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Writing With Skill Level 1, Instructor Text
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This groundbreaking writing series for middle-schoolers combines time-tested classical techniques – the imitation and analysis of great writers – with original composition exercises in history, science, biography, and literature. Scripted dialogue is provided for when students have difficulty, plus detailed guidance on how to evaluate their work. Straightforward, detailed explanations of how to construct and organize compositions prepares students for high-level rhetoric and composition. All source material for assignments is provided in the required workbook; no other books are needed.
Skills taught in Level 1 include one- and two-level outlining; writing chronological narratives, biographical sketches, descriptions, and sequences across the curriculum; constructing basic literary essays on fiction and poetry; researching and documenting source material; and using full sentences while texting. (The last one isn’t true; our powers are mighty but limited). We advise starting all students in Level 1.
Katherine –
I love Bauer’s products, but the proofreading is just really bad. If I’m going to use this product to teach my child to write, it’s really important for the product to demonstrate good proofreading. On page 26 of the sample pdf, the example given is about an Athenian debate that uses Roman Emperors as an example. But the Roman empire came after Athens, so this example seems anachronistic at best or historically uninformed at best. This page also has a misspelling – “debator” is spelled “debater.” I would like to buy this product, but could you please proofread it? If I am mistaken in this review, please let me know. I will gladly update it!
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Answer Desk –
Hi Ashley, and thanks for considering Well-Trained Mind Press. The “debater” typo got past us, but I’m happy to say that the example given is just fine.
You said that the Roman empire came after Athens, but this example is talking about the study of rhetoric in ancient and medieval times (see second paragraph), and how Athenian/Greek orators would craft their speeches about Roman emperors. It doesn’t say that it was during “classical Athens,” which would have been before the Roman empire. Athens remained a flourishing center of learning and a major hub of commerce and culture throughout the Roman period, and some Roman emperors visited, while others built temples and monuments there. And then it became a significant part of the Eastern (Byzantine) Roman Empire for many years. During all this time, it was a major place for people to go study rhetoric. So for hundreds of years, Athenian orators would continue to be making speeches about Roman emperors.
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