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Writing & Rhetoric Book 8: Comparison Teacher's Edition

SKU
026785
ISBN
9781600513091
Grade 6-7
Classical
Christian/Religious
Low Teacher Involvement
Multi-Sensory
No other materials needed
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Charlotte Mason
A methodology based on the work of a 19th century educator who maintained that children learn best from literature (Living Books), not textbooks.
Classical
A methodology based on the Latin Trivium (three stages of learning), including the grammar stage (memorization and facts), logic stage (critical thinking), and rhetoric stage (developing/defending ideas).
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Writing & Rhetoric Book 8: Comparison Teacher's Edition
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Publisher's Description of Writing & Rhetoric Book 8: Comparison Teacher's Edition

A one-semester course for grades 6 or 7 and up

Think of theprogymnasmataas a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric. In the award-winning Writing & Rhetoric series, author Paul Kortepeter has recovered this proven method of teaching writing in conjunction with critical thinking and speaking.This is the eighth in a series of 12 books that will train students over 6 years.

Comparison

InWriting & Rhetoric Book 8: Comparison,students will be writing well-crafted, six-paragraph expository essays comparing two subjects. Comparisons can be made between people, historical events, ideas, inventions, animals, foods"just about anything, really. The purpose of these essays is to analyze two subjects and use this comparison to demonstrate similarities and differences between them. In these essays, students will be making use of a range of writing skills, including the ability to inform, to describe, to narrate, and to analyze.

In this one-semester book, students will learn to:

  • Compare subjects of American history from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression of the 1930s
  • Use topic sentences for organizing paragraphs and information
  • Create analogies for powerful appeals to emotion
  • Incorporate supportive facts, details, and quotations
  • Annotate texts and write brief narrative overviews
  • Craft effective conclusions that encourage curiosity for future study
  • Work on delivery in public speaking"volume, pacing, and inflection
  • Build copiousness through sentence variety and rhetorical devices, including analogy, simile, metaphor, chiasma, hypophora, parallelism, and anastrophe
  • Engage in group discussions that foster critical thinking
  • Improve essays using oration as an aid to revision

TheWriting & Rhetoric Book 8: Comparison Teacher's Editionincludes the complete student text, as well as answer keys, teacher's notes, and explanations. This teacher's edition also contains descriptions_1 and examples of what excellent student writing should be like for every writing assignment, providing the teacher with meaningful and concrete guidance.


Category Description for Writing & Rhetoric

Writing & Rhetoric by Classical Academic Press is a classical writing program that teaches students the art of writing and rhetoric through the ancient progymnasmata (progym) exercises. Rather than starting with a blank page, students learn by imitating masterful writing from great literature, a proven method used for centuries.

This step-by-step apprenticeship approach builds strong writers by progressing from simple retelling and narration to more advanced skills such as comparison, persuasion, and defense.

Key Curriculum Features:

  • Imitation-based learning using high-quality literary models
  • Progressive progymnasmata exercises that develop rhetoric skills
  • Daily lessons including narration, discussion, comprehension, and writing practice
  • Copywork, dictation, sentence play, amplification, and other classical techniques
  • Strong emphasis on oral presentation and speaking skills
  • Low teacher prep with clear, engaging lessons

Program Components:

  • Student Books: Contain instruction, models, examples, and writing space
  • Teacher Books: Identical student pages with added teaching notes, answers, talking points, and extra guidance
  • Optional Audio Files: Professional readings of the source material (fables, myths, historical narratives, etc.)

Each book provides one semester of writing instruction. The series is ideally started in 3rd or 4th grade and completed by 8th grade, but it can be entered at higher levels with proper placement. It works very well when alternated with a grammar program.

Writing & Rhetoric curriculum stands out for its classical methodology, excellent literary models, and user-friendly design. It is an outstanding choice for classical homeschoolers seeking a rigorous yet approachable writing and rhetoric curriculum.

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Product Format:Paperback
Grades:6-7
Brand:Classical Academic Press
ISBN:9781600513091
Length in Inches:11
Width in Inches:8.5
Height in Inches:0.625
Weight in Pounds:1.8
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