| Writing
Strands is a writing curriculum designed for home schooling students. Assignments provide
detailed, step by step instruction aimed at improving creative writing skill, expository
writing, and report writing. If you are new to the Writing Strands curriculum please see
our Overview, and our Frequently Asked
Questions. See a sample page of Writing Strands 7. Level Seven is designed for students of any age who have
finished Level Six. These exercises expand on the same types of writing
experiences as are found in Level Six but present a much more sophisticated approach to
writing. Also introduced are a book report and an argumentative essay.
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 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
exercisesthe 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
"Writing Strands is a great way to
teach writing in the home school."
-Cathy Duffy
Christian Home Educators' Curriculum
Manual
"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 |