Ebook: Writing With Skill, Level 1: Student Workbook

This groundbreaking new writing series combines time-tested classical techniques—the imitation and analysis of great writers—with original composition exercises in history, science, biography, and literature.



Skills Taught:

     • One- and two-level outlining

     • Writing chronological narratives, biographical sketches, descriptions, and sequences across the curriculum

     • Constructing basic literary essays on fiction and poetry

     • Researching and documenting source material

     • First volume of four that will prepare students for high-level rhetoric and composition



Features of the program:

     • Writing assignments are modeled on examples from great literature and classic nonfiction

     • All source material for assignments is provided—no other books are needed

     • This Student Workbook encourages independence by directing all assignments to the student

     • Instructor Text (sold separately) provides scripted dialogue to use when the student has difficulty, plus detailed guidance on how to evaluate the student’s work

     • First volume of four that will prepare students for high-level rhetoric and composition