The Complete Writer: Level 1 Workbook for Writing With Ease
Posted on June 22nd, 2010 by
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- ISBN13: 9781933339269
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
A new series on teaching writing, from the author of The Well-Trained Mind.
In Writing with Ease, Susan Wise Bauer lays out an alternative plan for teaching writing, one that combines the best elements of o… More >>
This is my first year to use any of Mrs. Bauer’s curriculum. I really like that each day is just a little bit (just enough)there isn’t any overkill. There are 4 days of work for each week. The first and third days they do copy work. The second and fourth days they do narration. My favorite part is narration. You read a short selection to your child (it is already in the book) and they tell you a sentence about what they remember. This is also done – on a larger scale with her Language Lessons book. It is great too! My child loves to tell the story back to me in her own words. Then, I write them down for her. She loves to hear it read back. This teaches how to write a story without being held back by the physical process of writing it down. I wish I had this for my older child! I highly recommend it!
Rating: 5 / 5
I have been homeschooling for 18 years and have never used a writing program that my children and I found consistently enjoyable, delight-centered, and excellent in scope and instruction. Enter, Writing with Ease. My 8-year old son begs for his lesson every day and takes great pleasure in reading his narrations back to me. I see consistent improvement in his narrations, marked improvement in motivation to read, and enjoyment (for the first time) in handwriting skills, all connected to the use of this program. The fine literature passages chosen make for such pleasurable shared moments for my son and I, as we read and discuss each week’s lessons.
The repetitive quality of the lessons is counterbalanced by the wide assortment of literature and the gradual changes in the program that mark the student’s progress into more challenging tasks. I see no waste in time or thought here. Both my son and I sense the value of the simple but meaningful daily rhythm of the program.
Buy the hardcover text as an overview of the entire program, especially helpful to “bigger picture” people, like me. However, if short of cash, start with just the the workbook. (Remember that it’s reproducible for an entire family, too; a great help to those of us with many children, and very cost-effective.)
Thanks, Susan! God-speed on those next workbooks and texts!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a great resource for anyone who would like to use the Charlotte Mason ideas of copywork and narration from the classics but doesn’t want to re-invent the wheel. Susan Wise Bauer has done a fabulous job selecting passages from books that your kids will want to read on their own later. Cute graphics and clear instructions make this a product worth spending your limited education budget on.
Rating: 5 / 5
When I ordered this work book I also ordered the hardback Writing With Ease book. In the book Mrs. Wise Bauer explains her “technique” of teaching kids writing skills. I didn’t think much of it, but it really works. I can see how her steps can help kids become better writers. I got a little bored with the workbook (even though my son had not), and tried moving him to the Level 2 book. He was not ready. That’s when I could really see why she has them progressing through the various processes the way she does. I plan on using this with my daughter next school year and hope it works for her too.
Rating: 4 / 5
I bought this item and I do not regret it, however I feel it is too expensive for what it offers. All of the information contained should have been included in the hard-backed book I bought first. The worksheets could have been better done had Peace Hill Press put them on disk. Now I use this book only for reference and make my own worksheets on the computer. *NOTE I include little drawing boxes on my worksheets as my daughter loves to illustrate the sentence she just wrote.
I do think this is an excellent curriculum however, and I would buy it again. You could put this together on your own, but I prefer having it laid out so I can concentrate on homeschooling.
Rating: 3 / 5