The Teacher's Handbook is a comprehensive guide for use with all of the student books. It is not an answer key, rather it is a tool for the teacher to help guide students through the concepts covered in the student books. It includes clear explanations as well as models, exercises, and teaching strategies for struggling, beginning, and even advanced writers. The ten chapters in the handbook cover the sentence, the paragraph, types of writing, the essay, standards and assessments, proofreading and revising, working with groups, spelling, handwriting, and keyboarding. Helpful reproducibles are included.
Writing Skills Teacher's Handbook
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024798
ISBN
9780838825617
Grade 2-8
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Charlotte Mason
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Description
Publisher's Description of Writing Skills Teacher's Handbook
An excellent resource for differentiating writing instruction in the classroom, the Writing Skills Teacher's Handbook explains how to teach writing through explicit instruction, models, and samples of student writing at various stages. Also includes cross-curricular applications, writing prompts, and discussion of state and national writing assessments.
This program is key to developing essential expository writing skills. It effectively helps educators teach essential skills in careful order, from parts of speech, to sentence structure, to paragraphs and complete essays.
Category Description for Writing Skills
Writing Skills is a structured, consumable workbook series that teaches expository writing from the ground up. Designed for students who need clear, step-by-step instruction, this program builds strong foundational skills in sentence and paragraph construction before advancing to the five-paragraph essay.
Perfect for both reluctant and grade-level writers, the series provides plenty of practice and methodical guidance to help students master the writing process and gain confidence in their writing abilities.
Key Curriculum Features:
- Systematic progression from sentences to paragraphs to full essays
- Strong focus on expository writing (example, process, reason, classification, definition, compare-and-contrast, and more)
- Practice with parts of speech, sentence variety, outlining, and paragraph organization
- Step-by-step instruction in eight types of exposition
- Abundant writing activities and skill reinforcement
- Clear models and guided practice
Program Components:
- Student Books: Consumable workbooks with lessons and writing space
- Teacher’s Handbook: Comprehensive guide with explanations, teaching strategies, models, and reproducibles. Not just simple answer key!
Writing Skills curriculum stands out for its logical, building-block approach that gives students a clear method to follow. It is an excellent choice for homeschool families seeking a straightforward, no-frills writing program that produces organized, competent writers.
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Details
| Product Format: | Softcover Book |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 2-8 |
| Brand: | Educators Publishing Service |
| ISBN: | 9780838825617 |
| Length in Inches: | 11 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.5 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.85 |
| Edition: | Teacher's Guide |
| Publication Date: | 1/4/2013 |
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