Writer's Workshop engages young writers with high interest writing prompts and projects. The Writer's Workshop method creates a happy environment where kids are coached incrementally towards improved writing skills. "Layers of Learning Writer's Workshops are nothing short of amazing! My son struggled desperately with writing, and I, despite having an elementary education degree, struggled to teach it. However, while I find it hard to formulate my own teaching plans, I know a good curriculum when I see one, and this is the BEST writing curriculum I've come across in 10 years of homeschooling." - Amy, a customer This book is a parent guide to help the adult plan daily writing lessons. It can be used to teach all ages from 6 years old to 18 years old and can be used simultaneously with different ages or abilities, family-style. What's In This Book? Writer's Workshop includes nine month-long units including: Writer's Workshop Jump Start - to break free of old writing patterns, learn to have fun writing, and learn the writing process. Sentences, Paragraphs, & Narrations - to teach well-crafted, powerful sentences and paragraphs plus how to retell information in your own words. Descriptions & Instructions - to paint a picture in your reader's mind with vivid language plus write clear instructions. Fanciful Stories - to write setting, characters, plot, and dialogue for fictional stories of all lengths. Poetry - to write formula poems, free-verse poems, rhyme schemes, and spare figurative language. True Stories - to write biographies, news articles, memoirs, and more. Reports & Essays - to research and write book reports, science reports, history reports, essays and more. Letters - to write letters to friends and family, write business letters, fill out forms, craft a resume, and more. Persuasive Writing - to get people to come around to your point of view through appeals to authority, emotion, and more.
You can read more about Writer's Workshop method of writing in the Guidebook: How to Create a Writer's Workshop, available at Layers-of-learning.com. A Writer's Workshop Lesson Each daily writing lesson starts with a five-minute Mini-Lesson including grammar, mechanics, writing skills, and genre lessons. Next, choose from dozens of Exercises.
Evaluating Writer's Workshop One project per unit is taken all the way through the Writing Process. When the project is completed it should be shared in front of a cheering audience.
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