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WriteShop Workbook II (5th Edition)
SKU
021669
ISBN
9781935027515
Grade 6-12
Traditional
Neutral
Medium Teacher Involvement
Multi-Sensory
Other Materials Optional
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Charlotte Mason
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Auditory
Learns through listening, talking out loud or reading out loud.
Visual
Learns through seeing, prefers written instructions and visual materials.
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Medium Teacher Involvement
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Everything you need is included.
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Our Price
$62.00 
Description
The Student Workbook Part II 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.
Publisher's Description of WriteShop Workbook II (5th Edition)
Where WriteShop I established a basic framework of descriptive, informative, and narrative writing, WriteShop II helps students expand their writing abilities. This second volume builds on that earlier foundation as compositions shift focus to descriptive narration, narrative voice, point of view, and use of tense. Later lessons introduce persuasive writing and the basic 5-paragraph essay model. Students will write multiple kinds of essays, where they will learn to express an opinion and develop and support it with facts, details, and examples.
Students write one composition over a two-week period, revising it twice. Incremental in approach, exercises are designed to be approached consecutively, building upon previously learned material. Working through assignments by brainstorming, drafting, and revising, students learn to edit their papers methodically, using a Writing Skills Checklist purposefully tailored to the individual lesson.
What's new in the 5th edition?
- Faith-neutral content (non-religious)
- Updated, streamlined introduction
- Updated content in some lessons
- Improved 5-paragraph essay structure
- Updated student instructions
- Updated student & teacher checklists
WriteShop II Student Workbook includes
- 14 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 and reinforce new concepts
- Examples, lesson directions, and exercises---some of which are completed in-book, and others that must be written on separate paper
- Lesson-specific student and teacher checklists (one per lesson)
- Composition evaluation rubrics (one per lesson)
- 17 exhaustive word banks
Category Description for WriteShop I & II
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.
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 6-12 |
| Brand: | WriteShop |
| ISBN: | 9781935027515 |
| Length in Inches: | 11 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.625 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1.8 |
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