Writing With Skill, Level 1: Student Workbook

The Complete Writer: Writing With Skill

by Susan Wise Bauer

Traditional principles. Contemporary methods. Unparalleled results.

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

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction

804 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 16, 2012

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

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very thorough and well done. If you want your student to work in this book independently, they need to be a strong reader.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been working through the lessons in this book since the fall of 2012, and I love it!