Diana King's Writing Skills Series

This writing handbook provides integrated writinginstruction with a variety of practice exercises. Inworkbook format, students will learn about the parts ofspeech, grammar, basics of writing, and how to mastersentence skills. Exercises alternate between sentencestructure & grammar and composition skills. Paragraphassignments encourage children to write about familiartopics, while the step-by-step approach fosters confidence!168 pages, softcover. Book A, Grades 2-4. Answers are notincluded.

Writing Skills are necessary in nearly every facet oflife. Provide extra practice in writing sentences anddeveloping paragraphs through helping students to organizedtheir own experiences and ideas. Style is taught in thebasic 5-sentence paragraph model, with a topic, 3 or moresupporting, and a concluding sentence. Activities includesorting nouns into concrete/abstract categories; writingunique sentences and finding simple subjects/predicates;writing sentences for given words; fill-in-the-blanks withthe right adjective; adding a preposition phrase to thenoun; writing example, descriptive, and narrativeparagraphs; and more. The included grammar is presented inconnection with sentence structure, and is not intended totake the place of formal grammatical instruction. 138non-reproducible pages, softcover. Book 1; answers are notincluded. 2nd Edition. Grades 5-6.

This writing handbook provides integrated writinginstruction along with a variety of practice exercises.Grammar, mechanics and composition are taught alongsiderules, examples, model sentences, paragraphs and essays.Writing and editing exercises help to cement propercomposition methods whether free writing, or practicing foran assignment. 153 non-reproducible pages, softcover. Book2.

Give your students' guidance as to how to write concretely;explanations and exercises help develop the mental attitudesneeded in order to write with a point. Brainstorming,categorizations, point sentences, well-developed paragraphs,improving coherence and editing are all addressed withsamples, exercises, and critical thinking exercises asstudents are asked to critique examples. 86 pages,softcover. No answer key; high school work.

No matter what writing level your students are at, thiscomprehensive guide has advice and tips for both thestruggling and advanced writers. Spelling, handwriting,sentences, essays, proofreading and more are all addressedwith teaching advice, reasoning behind rules and examples.In coordination with the Writing Skills studentbooks, this Teachers Handbook is ideal for differentiatingwriting instruction while addressing all necessarycomponents of a writing program. 158 pages, indexed,softcover.

Please note that this item is availablefor purchase by Homeschools only.

Keyboarding skills are now just as important as handwriting skills once were. Using a computer is required for school, work, and every aspect of everyday life---train children to be efficient and careful, eradicating bad habits! This flip-top book is easily viewed while typing and covers home row position, lower and upper-case letters, numbers, and symbols through writing words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. This 2nd Edition features expanded exercises and a student-friendly design.

Emphasizing the writing process and motor memory, thissystematic and multisensory method for teaching cursive hasproven effective for students of various ages and abilities,from elementary through high school and above. Designedespecially for the right-handed writer, the new editioncontains new and expanded exercises and a student-friendlydesign.

Skills addressed:

• Correct paperposition, posture, and pencil grip for right-handedstudents
• Prewriting exercises
• Lowercaseletters
• Joining lowercaseletters
• Numerals
• Uppercase letters
• Joininguppercase to lowercase letters
• Writing practice andapplications

Softcover, 89 pages. Ungraded.

Now in its second edition, this book provides moreopportunities for teacher-guided and self-guided practice,while preparing students for writing assignments andassessments. This volume is specially designed for theleft-handed student. 89 pages, softcover.