My Crazy Dog by Darcy Pattison

My Crazy Dog by Darcy Pattison

A hectic chase inspires Dennis's amazing narrative essay.

A romp with his best friend, a Bernese Mountain Dog named Clark Kent, inspires Dennis to write a narrative essay. Recently, Mom asked Dennis to put a leash on Clark Kent so they could take the dog to the veterinarian for shots. Clark gave them all a merry chase There's lots of action to love here.

In this third installment of the The Read and Write Series, children's book author and writing teacher, Darcy Pattison, entertains kids while also teaching them how-to-write. This book packages a complete narrative essay lesson plan into an engaging story about a boy and his dog. Adding sensory details is demonstrated on each page and on the mentor text essay. Students are reminded to add transition words and use great verbs. Who would know that writing essays could be so simple and fun?

This story has multiple levels. Young kids will revel in the exciting story of chasing a dog around the house. Elementary students will rejoice that learning essay writing is so much fun. And teachers will find this the easiest writing lesson they've ever done--and the most effective. Buy this amazing story to fascinate a kid (and teach them something in the process).

THE READ AND WRITE SERIES

• I Want a Dog: My Opinion Essay, Book 1
• I Want a Cat: My Opinion Essay, Book 2
• My Crazy Dog: My Narrative Essay, Book 3
• My Dirty Dog: My Informative Essay, Book 4 (forthcoming)

WATCH DARCY PATISON EXPLAIN HOW TO TEACH NARATIVE ESAYS

In a fifteen-minute video, Darcy Pattison explains how to teach narratives with this book: mimshouse.com/writing-narrative-essays/

Writing teacher, author and blogger Darcy Pattison teaches a Novel Revison Retreat nationwide and alumni of her class often go on to snag contracts for their first book. (darcypattison.com/speaking). Her Fiction Notes blog (darcypattison.com) has been ready by over a million writers seeking to improve their fiction. Her other books for writers include Start Your Novel, How to Write a Children's Picture Book, Novel Metamorphosis: Uncommon Ways to Revise, and The Book Trailer Manual. Recent teacher resource books for teaching writing to kids include Common Core ELA Activities: Month by Month Writing, Speaking and Listening Activities Aligned with the Common Core, What is Common Core?, and Writing for the Common Core. As an author, Pattison has won numerous awards for her children's books including the Irma and James Black Picture Book Honor award, an Outstanding Science Trade book award, the Writer's Digest Self Published Award for Picture Books, Indie-Gen award for juvenile nonfiction, and starred reviews in Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, and BCCB. She is the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor's Arts Award for her work in Children's Literature. For more, see darcypattison.com/about Other titles by Darcy Pattison The River Dragon The Wayfinder The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman Searching for Oliver K. Woodman 19 Girls and Me Prairie Storms Desert Baths Scary Slopes Kentucky Basketball Saucy and Bubba: A Hansel and Gretel Tale Vagabonds The Girl, the Gypsy and the Gargoyle Wisdom, the Midway Albatross: Surviving the Japanese Tsunami and other Disasters for Over 60 years Abayomi, the Brazilian Puma: The True Story of an Orphaned Cub The Aliens Inc. Series: Kell, the Alien Kell and the Horse Apple Parade Kell and the Giants Forthcoming, Spring 2015 Aliens, Inc. Series, Book 4: Kell and the Detectives I Want a Dog: My Persuasive Essay I Want a Cat: My Persuasive Essay Looking for Normal

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781629440514
ISBN 10	1629440515
Title	My Crazy Dog
Author	Darcy Pattison
Series	Read And Write
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Mims House
Year published	2015-05-26
Number of pages	34
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.