The Teacher Manual provides a course scope and sequence, weekly lesson plans, suggestions for adapting the 24 week schedule for various class schedules (one-day-a-week, two or three day, etc.) Reduced copies of student material are accompanied with teacher notes and suggested answers. Weekly Lesson Plans include teacher preparation, literature suggestions, use of videos, goals/objectives, copies of board notes (from video content), non-reproducible copies of source texts and model charts, notes on paper management (how to put papers into binders), and homework assignments.
Structure lessons for Level C, Year 1 cover: Note Making/Outlines, Public Speaking, Writing from Notes, Retelling Narrative Stories, Summarizing a Reference, Writing From Pictures, Summarizing Multiple References, from Unit 7 (Inventive Writing) – Introductions/Conclusions, Imitating Author's Styles, from Unit 8 (Essay Writing) – Basic Essay, Persuasive Essay, Personal Essay, Expanded/Super Essay, and Response to Literature. Style lessons for Level C, Year 1 cover: Dress-Ups, Sentence Openers, Decorations, Banned Words, Bibliography, Citations, and Introduction to Poetry.
SSS Level C is for students who have completed SSS Level B or who are ready for high school level work. Video instruction and assignments over the two years begin with the basics but, in general, comprise an advanced level of writing instruction; giving students excellent high school writing skills and preparing them for college level writing. Focusing on the structure and style of writing, structure is covered with nine units on note making, outlines, writing/summarizing from notes, inventive writing, essay and literary critique writing. With the goal of producing interesting and appealing writing, stylistic elements include dress-ups for sentences, sentence openers, decorations, avoiding overused words. Coverage also includes reference and research citations. Each year reviews basic units as well as expanding into new areas. Instruction is incremental and clear. Andrew Pudewa, the presenter, is humorous and entertaining while presenting with clarity and good organizational skills. Courses are easy-to-use and highly effective.
Purchase of the Teacher Manual allows its owner to access the pdf downloads for Level C, Year 1 for use within their own family. Download instructions are included in the TM.