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Canadian History-Based Writing Lessons Student Book (2nd Edition)
SKU
035694
ISBN
9781623413286
Grade 6-8
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Traditional
Teacher-centered curriculum commonly used in classrooms that may include a text, teacher manual, tests, etc.
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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Auditory
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Learns through seeing, prefers written instructions and visual materials.
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Curriculum progresses through well-defined learning objectives. Emphasizes mastery before moving to the next topic.
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$35.00 Product Overview
- Consumable student worktext includes vocabulary cards for every lesson
- Requires an instructor with experience and ability to reference IEW writing method lessons
- Add literature guides to the recommendations for a complete language arts course
Description
This 4-days-per-week composition program depends strongly on the IEW methodology, and the self-directed student lessons are engaging and require some teacher guidance. Students practice skills learned from Structure and Style for Students such as designing Key Word Outlines (KWO), using multiple types of paragraph openers, applying course-provided vocabulary, and removing IEW-selected “banned words.” Composition Checklists provide students with a writing checklist and the teacher with tools for grading. Appendixes are full of important tools that include MLA formatting tips, a thesaurus, short stories, a mechanics review, and blue vocabulary cards to be removed and cut. On one side, the words are represented pictorially, and the opposite side provides a brief definition and a fill-in-the-blank sentence. Students will implement these words into their writing. Appendixes include full text of the short stories The Ugly Duckling and The Necklace, which are used in this course. This course requires the Teacher Manual. This student text is spiral-bound, consumable, and reproducible for family use. 374 pgs, sc. ~ Ruth
Publisher's Description of Canadian History-Based Writing Lessons Student Book (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.
This Student Book contains assignments, instructions, engaging source texts, blank outlines, checklists, sample compositions, and clever vocabulary cards.
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). Included in the student text are blue cards to cut out with specific vocabulary. 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
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 6-8 |
| Brand: | Institute for Excellence in Writing |
| Length in Inches: | 11 |
| Width in Inches: | 9.4375 |
| Height in Inches: | 1.25 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 2.35 |
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