Writing With Skill, Level 1: Student Workbook (The Complete Writer)

Traditional principles. Contemporary methods. Unparalleled results. This groundbreaking new writing series combines time-tested classical techniques―the imitation and analysis of great writers―with original composition exercises in history, science, biography, and literature.Skills Taught: · One- and two-level outlining · Writing chronological narratives, biographical sketches, descriptions, and sequences across the curriculum · Constructing basic literary essays on fiction and poetry · Researching and documenting source material · First volume of four that will prepare students for high-level rhetoric and compositionFeatures of the program: · Writing assignments are modeled on examples from great literature and classic nonfiction · All source material for assignments is provided―no other books are needed · This Student Workbook encourages independence by directing all assignments to the student · Instructor Text (sold separately) provides scripted dialogue to use when the student has difficulty, plus detailed guidance on how to evaluate the student’s work · First volume of four that will prepare students for high-level rhetoric and composition Black-and-white illustrations throughout