Razzle Dazzle Writing: Achieving Success Through 50 Target Skills

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Get ready to transform "ho-hum" intermediate-grade writers into mature writers who love to write -- and perform well on assessments.

Razzle Dazzle Writing shows you how to teach narrative and informational writing through mastery of 50 key, target writing skills.

Your students succeed because Razzle Dazzle Writing:
- organizes writing craft teaching into standards-based single-lesson chunks for easy modeling practice, and mastery.
- addresses different learning styles, preferences, and interests with a variety of student-friendly formats to teach writing strategies.
- makes learning easy and fun wtih student-oriented writing craft lessons, checklists, models, student exercises, and graphic organizers.

Move your students to the next level with Razzle Dazzle Writing!

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good job breaking down the steps of writing.......2007-07-19

Great ideas for beginning writers in terms of organization. Breaks down the steps simply. Explains what makes interesting writing.

GREAT resource!.......2007-05-09

I have used this book with my own lessons and bought it for all the 2-5 teachers in my building. Very user friendly. Has great ideas for mini-lessons and wonderful resources to copy for students to keep in their wirters' notebooks. I highly recommend this book!

Makes writing seem easy!.......2007-01-16

This book is aimed toward older students, grades 3-8, but I have 2nd graders. Another teacher at my school recommended it, so I gave it a try. While not every lesson is appropriate for my grade level, a lot of it is. I especially like how there is a mini-play (2 or 3 minutes) to go along with the lessons. My students love the section of word choice, where there is a play of Strong Verb vs Weak Verb (like a boxing match). It has reproducible reference sheets for the students to use for transition words, color words, strong verbs, etc. These are great to add to a writing folder. I can't imagine how great this would be for the intermediate grades. Great resource! Especially when you aren't given much of a guideline on how to teach writing!

The Best for teaching writing.......2007-01-14

I work in a sixth grade classroom with second-language learners. This book is the best. I showed it to my fifth grade colleague, and he bought it. What is great about this book is that it has lists of words you can give to the kids such as strong verbs or sight words or transition words. It has wonderful teacher sheets to copy for teaching mini lessons. I used many of her ideas such as show/don't tell, or teaching similes or teaching dialogue. Seriously was not a book that I put on the shelf and rarely looked at. It's hard buying a book and not being able to thumb through it, but I tell you that you won't be disappointed with this one!

Hands-On Writing Tools for Young Writers.......2006-07-18

I enjoyed this book. It gave some very practical advice on creating a workshop environment for writing in the Intermediate grades. I have used the ideas (modified) with younger writers and they are equally as beneficial.

I think this is a must have for anyone who would like to put some Umphhh back into writing in the classroom.

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This Book Is Worth the Hunt
This Book Is Worth the Hunt

Easter Egg Hunt (Razzle Dazzle Books)
Chuck Murphy
Manufacturer: Little Simon
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ASIN: 0689822596

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Easter eggs everywhere!

Can you find them all?

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This Book Is Worth the Hunt.......2000-03-31

My six-month old loves this book. We have several of Chuck Murphy's Razzle Dazzle books, and so far this one seems to be her favorite. The book features children searching for Easter eggs in various locations. Each page has a simple phrase that describes the picture, such as "UNDER the flowerpot" or "IN the grass", and each Easter egg is a colorful, foil-like insert on the page. It's a great book for introducing reading to a child... Colorful, lots to talk about with the child, and just the right number of pages to maintain attention. And it's a nice, chunky board book too, so I can give it to my daughter to play with independently without having her tear it.

This Book Is Worth the Hunt.......2000-03-31

Razzle Dazzle: The Life and Work of Bob Fosse

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Razzle Dazzle: The Life and Work of Bob Fosse
Kevin Boyd Grubb
Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
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Binding: Hardcover

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Useful but a little disappointing
Excellent Product
The Big Book of Flip Charts
The Best one there is
Easy to read and comprehensive

The Big Book of Flip Charts
Robert W. Lucas
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Binding: Paperback

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With all the razzle-dazzle technology around, there’s still no more lively, informative, and audience-friendly way to make an impact than with flip charts. But using flip charts well is a skill. Here’s a book that provides you with the proven techniques that will make you shine. You’ll learn the basic design principles and artistic "tricks of the trade" that give a flip chart a professional look: Selecting and arranging lettering that makes an impact all the way to the back of the room … Transporting and setting up flip charts … Arranging the presentation room … Finding the best, most dependable equipment--including easels, paper, masking tape, and markers … Jazzing up your flip chart with "ready-to-copy" graphics … Devising flip chart activities that lead to brainstorming and team problem-solving. Soon, even the least artistic presenter will know how to develop pro-level flip charts that can make every presentation come alive.

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Useful but a little disappointing.......2007-01-23

Perhaps I didn't get this correctly but this book didn't really live up to my expectations.

I did learn some stuff from it and have used some of it since, but I actually expected a little more from it.

Possibly I was expecting a little too much. If you are after something that will tell you some of the basics of working with flip charts, designs of flip charts and a little bit about the type of hardware then this is a good one.

If you are after something that will help you to create dynamic sessions, push the limits of visual aids, and drive people into more thoughtful training sessions then this book is only partly useful.

Excellent Product.......2006-02-27

As an instructor I look for many products that will assist myself and participants of my train-the-trainer workshops. Although I've purchased and used other flip chart reference information, I found the BIG BOOK of FLIP CHARTS to me informative, well illustrated and to the point. I puchased 5 copies and would recommend it to anyone in the training field that uses flip charts. The cover was also very colorful and gave great insight on what was inside.

The Big Book of Flip Charts.......2005-09-06

Good service, book in excellent condition. Received in a timely mannner. Thanks.

The Best one there is.......2002-03-08

Don't even consider any other flip chart book, they don't come close. This one has it all.. designing flip charts, arranging them, writing them, making them visually interesting. Tons of useful and helpful information.

This book, together with Picture's Worth 1,000 Words: A Workbook for Visual Communications by Jean Westcott and Jennifer Hammond Landau are all you need to become an effective visual communicator, even if you can't draw anything! If you think you're just not good with flip charts, buy these two and prepare to amaze yourself with the transformation!

Easy to read and comprehensive.......2000-07-02

I bought this book expecting to get a couple new ideas...boy was I surp rised. I got dozens of new tips that I'd never seen anywhere else. This guy knows his stuff related to flip charts!I'd highly recommend it to new and seasoned trainers and presenters.

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Really fun little book to read with your little one!

Numbers (Razzle Dazzle Books)

Manufacturer: Little Simon
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Binding: Board book

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ASIN: 0689814984

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Really fun little book to read with your little one!.......2000-02-25

This book is so sparkly and fun! Each number has that number of items on the page, with some part of the item all sparkly with shiny paper. My two year old loves the one robot and the 3 blocks best, and I think the 10 goldfish are really pretty. This book will really get kids interested and motivated to learn numbers and count.

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Bedazzled!! with Razzle Dazzle Quilts!
A must-have quilting book!
Ten dynamic quilted projects

Razzle Dazzle Quilts
Judy Hooworth
Manufacturer: Martingale and Company
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1564773221

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Razzle Dazzle Quilts
By Judy Hooworth

"Split" Your Quilt Blocks for Stunning Results!

Get creative with these single-, double-, and triple-split blocks that will give your quilts a rich, complex look--all while sidestepping complicated sewing techniques! Learn to create dramatic, eye-catching quilts with these easy methods that show you how to "split" quilt blocks with simple sashing.

· Ten dynamic quilted projects feature step-by-step instructions for building these elaborate-looking designs

· Helpful sections reveal how to choose colors using a color wheel, develop a color family, and play with patterned fabric

· Bright and lively color palettes give a new twist to longtime favorites such as Log Cabin, Courthouse Steps, and Nine Patch

Achieve glorious results and keep the sewing simple with this dazzling, doable approach!

Customer Reviews:

Bedazzled!! with Razzle Dazzle Quilts! .......2005-08-15

Just recieved this exciting book on August 15, 2005. This book is out of print - bought it second hand. Why isn't this book in reprint! It's just fabulous for color and design for those looking for both a 'precision' graphic look or for a spontaneous and more playful 'painterly' result. Can't wait to play out some of these cool and inventive uses of colour with quite ordinary and easy blocks. Did I mention I was "satisfied"?!

A must-have quilting book!.......2004-05-14

This is my favorite quilting book. It shows numerous examples of gorgeous, zany, eye-popping, color-saturated contemporary quilts, and explains step-by-step how to achieve a similar result. I especially love the technique called Crazy Piecing, where you create shards of bright color that can be either totally wild or more controlled. Then you cut up your blocks and rearrange them into even more jazzy combinations. You are taught to select and use some fabrics that "do the work for you" by adding graphic patterns to your sashing and borders. Not surprisingly, the author was an art teacher, and indeed I have learned so much from this book about the use and control of color. Warning: this book will cause you to become an addictive fabric-collector, since the more types of fabric used in these quilts, the more crazy and beautiful they are! The silver lining, however, is that there is no fabric that can't be used here somehow; there is no fabric so "ugly" that it can't contribute some useful color or pattern somewhere. This book teaches you to be adept in using what you have; it's perfect for scrap-quilters.

Ten dynamic quilted projects.......2001-06-08

In Razzle Dazzle Quilts, experienced needlecrafter Judy Hooworth offers a "user friendly" instruction guide for creating ten dynamic quilted projects with single, double, and triple split blocks to give quilts a rich, complex look -- and no complicated sewing techniques. Clearly illustrated, easy-to-follow, step-by-step, illustrated instructions are enhanced with helpful sections on choosing colors using a color wheel, developing a color family, and the incorporation of patterned fabric. Bright and lively color palettes offer delightful variations on such traditional quilting favorites as Log Cabin, Courthouse Steps, and Nine Patch. Razzle Dazzle Quilts will prove a favorite and very welcome addition to any personal or community library quilting and needlecrafting reference collection.

All American Desserts: 400 Star-Spangled, Razzle-Dazzle Recipes for America's Best Loved Desserts

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Very Good Source of Regional Recipes. Great Read
Comprehensive, detailed, and mouth-watering
A hearty, sweet-toothed, highly recommended collection

All American Desserts: 400 Star-Spangled, Razzle-Dazzle Recipes for America's Best Loved Desserts
Judith M. Fertig
Manufacturer: Harvard Common Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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This book is a treasure trove of goodies that sustain Americans across this great country, whether traditional sweets, back-of-the-box classics, or newly inspired creations.

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Very Good Source of Regional Recipes. Great Read.......2004-07-05

In the last few years, we have been treated to a sweet explosion of books on `American' desserts from special subject books on chocolate and cookies to general books like the present volume covering the entire dessert table. In fact, 2003 has brought us two such volumes, this title by Judith M. Fertig and a very similar title by TV Network pastry personality Wayne Harley Brachman. I will conclude with a comparison of these two books.

Ms. Fertig takes her queue on the meaning of `American food' from Julia Child, who said anything cooked in America by Americans with American ingredients is `American'. With all respect to Ms. Julia, this definition is great to roll off the tongue to dismiss a query, but it excludes practically nothing. The title of the book `All American Desserts' suggests a more highly selective criteria for including recipes, but I suspect the title is simply a means to do some flag waving over our apple pies. The book is loaded with classic European dishes such as crème broulee, tiramisu, agua fresca, Swedish Torte, and Biscotti. The simple truth is that the book covers anything that is made and enjoyed in America, and this is a good thing.

It is probably also fair to say the book does not cover everything made and enjoyed in America, as that would require a book at least three times the 504 pages devoted to recipes. There is no rhubarb pie for example, but for that we have Brachman's book.

Unlike every other `American' baking book I have seen, Ms. Fertig actually tells us how many of the desserts in the book became American, based either on an ingredient native to North America such as cranberries or by an historical connection to a European tradition, as when she traces the effect on desserts of four different migrations from four different parts of the British Isles to the colonies, based on `David Fischer's historical work, `Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America'. For this extra effort to make the book's premise worthwhile, I send Ms. Fertig a great big virtual smooch. The book goes a lot further than this in dealing with the American roots of its recipes. There are sidebars on virtually all the classic American ingredients such as sorghum, Concord grapes, pumpkins, molasses, and rosewater. Also, `America' is broadly interpreted to mean `the New World' when it's convenient, as when Mexican vanilla is presented as an American ingredient.

The `Desserts' title is especially appropriate for this book, as both `baking' and `pastry' would not convey the full range of recipes covered in the book. The recipe chapters cover:

Fruit Preserves and Desserts, with a glossary explaining the perpetually confusing and overlapping terms such as `crisp', `crumble', `cobbler', `pandowdy' and many others. Classics such as Bananas Foster and Southern Ambrosia are well represented.

Cookies, with brownies, chess squares, pecan balls, chocolate chip cookies, whoopie pies, and Germantown lebkuchen, but no snickerdoodles!

Cakes, with classic yellow cake, baked Alaska, Stars and Stripes blueberry sponge cake, blueberry buckle with pecan streusel, Moravian sugar cake, and cheesecake, cheesecakes, cheesecake.

Pies, with Apple pie, Shaker lemon pie, key lime pie, Shoofly pie, crab apple Tarte Tatins, and funnel cake.

Puddings, Custards, Mousses, Flans, and Souffles, with New Jersey Applejack Mousse, Jacqueline Kennedy's Cold Chocolate Souffle, blueberry batter pudding, iron skillet butterscotch pudding, Bess Truman's Ozark Pudding, and New Orleans bread pudding.

Ice Creams, with Monticello vanilla flecked ice cream, Chicago Fire Ice Cream, Shaker coffee ice, spiced persimmon ice cream, and peaches with ice cream.

Candy and Flavored syrups, with cherry-almond divinity, New Orleans style pecan pralines, Mamie Eisenhower's Million Dollar Fudge, microwave peanut brittle, caramel popcorn, bourbon balls, cajeta, almond syrup, and rosy rhubarb syrup.

While I still miss my snickerdoodles and my rhubarb pie, it should be clear that Ms. Fertig has included virtually every region in the country. From the Pennsylvania Dutch country I know best, the book includes apple dumplings, Moravian sugar cookies, and shoofly pie, although I regret her understandable effort to make this more appealing to modern tastes. I still prefer the black strap molasses.

Every recipe includes a headnote explaining the origin of the recipe or a bit of how the author acquired it and, as with shoofly pie, what variation of the dozens available, did she pick. There are several sidebars on the best techniques for doing things such as making piecrusts, drying apples, and creaming butter and sugar.

Amazingly, this book does not cover fried doughs and its most common examples, doughnuts and bignets. For that, and for your rhubarb pie, you have Wayne Harley Brachman's book. For snickerdoodles, you will have to go to Nancy Baggett's `All American Cookie Book'. Brachman's book is less than half the size of Ms. Fertig's encyclopedia, yet there are people for which it may be the better first choice. While Fertig has many asides on baking technique, Brachman's instruction on piecrust making, for example, is much more detailed and enhanced with excellent photographs of the steps. Brachman's book will not replace pastry texts by Flo Braker or Nick Malgieri, but it does give better instruction from the point of view of a professional baker, of which Brachman is one of the best. The two books also complement one another with their headnotes and asides. Fertig gives lots of information you simply do not find elsewhere in culinary books. Brachman gives us lots of laughs. He is definitely the most amusing culinary writer this side of Alton Brown.

Highly recommended for bakers of all skills, especially as a great source for many regional specialities.

Comprehensive, detailed, and mouth-watering.......2004-04-30

After cutting back on dessert for health reasons, this book has inspired me to make dessert more often. The desserts I've made from this book turned out great. Of course, you can get classic American recipes from many sources, but after presenting the simple versions, the author often includes a few versions with more "razzle-dazzle." There is a wide variety of desserts represented, so anyone should be able to find something to suit their palate, from light to rich, gelatin to pastry, and anything in between. The historical and descriptive anecdotes about ingredients and desserts are interesting and inspiring. You can tell that the author really enjoys dessert. The reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is that the organization could be better.

A hearty, sweet-toothed, highly recommended collection.......2003-11-14

Compiled and organized by culinary columnist Judith M. Fertig, All American Desserts is a hearty, sweet-toothed, highly recommended collection of 400 favorite dessert recipes from across America's culinary landscape. In addition to clear ingredients and instructions, tidbits of culinary history behind some of America's favorite treats round out this mouth-watering compilation of recipes from Quilt Country Pumpkin Brownies; Secret Lemon Pie; Strawberry Agua Fresca; and Maryland Fresh Coconut Cake; to Rustic Brioche Galettes with Apricots and Almonds; Plum and Port Mousse; Swedish Sour Cream Dessert Crepes with Golden Raspberries; and White Chocolate Ice Cream.

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Quick witted page turner with lots of twists. A joy to read

Razzle-Dazzle
Darwin Porter
Manufacturer: Woldt Corporation
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Quick witted page turner with lots of twists. A joy to read.......1998-04-25

If you like the witty, campy way Joe Keenan writes (Putting On The Ritz & Blue Heaven) you will love this book. Couldnt wait to finish it, but now I am sad I did. Now I have to find another this good.

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Easter Basket (Razzle Dazzle Books)

Easter Basket (Razzle Dazzle)
Chuck Murphy
Manufacturer: Little Simon
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ASIN: 068982260X

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This Easter basket is brimming with treats!

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Easter Basket (Razzle Dazzle Books).......1999-12-30

My daughter was six months old when she received this book as a gift from Grandma. It really is a great book for a baby because the colors are so vivid. She turns through the pages over and over again. (All of the razzle dazzle books are excellent).

Razzle Dazzle Colors (Razzle Dazzle Books)

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ok
Fun and entertaining
Great book
Great Baby Book
Colorful and interactive

Razzle Dazzle Colors (Razzle Dazzle Books)

Manufacturer: Little Simon
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ASIN: 0689814976

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Learn about colors in a dazzlingly different way!

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ok.......2007-05-29

My child likes this book just fine, but it is fairly low quality. The books at a dollar type store have the same shiny paper.

Fun and entertaining.......2007-04-13

Purchased for my twin boys who are nearly two. They love this book! I still do not let them play with it alone though, believe they would ruin the slide pages

Great book.......2007-03-08

My on loves this book. He is able to slide the tabs by himself and they are very sturdy!

Great Baby Book.......2007-01-07

My 2 1/2 year old nephew had a great time pulling out the slides on the pages. It will take some time for him to learn the colors, but he likes the activity offered by this book.

Colorful and interactive.......2006-11-20

This is one of the first books our little guy, around 6 months old, got interested in. Its combination of colorful pages--extra simple on black backgrounds so they really pop out--and sliding pages made it fascinating for him. Now that he's older, he loves to pull the sliding pages himself. We've moved on to every slide-and-seek book now, but the Colors book is still his favorite. It's basic, sure, but babies love it and I highly recommend it for your littlest little ones.

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