Writing
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Writing Is “The Creative Writer” Right for You? In this video, Susan Wise Bauer introduces you to The Creative Writer curriculum. This series is perfect for middle-school and high-school students who want to improve their creative writing and sharpen their skills at crafting exciting fiction and vivid poetry. [wpdevart_youtube width="640" height="385" autoplay="0" theme="dark" loop_video="0" enable_fullscreen="1" show_related="1" show_popup="0" thumb_popup_width="213"... -
Writing Is “The Creative Writer” Right for You? In this video, Susan Wise Bauer introduces you to The Creative Writer curriculum. This series is perfect for middle-school and high-school students who want to improve their creative writing and sharpen their skills at crafting exciting fiction and vivid poetry. [wpdevart_youtube width="640" height="385" autoplay="0" theme="dark" loop_video="0" enable_fullscreen="1" show_related="1" show_popup="0" thumb_popup_width="213"... -
Fourth Step: Investigate Further Well-Trained Mind Academy The Well-Trained Mind Academy is based on the classical model described in The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (first published in 1999 by W.W. Norton and now in its fourth edition). Offering a full range of middle school (logic stage) and high school (rhetoric stage) classes across the... -
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Teaching Techniques & Tips Dictation with Dan, Aged 13, Part 1 (An Actual Session That You Can Watch) At their kitchen table, Susan Wise Bauer and her son, Dan, work on a dictation exercise from Writing with Ease Level 4. Check out Part 2! -
Writing Online Writing Courses Our online Academy offers a variety of writing courses, featuring instruction for writers with all levels of ability and confidence. -
Writing A Plan for Teaching Writing: Focus on Middle Grades Audio Workshop This workshop offers very specific guidance in how to teach middle grade (logic-stage) students the skills of constructing an argument, outlining and writing from an outline. [Note: we are only teaching “arguments” in the sense of “thesis statements,” and we are not liable for such “arguments” as, “But Mommmmmm! All... -
Writing A Plan for Teaching Writing: Focus on Elementary Audio Workshop In this audio workshop, Dr. Susan Wise Bauer provides a clear introduction to teaching foundational skills in writing. Recommended for those teaching all K-6 students, as well as for those teaching older students who are reluctant writers. -
Writing Why Diagramming Matters Sentence diagramming has tremendous value for students (and teachers!) of English grammar. Putting all of the words of a sentence on a diagram forces learners to identify the logical connections between different parts of the sentence. Students who diagram have to know how different parts speech work together to produce... -
Writing What About Journaling? Scores of writing programs use daily journal entries to teach children to write. “Journal Writing Every Day: A Painless Way to Develop Skills” trumpets a typical Education World article, chronicling scores of classrooms in which teachers assign daily journaling to elementary students, using such prompts as “If I could give...