| The Complete Writer: Writing with Ease: Instructor Text (The Complete Writer) |  | Author: Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher: Peace Hill Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 193333925X
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.623
EAN: 9781933339252
ASIN: 193333925X
Publication Date: August 17, 2008
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In Writing with Ease, Susan Wise Bauer (author of The Well-Trained Mind) lays out an alternative plan for teaching writing, one that combines the best elements of old-fashioned writing instruction with innovative new educational methods. Young students who learn to write well need one-on-one instruction—something which your child's classroom may not offer. In The Complete Writer series, Susan Wise Bauer turns every parent into a writing teacher. No experience is needed. Drawing on her fifteen years of experience in teaching writing, Susan lays out a carefully-designed sequence of steps that will teach every student to put words on paper with ease and grace. This alternative plan for teaching writing combines the best elements of old-fashioned writing instruction with innovative new educational methods—and explains why so many writing programs fail.
Designed for elementary-aged writers and for older students who still struggle, Writing With Ease builds a sturdy foundation of basic skills for grades 1–4 (or levels 1–4 for the older student who needs more work) all in the same book. Diagnostic tests within the book will help the parent to determine where the child needs to start and which workbook the child will need. You can use the text by itself as a guide, then choose your own copywork and dictation; or you can buy the workbooks (available separately), which do all the work for you. Each workbooks will cover one grade. This Instructor Text covers grades 1-4 in 144 lessons, 4 explanatory chapters, and 4 appendices.
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 Teh best ever August 19, 2010
ang
The Complete Writer is the best writing program I've ever used. With it, my first grader is learning writing, spelling, punctuation, and grammar with ease. I'm really impressed with her progress. I am eagerly awaiting the release of subsequent workbooks. My high schooler would benefit greatly from this program. In fact, I began using the methods in The complete Writer with him and am sorely disappointed that I didn't have this resource for him when he was younger.
Excellent resource, although not necessary if buying workbooks August 14, 2010
tomandlori1333 (Michigan)
I have been very happy with all of Susan Wise Bauer's books. I appreciate that they are simple to use, yet thorough. I have all of the curriculum that she has published so far - the reading, language, history and now the writing. This book is excellent for teaching writing, although I wish I had known before I bought it that I did not need to buy both this and the workbook. The workbook alone is sufficient. This book would also be sufficient alone, but I prefer to have the workbook pages (that include copywork and space for writing) to simplify my role as teacher whenever I can. This book contains information at the beginning about teaching writing, and then it includes lessons for grades 1-4. Each workbook is for each grade separately, but it also includes a (sometimes more brief) teacher instruction along with workbook pages to copy (or use right in the book). If I had it to do over again, because I prefer to have as few books as possible and have as little prep-work for myself as I can, I would buy just the workbook for each grade level. To make things even easier I took the workbook to an office supply store and had it made into two spiral-bound books - a teacher's manual and a student workbook. This is working out wonderfully!
Helpful for teaching August 14, 2010
Mary K. Bryant (St. Charles, MO United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I started my homeschooled son on this curriculum, just using the student workbook. Someone suggested we get this Instructor Text, as well. I was really hoping I could get by with just the student workbook, but I decided to go ahead and get this book and I found there is helpful information in here about the principles involved with teaching your child to write, and what to expect at the various ages and stages of learning. Once I got it, I thought I might not need to purchase the other levels of the companion student workbooks. However, if you don't have the student workbook, mom has to come up with a lot of the assignments herself. If you want a good overview and understanding of how to teach your child to write, this is a helpful book. If you feel that you already have a good grasp on this and you simply want your child to do the assignments, you could probably do with just the student workbook. In the Instructor Text, Bauer provides the material for the 1st week, then you need to come up with material to draw from for the next 7 weeks (from other literature, history, science books, etc., that the student is reading.) The pattern continues in this way. After purchasing the Instructor Text, I thought I wouldn't need the other student books (since we'll use levels 1-4), but when I really considered if I wanted to spend the time coming up with their material for 7 weeks at a time, In the student workbook, every assignment is provided for you. I decided to go ahead and purchase the student workbooks to save time for me. Plus, I love the material she draws excepts from and I use her ideas to form our reading lists throughout the year.
I love her approach of small, consistent lessons. The children will get a really solid foundation to writing with excellence through this curriculum, using narrations (summarizing a passage of text that was read to them in 2-3 sentences), copywork and dictation. This is NOT a creative writing curriculum, but it will teach the child the elements of writing with excellence, so when they're ready for creative writing, they have a good foundation to build on.
 If you already use first language lessons, skip this June 21, 2010
Ann K. Richards (Keller, TX)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I already use first language lessons for the well trained mind and I think this is overkill beside this program.
 You can do this without the book or workbook only buy one February 28, 2010
T. James (Linwood, North Carolina)
13 out of 19 found this review helpful
Do not buy both the workbook and the textbook. Only buy the text book if you feel you need this. It is a good guide for writing but do not waste the money on the workbook. The book tells you what to write. The only thing the workbook gives you are lines to write it on. You can buy your own paper.
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