The perfect precursor to the best-selling Essay Architect ™, our Essay Apprentice ™ Writing System helps students who are unable to write a five-paragraph essay 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.
Ø Help students build autonomy and confidence through simple and practical creative writing activities and exercises
Ø Help struggling or anxious writers through the basic 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 System includes:
Creative Writing Exercises to focus on purposes and types of writing, including:
· Writing to Entertain: Cartoon Strip, Horoscope, and Poetry
· Writing to Inform: Recipe of Me, Quick Messages and Notes
· Writing to Persuade: Personal Advertisement, Magazine Advertisement
Sentence Construction Activities focused on writing clean, succinct sentences that make sense:
· Sentence Structure
· Fragments
· Main and Subordinate Clauses
· Simple and Compound Sentences
· Punctuating Sentences
· Expanding Sentences
· Sentence Variety
· Sentence Combining
· Using Modifiers
· and more!
Paragraph Construction Activities to help students develop focused and coherent paragraphs:
· Paragraph Structure and Formatting
· Developing Paragraph Details
· Types of Writing
· Writing Thesis Statements
· Writing Introductions
· Writing Conclusions
· and more!
Preparing for Formal Writing through whole-class and small group Activities:
· Structure of the Essay
· Evaluating Essays
· Verbal Discussion of Ideas
· Organizing Ideas
· Writing Group Essays
Evaluating Model and Non-Model Essays with:
· What Should an Essay Look Like?
· Peer-Editing and Evaluation Activities
· Sample Model and Non-Model Essays
· and more!
Preparing for Individual Writing with:
· Verbal Discussion of Ideas
· Writing Thesis Statements
· Individual Organization of Thoughts
· Pre-Writing Process
· Writing Individual Essays
Resources, Tips, and Hints, including:
· Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus
· Reading an Essay Prompt
· Essay Templates
· Show, Don’t Tell
· Using Idioms
· Precise Word Choice
· Vivid Verbs
· Misspelled and Confusing Words
· and more!
Plus 15 Essays for Evaluation!
ISBN 978-0-9816243-0-3
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