Help students build autonomy and confidence through simple and practical creative writing activities and exercises
Help struggling or anxious writers through the basic parts of an essay by working step-by-step on each part of the writing process
This unique, research-based, yet practical Essay Apprentice Writing System includes:
Creative Writing Exercises to focus on purposes and types of writing, including:
Writing to Entertain: Cartoon Strip, Horoscope, and Poetry
Writing to Inform: Recipe of Me, Quick Messages and Notes
Writing to Persuade: Personal Advertisement, Magazine Advertisement
Sentence Construction Activities focused on writing clean, succinct sentences that make sense:
Sentence Structure
Fragments
Main and Subordinate Clauses
Simple and Compound Sentences
Punctuating Sentences
Expanding Sentences
Sentence Variety
Sentence Combining
Using Modifiers, and more!
Paragraph Construction Activities to help students develop focused and coherent paragraphs:
Paragraph Structure and Formatting
Developing Paragraph Details
Types of Writing
Writing Thesis Statements
Writing Introductions
Writing Conclusions
and more!
Preparing for Formal Writing through whole-class and small group Activities:
Structure of the Essay
Evaluating Essays
Verbal Discussion of Ideas
Organizing Ideas
Writing Group Essays
Evaluating Model and Non-Model Essays with:
What Should an Essay Look Like?
Peer-Editing and Evaluation Activities
Sample Model and Non-Model Essays, and more!
Preparing for Individual Writing with:
Verbal Discussion of Ideas
Writing Thesis Statements
Individual Organization of Thoughts
Pre-Writing Process
Writing Individual Essays
Resources, Tips, and Hints, including:
Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus
Reading an Essay Prompt
Essay Templates
Show, Don t Tell
Using Idioms
Precise Word Choice
Vivid Verbs
Misspelled and Confusing Words, and more!
Plus 15 Essays for Evaluation!