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Writing With Skill, Level 2: Student Workbook

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Writing With Skill, Level 2: Student Workbook guides middle-grade students through a full year of structured writing instruction. It focuses on independent composition with skills such as outlining, writing narratives and biographical sketches, constructing literary essays, and researching source material. The workbook uses examples from classic literature and nonfiction to model assignments, preparing students for advanced rhetoric and composition.
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This workbook is ideal for middle-grade students ready to develop strong writing skills and for educators seeking a comprehensive curriculum that promotes independence in writing and covers a wide range of forms and subjects.

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Time-tested classical techniques--the imitation and analysis of great writers--combined with original composition exercises in history, science, biography, and literature

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The Student Workbook encourages independent composition, while the Instructor Text contains easy-to-use supporting information for the teacher, rubrics for grading, sample compositions, and dialogue to use while teaching. Together, the Student Workbook and Instructor Text provide a full year of middle-grade writing instruction, preparing students to enter high-level rhetoric.

Skills Taught:

  • One- and two-level outlining
  • Writing chronological narratives, biographical sketches, descriptions, and sequences across the curriculum
  • Constructing basic literary essays on fiction and poetry
  • Researching and documenting source material
  • First volume of four that will prepare students for high-level rhetoric and composition

Features of the programme:

  • Writing assignments are modelled on examples from great literature and classic nonfiction
  • All source material for assignments is providedβ€”no other books are needed
  • This Student Workbook encourages independence by directing all assignments to the student
  • Instructor Text (sold separately) provides scripted dialogue to use when the student has difficulty, plus detailed guidance on how to evaluate the student's work
  • Second volume of four that will prepare students for high-level rhetoric and composition

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    This groundbreaking new writing series combines time-tested classical techniquesβ€”the imitation and analysis of great writersβ€”with original composition exercises in history, science, biography, and literature. Skills Taught: One- and two-level outlining Writing chronological narratives, biographical sketches, descriptions, and sequences across the curriculum Constructing basic literary essays on fiction and poetry Researching and documenting source material The first volume of four that...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781933339610

Publisher: Peace Hill Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 October 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: The Well-Trained Mind Press

Audience: Primary and secondary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 1157g

Pages: 504

About the Author

Susan Wise Bauer is the best-selling author of the Story of the World series and The Well-Trained Mind, among other works. She lives in Virginia.

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