Guy-Write: What Every Guy Writer Needs To Know (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
This book would be a great addition to any library or English teacher’s classroom. The author presents the ways we go wrong in teaching boys writing and what could be done to better the situation. There are lessons on how to write, how to make your writing stronger, and how to tell it like it is. Throughout the book the author interviews other “guy-book” authors and shows children’s actual writing. His chapters include: Humor, Riding the Vomit Comet, Freaky Stories, and Read to Feed Your Writing (there are more, but that is a sampling). I think it is written in a way boys will relate to and enjoy! Price: $14.44Suitability: Grades 4-8Illustrations: A few black and white drawingsGenre: Non-fictionPossible Censorship Issues: N/ACall #: 808.06 FLE In this book Ralph Fletcher discusses the "genres" that boys often like to write about - fighting, superheros, grossness, sports, drawing, etc. He gives boy writers real hints about how to improve their writing in these genres, and also gives them some ideas about how to convince teachers or other adults that it is OK to be writing about this stuff. He includes great examples, both from professional writers and from school-aged boys. Throughout the book there are interviews with professional writers who write in the genre being discussed. Ralph is good about discussing the process of writing, emphasizing that ALL writers revise and that revising means making something good better. He even has a paragraph explaining that if something isn't good to start with, it's probably better to start over than try to revise.I checked this book out of my local public library - now I need to figure out where to buy one for my classroom!
What do You think about Guy-Write: What Every Guy Writer Needs To Know (2000)?
Love this book and can't wait to share it with my students. Great advice for young writers in here.
—rachid
I loved this book from the moment I laid eyes on it. I've already used it in my classroom.
—katecillas
Tremendous. And not just for 12 year old boys, but especially for them.
—nanospeed1
