Writing & Grammar 11, Home School Kit (Second Edition)

Learn the elements of the English language needed for success! Correct grammar and a fluent writing style are fast becoming necessary requirements in our fast-paced world for academics and for life. Writing & Grammar 11 reviews all stages of the writing process, including panning, drafting, revising and publishing. Advanced grammar is also intorduced and students take part in specific aspects of publishing.

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Writing Strands Level 7 Grade 11

This group of assignments is designed to give seventh level students (generally advanced high school students, if they haven't used Writing Strands) an introduction to the very complicated process of giving others their thoughts in written form. Scope & Sequence: This level covers moving chracters (creative), organizing reports (report), describing for purpose (creative), resolving conflicts (creative), point of view (expository), controlling readers (creative), reporting of surveys (report, exposition), argumentative exposition (essay), book report (report), scientific reports (report), interviewing (creative report), solving problems (creative), emotional reactions (creative), individualizing characterse (creative). Grade 11.

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Evaluating Writing

Evaluating Writing is a teacher's guide to evaluating Writing Strands assignments. The manual address some conditions that make hard the teaching of writing: fear and insecurity, motivation, concentration, thinking through ideas, talking about mechanical problems, following directions, not wanting to rewrite, "I don't want to write," proofreading. Also includes common writing problems and how to correct them, using Writing Strands skills in other subjects, appendix, rules for drafting, spelling rules, scope and sequence for Writing Strands and index. Softcover, 96 pages.

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Jensen's Format Writing, Revised

In this age of computerese and instant-messaging shorthand, it's vital that your students develop effective writing skills! This comprehensive tool teaches the basic components of expository writing---content, style, organization, and mechanics. Through practical applications including 5-paragraph essays, book reports, business letters, resumes, and major research papers, students learn how to organize and communicate their ideas. Includes tests and answer keys. Grades 8 and up. 160 pages, softcover from Wordsmiths.

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Wordsmith Craftsman

This book is the third and last of the Wordsmith Series. Wordsmith Apprentice (for 4th-6th grades) is designed to awaken children to the varieties, possibilities, and fun of writing. Wordsmith: A Creative Writing Course for Young People addresses youngsters at the classic age of introspection (junior high) and helps them use their own experience as material for effective self-expression. With Wordsmith Craftsman (for 10th grade and up) the student learns to branch out, using writing skills for communication, organization and reasoning. Answer key included.

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Comprehensive Composition

Praised by Cathy Duffy as "one of the most concise yet comprehensive books for teaching the writing process available to home educators." From researching a topic to shaping the final essay, Stout's flexible curriculum helps young writers, grades K to 12, develop and hone their descriptive, persuasive, narrative, and expository writing skills. Helpful teaching tips for each type of composition guide you in evaluating your student's progress. 124 pages, softcover from Design-A-Study.

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Writing with a Point Grades 9-12

This book teaches students to write a well-developed paragraph. It focuses on methods to help students narrow a writing topic - brainstorming and observing. The exercises and writing samples model the writing process, teaching students how to express a point of view and support it in a logical, coherent paragraph. Grades 9-12. Softcover, 86 pages.

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99 Ways to Get Kids to Love Writing: And 10 Easy Tips for Teaching Them Grammar

Practical tips and expert advice from an English teacher with more than 25 years of experience! For preschool through high school (and beyond), Leonhardt's invaluable nuggets show you how to teach your children the fundamentals of writing---and make it fun for them. Watch your kids develop into fluent, independent writers! 123 pages, softcover from Random House.

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Writing Skills, Book 3

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Create-A-Drama: Writing a Script, Grades 4-12

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Teaching Writing: Structure and Style (9 DVDs & Workbook)

Winner of multiple awards and recipient of many enthusiastic mom-approved reviews, Institute for Excellence in Writing's Teaching Writing: Structure & Style is a video seminar for teachers/parents that presents a system of structural models and stylistic techniques that work for students of all ages. Stressing modeling and building a firm foundation of basic skills, students practice each format and develop confidence along with creativity.

Six DVDs are included with teacher training, as well as three 2-hour demonstrations of the first step being taught to students at three different grade levels. Simply watch the DVD and present that lesson to the student. The included Binder Workbook contains sample lesson plans, ideas, graphic organizers, support, examples and more information to make teaching as easy as possible.

Included student workshops on DVD also allow for grade-specific information to be taught alongside the nine units: 2nd-4th Graders learn about key word outlines, adverbs and strong verbs; 5th-7th graders learn how to write an outline from a report and dress up their writing with adverbs, noun clauses, strong verbs and more; 8th graders and more advanced students covers key word outlines, note taking, paragraph writing and study skills. See Teaching Writing More Product Information for detailed information on the nine units taught in this program.

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Teaching Writing: Structure & Style 9 DVDs Only

For parents & teachers who already own the Teaching Writing: Structure & Style Teacher Workbook and only need the accompanying DVDs, this set is for you! Containing the nine DVDs needed to teach this curriculum, six DVDs contain the teacher seminar and three present Andrew Pudewa teaching the first lesson to students at three different age levels.

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