The Student Workbook Part I comes as a softcover, paperback book. Each lesson includes instructional content, student writing samples, and writing process helps which vary with the lesson but might pertain to any part of the writing process. Also included are planning and skill-builder worksheets. Checklists and an evaluation form aid in that process.
WriteShop Workbook I (5th Edition)
Description
WriteShop I offers incremental lessons, challenging assignments, and creative activities for teens.
Students improve descriptive, informative, and narrative writing skills by becoming proficient in four vital techniques: brainstorming, drafting, editing, and revising. Not only do students learn to narrow their topics and choose vivid, descriptive wording, they learn to add interest to their writing by varying their sentence structure.
Each lesson's Skill Builder introduces new writing tools, which students have the opportunity to apply during future lessons. This "Learn-Practice-Do" approach helps ensure mastery.
What's new in the 5th edition?
- Faith-neutral content
- Updated, streamlined introduction
- Updated content in some lessons
- Updated student instructions
- Updated student & teacher checklists
WriteShop I Student Workbook includes
- 16 lessons (most students complete the book in one year, two weeks per lesson)
- Step-by-step instructions for each lesson, written to the student
- Creative and varied writing assignments and supplemental activities
- Skill Builders that teach new concepts
- Lesson-specific student and teacher checklists (one per lesson)
- Composition evaluation rubrics (one per lesson)
- 17 exhaustive word banks
Building upon skills lesson by lesson, WriteShop offers a comprehensive, yet easy-to-use, teacher-student interactive course.
Lessons build incrementally, covering sentence and paragraph construction skills and style in Volume I before the longer essay assignments in Volume II. Lessons build on each other and should be done in order without any skipping. The writing process is taught throughout the program with Part I focused on descriptive, informative, and narrative writing. Volume II continues with persuasive writing. Program components include the Teacher Manual (for both Volumes I & II) and a Student Workbook for each Volume.
Flexible schedule options allow you to complete one volume per year, or for an older/more advanced student, you can complete both volumes in one year. The program could also be used with motivated younger students as well. The thing to remember is that the skills covered are what would typically be considered foundational writing skills that prepare a student for the more demanding academic writing of high school. Also, not all types of writing (for instance, poetry) are covered.
The Teacher Manual (used with both Volumes I and II) provides detailed lesson plans and instructions for teachers. These include how to edit, how to make comments, description of typical student errors along with probable solutions, and student sample writing (with edits). There are also answer keys, reference sheets and forms, and essay topics.
The Student Workbooks (two volumes) contain instructional content, skill builders, graphic organizers, self-editing checklists, and teacher checklists for each assignment, and 17 word banks. Volume 1 focuses on descriptive, informative, and narrative writing. Volume II focuses on advanced narrative and descriptive writing, plus a heavy emphasis on 5-paragraph essay writing.
Copying and Dictation Exercises are incorporated into each lesson in Volume I. These are strongly encouraged and tend to strengthen both writing and listening skills when done consistently. A book with these exercises is available as a separate purchase. Overall, this is an excellent writing program and a wonderful, comprehensive resource for parents teaching one or more children at home or teachers in a co-op or class setting.
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 6-12 |
| Brand: | WriteShop |
| ISBN: | 9781935027492 |
| Length in Inches: | 11 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.625 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 2.1 |
