| The Complete Writer: Level 1 Workbook for Writing With Ease |  | Author: Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher: Peace Hill Press
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Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1933339268
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9781933339269
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Publication Date: August 12, 2008
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Product Description
A new series on teaching writing, from the author of The Well-Trained Mind.
In Writing with Ease, Susan Wise Bauer lays out an alternative plan for teaching writing, one that combines the best elements of old-fashioned writing instruction with innovative new educational methods.
The workbooks provide lessons, student worksheets, and teacher instructions for every day of writing instruction. Each covers one year of study. Used along with Writing with Ease, Level One (first in a planned four-volume set) complete the elementary-grade writing curriculum.
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Excellent resource for a natural approach to writing August 9, 2010
CaliforniaCarolinaMom
I like Susan Bauer's approach to writing although I am using other curriculum along with it. I love the choice of literature and the guidance she offers in what grammatical points to "teach" along with the copy work and narratives. It is laid out well, and my daughter and I are enjoying it.
 Workbook is twaddle-ish; go with textbook only. August 9, 2010
Brandi Hyde (Texas)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I like Susan Wise Bauer's curricula in general, and I want to like this workbook. I love the copywork and narration, and it is helpful to have the scope and sequence laid out. BUT... it frustrates me.
1. The literature selections are from wonderful works, but lose 99% of their value when taken OUT OF CONTEXT. For example, Little House in the Big Woods is a great book. But when you read one random paragraph, and copy the sentence "There were no roads." from it....it loses the effect. It might as well be any random sentence made up by a workbook author. If you are using Little House as a read-aloud, it works well to do copywork from it. But my child isn't familiar with the book, so the literary benefit is lost when he reads and copies a miniscule excerpt. I would rather do this same concept but USE THE BOOKS THAT I READ ALOUD for source material.
2. The samples to copy are printed in the midst of white space. For first grade level, it would be helpful to have it written as a HANDWRITING SAMPLE, ON LINES. I am using Handwriting Without Tears, which uses a different type of lined paper, so I am having him write on that instead of in the workbook anyway. But most people use three-lined paper, and that's what is provided for the student to write on. It would make more sense to have the example written on lines as well, so it works better as handwriting practice. It's confusing to be told "copy this" when it actually looks different from what he is expected to produce; there is an unnecessary mental step of translation that he must do to translate "book font" to "handwriting on lines." Eliminating that step would allow him to focus on the content of what he's writing, which is the goal.
If you want to have someone else choose your copywork and narration passages for you, this is done well. The source material is first rate. But I didn't realize how much I would dislike that since the passages have so much less merit out of their original context. The textbook could be useful to guide your scope and sequence; I think I'll keep it to give me an idea of how to increase the complexity of passages and keep me on track. But I'll pull my own source material from books we are reading.
In case you're wondering, as I was, about the DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEXTBOOK AND WORKBOOK, here you go:
The TEXTBOOK gives broad scope and sequence for four years, generally grades 1-4. I'm on year one, so this is what it looks like. It basically spells out exactly what to do for one week (including passages), with copywork on days 1&3, narration on 2&4. It provides passages for week one, then for the next 3 weeks it says "follow the same weekly pattern as above", using books of your own choosing. Then it spells out week 5 for you (slight increase in complexity), and you figure out weeks 6-8 for yourself. Follow that pattern for each 4-week cycle. You would use your own handwriting paper or notebook paper. In comparison, the WORKBOOK has passages selected for everyday. They are printed right there in the workbook. Then there is a perforated pull-out page with the copywork sample printed and blank lines for the student to write on. So basically the workbook allows you to follow the textbook, but not have to A) use your own paper, or B) choose your own passages, ever. And those are pretty much the two things I don't like about it.
Complements schoolwork well July 1, 2010
Lee Rhys
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My son attends a progressive school where writing is taught through composing multiple drafts. However, he did not manage to produce a single piece of writing the entire school year. His teachers did not think this was a major problem, but I did! I started tutoring him at home this summer, with the goal of filling in some basic skill gaps. I chose this curriculum because it would allow him to focus on the critical thinking, mechanics, and fine motor skills necessary for writing.
The copywork exercises have already helped him improve his handwriting. He's paying more attention to the shape of letters and the spacing that should go between letters and words. He's also learning basic capitalization and punctuation rules. Before I read the sentences to him, I ask him to underline words he can read. This reinforces our phonics and sight word study. The copywork exercises are just long enough to provide good practice without exhausting him.
The narration exercises help him speak his thoughts in complete sentences, listen for details, and see how his thoughts can be written correctly. I write the sentence, and he copies it; that way, he gets handwriting practice every day instead of every other day as the book stipulates.
The only complaint I have about this curriculum is that a different literature title is used every week. Some of the books are too long to read aloud in a week, and others are short but rich in extension activities. It would be nice if Bauer would include more exercises for each book, so we could spend 2 or 3 weeks studying each title.
I like that the exercises are already created in the workbook. The unadorned, predictable worksheets allow my son to know what to expect but do not distract him. I also bought the book that outlines the entire 4 year curriculum, and I use that as a guide to the scope and sequence.
learning nouns early June 22, 2010
J. Musil
Received in great shape. Like organization and structure of teaching grammar and parts of English. Easy to follow.
 Do not buy this workbook February 28, 2010
T. James (Linwood, North Carolina)
4 out of 12 found this review helpful
Do not buy this workbook. Big waste of money. The textbook tells you exactly what to write and gives you the daily assignments. The workbook repeats the assignment then gives you space to write the answers. You can use your own notebook paper and save quite a bit of money.
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