Writing With Skill, Level 2: Student Workbook (The Complete Writer) by Susan Wise Bauer

The Complete Writer: Writing With Skill

by Susan Wise Bauer

This book gives every student the necessary tools to write with clarity and confidence. For students in the middle grades and above, Writing With Skill Level 2 provides essential training in organization, composition structure, and research methods.
 It builds on the skills taught in Level 1 to take the student to an even higher level of achievement.

• Written directly to the student, this series encourages the student to take the initiative in developing basic writing skills
• Gives straightforward, detailed explanations of how to construct and organize compositions
• Provides careful, clear analysis of models from great writers
• Teaches how to write about topics in history, science, literature and poetry

Skills Taught:
~ One-, two-, and three-level outlining.
~ Writing chronological narratives, biographical sketches, descriptions, and sequences across the curriculum
~ Critical literary essays on fiction and poetry
~ Researching and documenting source material

Features of the Program:
~ Writing assignments are modeled on examples from great literature and classic nonfiction
~ 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
~ Second volume of a series that will prepare students for high-level rhetoric and composition

Paperback Bunko

First published October 8, 2013

About the author

Susan Wise Bauer is an American author, English instructor of writing and American literature at The College of William and Mary, and founder of Well-Trained Mind Press (formerly Peace Hill Press).

Reviews

[Grace]

really good, book for important reasons. Very good for english