Description: DVD are NOT included!! From the publisher's website:ESSENTIALS IN WRITING LEVEL 8 SECOND EDITIONEIW™ Level 8 is a homeschool writing curriculum that features a slow, systematic approach for students aged 13-14 who want to learn how to write well. The step-by-step approach allows students to focus on small, daily assignments, so they don’t feel overwhelmed.Homeschool students will learn to apply parts of speech and different sentence structures as well as use them as tools for effective communication. They will address common problems in writing, including sentence errors, pronouns and antecedents, subject/verb agreement, homophones, unclear subjects, paraphrasing, and summarizing. They will practice crafting compositions including paragraphs, a narrative, a business letter, essays, and a research project. Students will explore expository, descriptive, persuasive, compare, and contrast writing. UNIT ONE: GRAMMARApply activities for parts of speech:AdjectivesAction VerbsAdverbsPrepositional phrasesGerundsVivid LanguageApply activities for sentence structure:Independent and Dependent clausesSimple and Compound SentencesComplex SentencesCompound-Complex SentencesAvoiding Sentence Errors (fragments, run-ons, and comma splices)Varied Sentences in a CompositionAppositivesTransitionsApply activities for common problems:Pronouns and AntecedentsSubject/Verb AgreementDon’t/Doesn’t ProblemHomophonesUnclear SubjectsParaphrasingWriting a SummaryUNIT TWO: COMPOSITIONFollow the writing process for:Paragraphs (expository, persuasive, descriptive, compare, and contrast writing)NarrativeExpository essayCompare/contrast business letterPersuasive essayResearch projectAdditional composition skills:Audience and purposeHow to choose an appropriate writing formInformal and formal writingFinding and using quality sources to research and explain a topicEffective narrative writing skills (first and third-person point of view, mechanics of dialogue, narrative hook, narrative writing)Letter formatting (business letters)Effective writing skills (sensory details, hooks, thesis statement and restatement, mechanics of dialogue, first and third-person point of view, transitions, variety of sentence structures and word choice)Summarizing and paraphrasing someone else’s content in their own wordsDevelop supportive, strong details and examples Scoring service can be purchased separately from the publisher.
Price: 39.99 USD
Location: Dawsonville, Georgia
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Publication Year: 2021
Type: Textbook
Format: Ring/Wire Bound
Subject Area: English Language Teaching
Language: English
Publication Name: Essentials in Writing 8
Author: Stephens
Publisher: Stephens
Subject: Writing & Reading
