Customer Reviews for "Institute For Excellence In Writing Character-Based Writing Lessons
"Institute For Excellence In Writing Character-Based Writing Lessons
Invigorate your students' writing as they read selections associated with the lives of great persons of character. Lessons have a source text based upon the lives of Mother Teresa, Abraham Lincoln and St. Francis, and is followed by exercises focusing on style, "dress-up" words, mechanics, presentation, and structure. Based upon the principles in Teaching Writing: Structure & Style, it is recommended that theteacher be at least familiar with Teaching Writing before using Character-Based Writing Lessons. Checklists are included for elementary, intermediate and advanced levels; lessons would be appropriate for children in their formative character building years (Grades 6 & up). 126 pages, softcover, spiralbound.
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Date:September 9, 2007
Regina Scott
This book of writing lessons for the middle and high school student is excellent on two levels. As the student learns and practices the basics, and then more advanced skills of good writing, they also learn about three wonderfully virtuous historic figures: Mother Teresa, Abraham Lincoln, and St. Francis. The thought-provoking source materials provided about these three Christians will interest and challenge the student as he/she learns to effectively and concisely take notes from these source materials to serve as a basis for their own written work. With my eighteen years of teaching high school English to draw upon, I can authoritatively state that this is a valuable book to teach students how to become good, confident writers who keep portfolios of their work, and who analyze and improve their writings as they learn even more advanced techniques. The beauty of this book is that while taking the student through the steps to craft well-written summaries, creative stories from pictures, research reports, essays, reviews, and critiques, the student is also exposed to excellent written/spoken works that Lincoln, Mother Teresa, and St. Francis have either produced themselves or that have been written about them. What a wonderful combination!
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