, and Success

Like ace athletes, skilled writers are highly trained and well-versed in the techniques found in the lively book, "Writing Workouts." They possess a plethora of abilities - they list, picture, circle, strategize, and revise to breathe life into language. Aware of what to use and when, these writers don't wing it.

"Writing Workouts" provides a method of instruction that gives students the fun they want and the targeted skill practice they need. Author Rebecca Harper shows educators how to approach the process systematically, ensuring writing is tied to relevant lessons and writing standards. This approach helps students learn to hone skills in persuasive writing, argument, fiction, poetry, memoir, and more.

The book encourages students to toggle between brief and multi-step writing tasks, building the stamina necessary to tackle complex compositions without hyperventilating. It also prompts learners to tap into auditory, visual, kinesthetic, and digital components of the crafting process, while considering word, sentence, and paragraph-level techniques.

By breaking down the high-jumps of research writing into smaller leaps, the book supports students in getting good at each step. Middle and high school students often feel they are forever sprinting toward high-stakes writing tasks. "Writing Workouts" helps crowd out this stress with a strength-training approach to success.

The activities in the book - from slinky paragraphs and pop-up poems to paint chip plotting - engage students in the serious business of teaching critical and creative writing. These engaging exercises get students excited about the writing process while also providing the targeted practice they need to improve.

Good writers don't wing it. They are highly trained, employing a plethora of skills to breathe life into language. "Writing Workouts" offers a systematic approach to instruction that gives students the fun and practice they need to develop as writers. By breaking down complex writing tasks into manageable steps and tapping into diverse modalities, the book helps students build the skills and stamina required for success. With "Writing Workouts," educators can empower their students to go the distance as writers, leaving stress behind in favor of a strength-training approach to writing development.

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