The objectives of this packet on communication skills are to teach elementary students how to organize their ideas, follow directions, correct their own errors, recognize and write a topic sentence, recognize and write a concluding sentence, recognize sentence fragments and run-on sentences, write a paragraph, and effectively communicate with…

This collection focuses on writing exercises, both expository and creative, as well as areas of adjacent concern. The book is divided into nine major sections: prewriting; diction; theme, thesis, and paragraph; style; ideas for whole papers and special topics; description; research; the short story; and rewriting. The exercises deal with such…