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Writing Mechanics
Length: 20 self-paced steps
Includes: Printable eBook with suggested activities
Parent Resource
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Lesson Designer
Dr. William Spivey, Creator/Founder and Steven Spivey, President of Writing Express. Dr. William B. Spivey is…
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Writing Mechanics is a homeschool language arts parent resource created to be used with students of all ages alongside any homeschool writing program. It provides a step-by-step system to teach writing in an engaging way that helps students improve the quality of their writing.
Overview
Supplies Needed
Corresponding resources on SchoolhouseTeachers.com
What to Do
Go to Resource and download the Writing Express Online Training resource and the Note Taking Template to record your notes. If you would like to follow the step-by-step system with your student, download the How to Use This Resource for a suggested plan of reading and activities.
Writing Mechanics includes a Writing Express Online Training eBook, which parents may read for additional ideas to implement in their student’s current writing program. If desired, parents may follow a suggested 20-step plan with their students to help their students “build” sentences that are more expressive and descriptive.
Writing Mechanics is a homeschool language arts resource designed to supplement any homeschool writing curriculum through an outstanding step-by-step writing system. Included are the five strands of instruction, divided into 20 steps, that can make a significant difference in the homeschool student’s writing.
To improve the quality of a student’s written expression, research indicates that a writing program should contain an enlarged language development component in which sentence building plays an important role.
For a brief introduction to the unique Writing Express system used in Writing Mechanics, watch this video.
SchoolhouseTeachers.com note: Parents should closely monitor children’s use of YouTube and Wikipedia if you navigate away from the video cited on this page. We also recommend viewing the video on a full screen setting in order to minimize your students’ exposure to potentially offensive ads and inappropriate comments beside or beneath the video.
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