When you're faced with writing research reports and essays, this is the book to turn to for successful - and interesting - models and strategies.

Students will find tips and models for writing book reports, social studies reports, how-to reports, persuasive essays, and autogiography, and more. In his successful direct, friendly style, Paul Janeczko makes the process of finding ideas, research, writing, revising, and presenting written work clear in this hands-on guide. He includes all the kinds of nonfiction writing kids are expected to master in grades 4 - 6.