| Writing
Strands is a writing curriculum designed for the home school. Assignments provide
detailed, step by step instruction aimed at improving writing skill and writing style. If
you are new to the Writing Strands curriculum please see our Overview,
and our Frequently Asked Questions. See a sample page of Level 4 Writing Strands. Level Four is designed for students aged 13 - 14, or
who have completed Writing Strands Level Three.
Each book in Levels Three through Seven
presents 90 days of exercises that were written so that everything the students need to
know to do the work and to improve their writing skill and writing style is in the
assignments. The instructions in each assignment in each level:
* Identify the writing skill
being presented
* Suggest the number of days
(sessions) the average student should need to do the work
* List objectives of the
exercise, so that the parents will know what parts of the writing skill will be learned
* Present a model, so that
the child will understand what the work will be like
* Give pre-writing
exercises—the child is asked to examine things or is encouraged to talk about, or
read about the subject before writing
* Is broken into manageable
segments so that the child is not overwhelmed with the challenge
* Present clear and detailed
instructions for the writing
"The best writing
program we've found is Writing Strands."
-Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer
The Well Trained Mind: A Guide to
Classical Education at Home |
