This set includes the WriteShop I and II Teacher’s Manual, WriteShop I Student Workbook, and WriteShop II Student Workbook. It does not contain the optional Copy & Dictation Exercises for WriteShop I Booklet.
WriteShop I & II
Provide teens with a solid foundation in descriptive, informative, and narrative writing—and build self-editing skills—using the incremental WriteShop writing program. This overview of WriteShop I & II gives you the big picture.
Feel Insecure about Teaching and Grading Writing?
Parents love WriteShop! This flexible writing program helps new and veteran homeschoolers alike tackle junior high and high school-level writing with confidence. From brainstorming to final draft, the Teacher’s Manual clearly defines your role in the writing process. You’ll love the examples, detailed lesson plans, and step-by-step instructions.
WriteShop I and II set your teens on a course for success. Assignments give them a chance to practice various kinds of writing, such as creative, expository, narrative, and persuasive.
With each lesson, they’ll learn new skills, apply them to their current writing project, and edit and revise the composition several times. By the end of the lesson—after brainstorming, writing, editing, and revising—they’ll have a polished paper to be proud of!
What concepts are taught in WriteShop I & II?
Lessons contained WriteShop I (Lessons 1 to 16)
- 01: Describing an Object
- 02: Describing a Pet
- 03: Describing a Person
- 04: Describing a Circus Performer
- 05: Describing a Foo
- 06: Describing a Season
- 07: Describing a Place
- 08: Explaining a Process
- 09: Writing a Factual Paragraph
- 10: Writing a Concise Biography
- 11: Introducing Journalism
- 12: Writing a Narrative of an Emotional Event
- 13: Writing a Narrative of Another Person's Experience
- 14: First-Person Point of View
- 15: First-Person Point of View
- 16: Third-Person Point of View
Lessons contained WriteShop II (Lessons 17 to 30)
- 17: Describing an Object
- 18: Describing a Place
- 19: Writing a Short Report
- 20: Exaggeration
- 21: First-Person Point of View, Part 1
- 22: First-Person Point of View, Part 2
- 23: Narrative Voice
- 24: Writing an Ad
- 25: Opinion Essay
- 26: Letter to the Editor
- 27: Compare or Contrast Essay
- 28: Compare or Contrast Essay
- 29: Essays That Describe or Define
- 30: Timed Essays
Sample Lessons
WriteShop’s step-by-step method encourages your teen’s success.
Confident writers are comfortable with the writing process.
1. Brainstorming
Topic suggestions, graphic organizers and brainstorming worksheets, and 17 practical word banks help unlock your student’s creative ideas.
2. Writing
WriteShop’s “learn-practice-do” approach helps new skills become habits. Each engaging lesson presents a new writing skill that is:
- Introduced as a Skill Builder exercise.
- Put into practice in the current composition.
- Applied to future compositions.
Additionally, WriteShop focuses on clarity, conciseness, colorful vocabulary, and sentence variety that will add sparkle to dull, ordinary compositions.
3. Self-Editing and Revising
WriteShop tells students exactly what to look for when editing and refining their own work. There’s no guessing involved! Each lesson has its own customized Writing Skills Checklist. When finished with the editing process, students have a polished final draft.
WriteShop Bundles
This starter bundle includes the WriteShop I & II Teacher’s Manual, WriteShop I Student Workbook, and Copy and Dictation Exercises for WriteShop I. When your student is ready for WriteShop II, the only thing you will need is the WriteShop II Student Workbook.
$167.95
WriteShop I & II Individual Items
The WriteShop I Student Workbook contains clear writing instructions, pre-writing activities, Skill Builders, brainstorming worksheets, writing skill checklists, and composition evaluation forms.
$81.50
The WriteShop II Student Workbook contains clear writing instructions, pre-writing activities, Skill Builders, brainstorming worksheets, writing skill checklists, and composition evaluation forms.
$81.50
Teacher’s Manual for WriteShop I and WriteShop II with detailed lesson plans and instructions.
$95.50
This booklet includes carefully chosen literature selections for copywork and dictation. Copywork passages relate to and reinforce each WriteShop I assignment.