The Complete Writer - Writing with Skill: Instructor Text Level Two
by Susan Wise Bauer
2021-01-06 06:28:40
The Complete Writer - Writing with Skill: Instructor Text Level Two
by Susan Wise Bauer
2021-01-06 06:28:40
Time-tested classical techniques--the imitation and analysis of great writers--combined with original composition exercises in history, science, biography, and literature.The Student Workbook encourages independent composition, while the Instructor T...
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Time-tested classical techniques--the imitation and analysis of great writers--combined with original composition exercises in history, science, biography, and literature.The Student Workbook encourages independent composition, while the Instructor Text contains easy-to-use supporting information for the teacher, rubrics for grading, sample compositions, and dialogue to use while teaching. Together, the Student Workbook and Instructor Text provide a full year of middle-grade writing instruction, preparing students to enter high-level rhetoric.
- Reviews Level One skills in narration, biographical sketches, descriptions, and sequences
- Teaches new skills in writing comparisons, drawing contrasts, and tracing cause and effect
- Improves sentence style through prose exercises drawn from Erasmus, Aristotle, and other classical rhetoricians
- Covers three-level outlining, composition planning and structure
- Guides the student through critical essay writing in both fiction and poetry
- Provides practice in research and documentation skills
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