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NEW! Essay Apprentice
The perfect precursor to the
best-selling Essay Architect™, our Essay Apprentice™ Writing
Program for grades 6-12 helps students who are unable to write a five-paragraph essay, lack
the confidence to produce good writing, or need a lot of extra help with the
essentials of good writing. By building the basic foundations of writing
through simple, yet practical activities, students learn the step-by-step
process of creating writing they can be proud of.
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Help students
build autonomy and confidence through simple, practical,
creative writing activities and exercises.
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Help struggling or anxious writers through the basics parts
of an essay by working step-by-step on each part of the
writing process.
This unique, research-based, yet practical Essay
Apprentice™ Writing Program includes:
Creative Writing Exercises
to focus on purposes and types of writing, with several
activities including:
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Writing to Entertain
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Writing to Inform
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Writing to Persuade
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and more!
Sentence Construction Activities
focused on writing clean, succinct sentences that make sense:
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Sentence Structure
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Fragments
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Main and Subordinate Clauses
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Simple and Compound Sentences
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Punctuating Sentences
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Expanding Sentences
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Sentence Variety
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Sentence Combining
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Using Modifiers
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and more!
Paragraph Construction Activities
to help students develop focused and coherent paragraphs:
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Paragraph Structure and Formatting
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Developing Paragraph Details
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Types of Writing
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Writing Thesis Statements
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Writing Introductions
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Writing Conclusions
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and more!
Preparing for Formal Writing
through whole class and small group Activities:
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Structure of the Essay
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Evaluating Essays
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Verbal Discussion of Ideas
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Organizing Ideas
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Writing Group Essays
Evaluating Model and Non-Model
Essays with:
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What Should an Essay Look Like?
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Peer-Editing and Evaluation Activities
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Sample Model and Non-Model Essays
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and more!
Preparing for Individual Writing
with:
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Verbal Discussion of Ideas
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Writing Thesis Statements
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Individual Organization of Thoughts
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Pre-Writing Process
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Writing Individual Essays
Resources, Tips, and Hints,
including:
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Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus
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Reading an Essay Prompt
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Essay Templates
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Show, Don’t Tell
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Using Idioms
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Precise Word Choice
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Vivid Verbs
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Misspelled and Confusing Words
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and more!
Plus 15 Essays for Evaluation! |
Grades 6-12
From the Author of Essay Apprentice
and Essay Architect
Essay Apprentice Table of
Contents
Writing to Entertain: Anecdotes II Sample
Fragments,
Complete Sentences,
Punctuating Sentences Sample
Appositives Sample Pages
Varying Sentence Beginnings Sample
Writing Thesis Statements Sample
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