These are not ignored, but they play second fiddle. Working with the ideas in that chapter alone could keep you going for years! But you can move on through the other chapters, implementing as you go.Īs Julie explains in the preface, a unique feature of The Writer's Jungle is the emphasis on literary elements rather than grammar, structure or other components. However, it seems to me that after you read the preface, you can read chapter one and start teaching. The entire book is 246 pages long, and that might seem intimidating. It even includes a few entertaining writing exercises that you will likely want to try with your family as well as a description of the “snip and pin” method of revising a written piece. The preface is not something you can easily skip as in many books you really should read it since that is where you get the big picture of how The Writer's Jungle works.

You should read the lengthy, 22-page preface plus the briefer introduction and “How to Use this Book” before jumping into the chapters. Chapter by chapter, Bogart teaches parents how to teach writing skills, but parents can learn along with their children. While The Writer's Jungle presents a philosophy of writing, it is much more than that. You will be adding to the various sections ideas and examples you might glean from other Braver Writer resources or those you come up with on your own. The Writer's Jungle comes as a PDF that you will want to print and put into a binder with tabbed dividers.

Julie Bogart's book The Writer's Jungle can be used as a standalone resource for teaching children to write or as a jumping off point for using other writing tools from Braver Writer.

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