Homeschool Language Arts Paint with your Words

Welcome to Our Paint with Your Words Homeschool Language Arts Course

Did you know that not only brushes can paint pictures? Words can, too! In our eight-week course, Paint with Your Words, middle and high school students learn what passive writing is, how active writing is different, how to incorporate the five senses into their writing, how to choose strong words, and how to weave figurative language into what they write.

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Paint with Your Words

Length:  8 weeks
Content type: Text based
Grade: 6–9

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Getting Started with Our Paint with Your Words Homeschool Language Arts Course

Paint with Your Words homeschool language arts course teaches students how to convert passive writing into active writing. In this mini-unit, middle school and early high school students learn what passive writing is, how active writing is different, how to incorporate the five senses into their writing, how to choose strong words, and how to weave figurative language into what they write.

Overview

  •   8 weeks, 3 days a week
  •   Includes downloadable lessons and writing exercises
  •   Grades: 6–9

Supplies Needed

Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com; journal for writing assignments, note-taking and research

What to Do

Go to Class Lessons and download the lesson plan and lesson file. Start with the Day 1 reading assignment. Follow the instructions each day on the lesson plan and check them off when completed.

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More About Our Paint with Your Words Homeschool Language Arts Course

Using words instead of paint and a brush, the homeschool student’s writing can come alive in bursts of color and texture as they learn to create a picture in the reader’s mind.

This self-guided Paint with Your Words unit covers the basics of descriptive writing and how to put into words what a student sees in their mind so the reader can see it too. When the middle school or early high school student has finished this homeschool language arts unit, they should understand how to paint a vivid picture with words. Painting a picture with words takes practice, but the more a homeschool student uses these techniques, the easier and more natural it will be to write this way all the time.

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Course Outline for Our Paint with Your Words Homeschool Language Arts Course

Eight weeks of Paint with Your Words homeschool language arts lessons explore active writing techniques and use of figurative language.

  • Week 1: P.A.I.N.T. With Your Words
  • Week 2: Passive vs Active Writing
  • Week 3: Show, Don’t Tell
  • Week 4: Identify the Five Senses & Color Your Writing
  • Week 5: Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives. Oh My!
  • Week 6: Tell a Tale with Figurative Language
  • Week 7: P.A.I.N.T. a Poem: Haiku
  • Week 8: Cinquain (Sin-Kane)

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Quick Start

1.  Bookmark the course for easy access during instruction.

2. Click “View Lesson Plan” and organize as desired (on computer desktop or in a printed format). 

3.  Gather necessary resources as listed in the lesson plan.

4.  Click “Go to Class Lessons” and get started.

5.  Enjoy the course!

6.  Utilize Applecore or your own record keeping system throughout the course.

7.  Print a certificate of completion.

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