Essentials in Writing Level 3 Online Subscription Combo (Subscription + Workbook) 2nd Edition

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• Printed Teacher Handbook
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EIW Level 3 features a slow, systematic approach to introducing writing skills. This homeschool writing program is for elementary students and is a steppingstone that ignites their ability to learn new information and communicate using synonyms, categorization, and figurative language. We use a step-by-step approach implementing the writing process with small, daily assignments so that the student doesn’t feel overwhelmed.

Unit One: Grammar
Identify and apply activities for writing sentences:
* Subjects and Predicates
– complete and simple
* Complete and incomplete sentences
* Types of sentences and punctuation marks
– declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory
– period, question mark, and exclamation point

Identify and apply activities for parts of speech:
* Common and proper nouns
* Singular and plural nouns
* Pronouns and antecedents
* Singular possessive and plural possessive nouns
* Adjectives
* Action verbs
* Linking verbs
* Past, present, and future verb tense
* Adverbs that modify verbs

Identify and apply activities for common problems:
* Pronoun/antecedent agreement
* Subject/verb agreement
* Contractions
* Don't/doesn't problem

Tools for Effective Communication: Apply Parts of Speech
* Adjectives in action
* Action verbs in action
* Adverbs in action

Apply Sentence Structure
* Writing items in a series
* Simple sentences
* Compound sentences
* Incomplete and run-on sentences

Unit Two: Composition
The Writing Process
* brainstorm, organize, draft, revise, final draft

Follow the writing process for:
* Paragraphs
* Expository paragraph
* Expository personal letter
* Persuasive paragraph
* Persuasive personal letter
* Descriptive paragraph
* Imaginative narrative
* Research project
– research process
– presentation board

Additional composition skills:
* parts of a paragraph
* staying on topic
* expository writing
* persuasive writing
* descriptive writing and sensory details
* parts of a letter
* chronological order and transitions
* parts of a narrative: hook, events, climax, closing

Level 3 Second Edition Textbook Sample

Level 3 Assessment/Resource Sample

Level 3 34-Week Plan

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