Complete Writer: Writing with Ease Text is a four-year guide to design your own elementary writing program. It can also provide parents additional support for the Writing with Ease Workbooks for Levels 1-3, along with guidance for an optional year four of writing lessons using the Complete Writer methodology.
The first section – Understanding the Program – describes the three stages of writing instruction and why most writing programs fail, as well as a four-year scope and sequence and concludes with a segment on where/how to begin. Included are some short diagnostic exercises to determine if an older reluctant-to-write student will benefit from some portions of the program. The bulk of the text provides the weekly lessons for each level (year). Each year is divided into segments that have a varying number of weeks. Each of these segments start with a detailed lesson plan for the first week, then "tweaked" plans for the rest of the weeks in that segment (i.e., use slightly longer sentences for copywork; look for sentences that contain the proper names of days of the week and months of the year). Each year concludes with a mastery evaluation. Copywork sentences and narration excerpts are provided for "first weeks" only. Valuable appendices include troubleshooting student’s writing problems, frequently asked questions, and resource lists.