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Canadian History-Based Writing Lessons Teacher/Student Combo (2nd Edition)

SKU
035691
ISBN
9781623413309
Grade 6-8
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Product Overview

  • Full set needed to teach this course to one student
  • Adds vocabulary and literature suggestions
  • Requires experience with IEW writing methods and references Structure & Style lessons
  • Add literature studies for a complete ELA program
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Canadian History-Based Writing Lessons Teacher/Student Combo (2nd Edition)

Description

Try out this “north of the border” theme to apply the writing skills taught using the IEW methodology. Students will practice the skills learned in Structure and Style for Students, such as designing Key Word Outlines (KWO), using multiple types of paragraph openers, applying suggested vocabulary, and removing IEW “banned words.” The included Composition Checklists provide a writing checklist and teaching tools for grading. Additional useful tools include MLA formatting tips, a thesaurus, short stories, and a mechanics review. An Appendix includes the full text of the short stories, The Ugly Duckling and The Necklace, which are used in this course. Additional literature selections are suggested: The Klondike Cat; My Canada Goose Summer; The Broken Blade; When the Cherry Blossoms Fell; Banished from Our Home; Hatchet; Brothers in Arms; Defend or Die; Canada’s Wars: An Illustrated History; and The Spirit of Canada: Canada’s Story in Legends, Fiction, Poems, and Songs. Appendixes in the student and teacher books include help in mechanics, MLA formatting, and a literary critique thesaurus. Student texts are available for additional students. The publisher notes that this course can be used to teach younger and older grades using tips provided in the Simplified Source Texts and Advanced Additions PDF downloads. Vocabulary cards now available as PDF downloads. ~ Ruth

Publisher's Description of Canadian History-Based Writing Lessons Teacher/Student Combo (2nd Edition)
Explore the history of the Great White North! This theme-based writing curriculum allows students to experience Canadian history through the study of famous people, wars, and political acts while learning to write with the Structure and Style® writing method. Offering a full year of instruction for students in grades 6–8, these lessons cover all nine IEW units. Literature suggestions and access to vocabulary cards and other helpful PDF downloads are included.

The Student Book contains assignments, instructions, engaging source texts, blank outlines, and checklists. The Teacher’s Manual contains answer keys, embedded images of student pages, teaching tips, vocabulary quizzes, and game suggestions for review. Literature suggestions and access to vocabulary cards, Simplified Source Texts, Advanced Additions, and other helpful PDF downloads are included.

These lessons are designed to be used by an instructor who has been through the Teaching Writing: Structure and Style seminar, either live or on DVD/video.

Category Description for Canadian History Based Writing Lessons

While this course’s title implies a live-in-Canada-only demographic, any English-writing student will find these topics thoroughly engaging. Lessons revolve around fascinating subjects such as famous explorers (such as Cabot and Cartier) and the invention of the bombardier, and other high-interest topics such as hockey, the fur trade, gold rush, and D-Day. While history-focused, the 4-days-per week lessons won’t replace a history curriculum but instead will add an avenue for students to apply the IEW approach, strengthening their writing skills (writing from notes; summarizing single and multiple references; writing about personal significant events; creating formal essays; as well as critiquing and responding to literature). Test students’ acquisition of these words via 6 vocabulary quizzes. Additionally, IEW recommends additional fiction selections to correspond with this course: The Klondike Cat; My Canada Goose Summer; The Broken Blade; When the Cherry Blossoms Fell; Banished from Our Home; Hatchet; Brothers in Arms; Defend or Die; Canada’s Wars: An Illustrated History; and The Spirit of Canada: Canada’s Story in Legends, Fiction, Poems, and Songs. Appendixes in the student and teacher books include help in mechanics MLA formatting, a literary critique thesaurus, and the full text of short stories The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen and The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant. The publisher notes that this course can be used to teach younger and older grades using tips provided in the Simplified Source Texts and Advanced Additions PDF downloads. This course requires the consumable Student Text and the Instructor Guide, or purchase these two as a package. ~ Ruth

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Product Format:Other
Grades:6-8
Brand:Institute for Excellence in Writing
Length in Inches:11.125
Width in Inches:10.0625
Height in Inches:1.75
Weight in Pounds:4.15
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