Our most popular, best-selling series -- recently updated and expanded Make these titles the cornerstone of your classroom's writing program. Step-by-step directions for book-making projects and reproducible forms and patterns included.Provides activities on the 2 topics to stimulate and develop oral language and motivate the creation of picture and word-shape books.Includes prewriting suggestions, list of current literature, and oral language experiences that build vocabulary and background. Each topic has two book ideas and related clip art. Help your students create a book that suits their individual writing level with: -- blank forms for picture stories-- cloze forms-- complete the sentences stories-- lined forms for written storiesThe same forms make group books. Includes charming, reproducible covers to top off stories.