This homeschool creative writing curriculum includes editing activities to help children develop writing skills they can use for a lifetime.
Students develop real-life editing skills for superior writing, highest grades, and top test scores! In this dynamic writing and editing activity course students build writing skills through interesting theme writing.
These effective activities use thinking (not drill and practice) to sharpen grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and attention to detail.
Methods - Students analyze stories that contain errors in writing mechanics and content. They must carefully evaluate words and sentences for accuracy and also compare story details with information provided in pictures and captions. To correct each story, students insert, modify or delete punctuation, words, and short phrases. {Some Beginning level activities also include multiple-choice questions}
- A-C level activities involve mixed-skills practice, starting with easier activities and becoming more challenging as students become adept at correcting the errors. Beginning level activities combine single-skill units {like capitalization} with guided, gradual instruction that's ideal for younger learners.
The book includes an editing checklist to help focus students' thinking and an annotated guide to grammar, usage and punctuation.
Teaching Support
Includes a scope and sequence and detailed solutions.
Paperback book, 84 pages, recommended for 6th-8th grade. |
