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The Complete Writer: Level 1 Workbook for Writing With Ease |  | Author: Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher: Peace Hill Press
List Price: $34.95
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 3694
Media: Paperback
Edition: Wkb Tch
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1933339268
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9781933339269
ASIN: 1933339268
Publication Date: August 12, 2008
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Product Description
A new series on teaching writing, from the author of The Well-Trained Mind.
In Writing with Ease, Susan Wise Bauer lays out an alternative plan for teaching writing, one that combines the best elements of old-fashioned writing instruction with innovative new educational methods.
The workbooks provide lessons, student worksheets, and teacher instructions for every day of writing instruction. Each covers one year of study. Used along with Writing with Ease, Level One (first in a planned four-volume set) complete the elementary-grade writing curriculum.
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 Complements schoolwork well July 1, 2010
Lee Rhys
My son attends a progressive school where writing is taught through composing multiple drafts. However, he did not manage to produce a single piece of writing the entire school year. His teachers did not think this was a major problem, but I did! I started tutoring him at home this summer, with the goal of filling in some basic skill gaps. I chose this curriculum because it would allow him to focus on the critical thinking, mechanics, and fine motor skills necessary for writing.
The copywork exercises have already helped him improve his handwriting. He's paying more attention to the shape of letters and the spacing that should go between letters and words. He's also learning basic capitalization and punctuation rules. Before I read the sentences to him, I ask him to underline words he can read. This reinforces our phonics and sight word study. The copywork exercises are just long enough to provide good practice without exhausting him.
The narration exercises help him speak his thoughts in complete sentences, listen for details, and see how his thoughts can be written correctly. I write the sentence, and he copies it; that way, he gets handwriting practice every day instead of every other day as the book stipulates.
The only complaint I have about this curriculum is that a different literature title is used every week. Some of the books are too long to read aloud in a week, and others are short but rich in extension activities. It would be nice if Bauer would include more exercises for each book, so we could spend 2 or 3 weeks studying each title.
I like that the exercises are already created in the workbook. The unadorned, predictable worksheets allow my son to know what to expect but do not distract him. I also bought the book that outlines the entire 4 year curriculum, and I use that as a guide to the scope and sequence.
learning nouns early June 22, 2010
J. Musil
Received in great shape. Like organization and structure of teaching grammar and parts of English. Easy to follow.
 Do not buy this workbook February 28, 2010
T. James (Linwood, North Carolina)
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
Do not buy this workbook. Big waste of money. The textbook tells you exactly what to write and gives you the daily assignments. The workbook repeats the assignment then gives you space to write the answers. You can use your own notebook paper and save quite a bit of money.
 The Complete Writer: Level 1 Workbook February 7, 2010
J. Bunch
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this book for my grand-daughter who has had a heck of a time with writing and overall grammar in school. The Complete Writer has helped her immensely with her writing skills this past year. I use it daily with her for about 1/2 hour. Her teacher has made several comments on how she has improved in her writing skills. Her self esteem has increased greatly along with her ability to write better. Her school is really good but with 28 kids, it's hard to focus on the children who are slower. This has been a great learning tool for her.
Great For Beginnners January 30, 2010
joyofsix (IN USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was looking for a program that would work with my advanced kindergartner and my reluctant to write 3rd grader. This fits the bill for us. It has two sentences for copywork so I can give the more difficult to my 3rd grader and the easier to my kindergartner. They can practice writing, a little grammar and penmanship. The selections for reading and narrating are from classics I would like them to be acquainted with but don't have the time to read all completely through. It's working for us.
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