This Teacher's Guide is extremely helpful, providing specific teaching instructions, additional resource suggestions, an answer key, and some blackline masters. Enjoy!
Just Write Book 2 Teacher's Guide
SKU
015548
ISBN
9780838826287
Grade 3
Neutral
Medium Teacher Involvement
Visual
Sequential
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Charlotte Mason
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Learns through listening, talking out loud or reading out loud.
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Learns through seeing, prefers written instructions and visual materials.
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Description
Publisher's Description of Just Write Book 2 Teacher's Guide
This Teacher’s Guide explains the writing process, offers suggestions on integrating Just Write into your curriculum, and provides a helpful page-by-page listing of extension activities. A reduced-page Answer Key is also included, and there are reproducible copies of an outline of the writing process, Story Webs, a Story Plans, a Story Mountain, a Story Map, and Content and Editing checklists from the Just Write 2 student book (sold separately).
The Just Write program helps students become confident, expressive writers. This classroom-tested resource guides students through the writing process from initial idea to final edited and published narrative.
PRODUCT FEATURES- Just Write Book 2 Teacher's Guide is a must-have instructional aid for use with the Just Write 2 student workbook (sold separately)
- Includes the writing process, how to use Just Write, page-by-page guide to extension activities, reduced page answer key, and reproducible story plans and assorted checklists
- Just Write Teacher Guide is useful for both in-class instruction, homeschooling, or at-home learning for beginning writers
Category Description for Just Write
Just Write is a gentle, step-by-step homeschool creative writing program designed specifically for younger elementary students (roughly Grades 1–4). Instead of simply assigning a story and hoping for the best, Just Write teaches children the actual skills and strategies they need to write clear, interesting, and well-organized stories with growing confidence and pride.
The program focuses on story writing while gently weaving in grammar, mechanics, and composition skills in a natural, age-appropriate way. Lessons are short, structured, and full of helpful models and practice exercises that make writing feel doable instead of overwhelming.
The Three Books:
- Just Write Book 1 (Grades 1–2): Introduces the building blocks of good storytelling. Students learn pre-writing planning, story elements (characters, setting, plot), using their senses for vivid descriptions, expanding sentences, choosing strong words, basic paragraphing, capitalization, punctuation, editing, titling, and publishing their work.
- Just Write Book 2 (Grades 2–3): Builds on Book 1 with stronger sentence and paragraph skills, then guides students through the full process of planning, drafting, revising, and completing their own stories.
- Just Write Book 3 (Grades 3–4): Expands into the four main writing styles students will need in school and life: narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive. Students practice each style while continuing to improve story-writing techniques.
Each book has a helpful Teacher’s Guide that includes:
- Clear teaching instructions and lesson plans
- Answer keys
- Additional resource suggestions
- Blackline masters for extra practice
Just Write is an excellent choice for homeschool families who want a low-pressure, skill-building creative writing program that gives young children the tools and confidence to become successful writers without frustration or tears.
Browse all levels of Just Write, including Student Books and Teacher’s Guides below!
Details
| Product Format: | Softcover Book |
|---|---|
| Grade: | 3 |
| Brand: | Educators Publishing Service |
| ISBN: | 9780838826287 |
| Length in Inches: | 11 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.125 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.1 |
| Edition: | Teacher's Guide |
| Publication Date: | 1/2/2013 |
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