Write On, Dumbo! Level I

The Write On! series of books is from Character Ink Press’ Book-Movie-Book line of publications. The Write On! books are writing/composition books of three to four lengthy lessons each, between 50 and 120 pages per book (depending on the level). These books contain writing projects based on old books/current movies that children and adults love. The program contains all types of writing, especially focusing on research reports, essays, and stories.

The projects in the series all use the author’s signature “Directed Writing Approach,” which takes students by the hand every step of the way from prewriting (brainstorming, character and plot development, research, etc.) to skill building (for projects requiring certain skills, such as quotes or imagery or persuasion, etc.) to outlining (based on the type of writing) to writing rough drafts to editing (via the Checklist Challenge) to final copy. No vagueness. No questions as to what to write or how to write.

This Level I book is designed for elementary students and contains the following projects (from pre-writing through final product with all the instruction and skills needed for each assignment):

Beginning Writing Boxes—Dumbo Story
Essay Writing—Two Elephant Types from Given Material

Each project has detailed samples for students to see how the project was written by another student and in-depth lessons of all of the skills needed in order to complete that project—Writing Boxes for the Dumbo story; pre-writing for the Two Elephant Types essay; paragraph writing from notes; final product; Checklist Challenge; and more.

Each series (Peter Pan, Mowgli, Beauty & the Beast, and Christmas Friends) contains five books:

Level I: Early Elementary
Level II: Upper Elementary
Level III: Junior High
Level IV: High School
Level V: Advanced High School

These books in this Write On! series are available as downloadable e-books (at Character Ink Press and Teachers Pay Teachers) and as print books through Character Ink Press and Amazon.

Current and upcoming titles (five books/levels in each title) include the following:

Write On, Mowgli --available
Write On, Peter Pan! --available
Write On, Beauty & the Beast! --available
Write On, Christmas Friends—available
Write On, Slinky Dog! –available
Write On, Dumbo! ---available Jan 4-Feb. 4 2021
Write On, Fairy Tales! –coming March 2021
Write for a Month—Tools and Tricks (best place to start with my methods)—available
Write for a Month---Twice-Told Tales! –coming May 2021