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 program:
Writing assignments are modeled on examples from great literature and classic nonfiction All source material for assignments is provided-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
By:
Susan Wise Bauer Imprint: The Well-Trained Mind Press Country of Publication: United States Volume: 0 Dimensions:
Height: 279mm,
Width: 216mm,
Spine: 36mm
Weight: 1.157kg ISBN:9781933339610 ISBN 10: 1933339616 Series:The Complete Writer Pages: 504 Publication Date:08 October 2013 Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Undergraduate
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Children's (6-12)
Replaced By: 9781933339740 Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
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.