Teaching Fantasy Writing : Lessons That Inspire Student Engagement and Creativity, Grades K-6

"Teaching Fantasy Writing shows teachers how to help students join the community of writers who have created the enchanted worlds of their favorite fantasy books. In Teaching Fantasy Writing, teachers get sequential, comprehensive, grade-appropriate fantasy writing units and lessons necessary to teach the key skills of writing fantasy. The book makes a timely argument for prioritizing fantasy in writing curriculums, thereby welcoming this generation of children to a genre that has served as an instrument for making sense of the world and imagining a brighter future by all cultures throughout history. Fantasy is a high-engagement, high-imagination, high-impact genre that teaches students process and craft skills that transcends genre; teachers can use fantasy writing lessons to increase students' narrative-writing skills and meet key state standards - while kids build creative muscles"--