Writing
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The Center for Learning's teaching supplements strengthen students' writing skills and foster the development of each student's unique voice. These materials help students at all levels build confidence in their ability to express their ideas clearly and thoughtfully.
Basic Composition
Basic Composition is based on the premise that writing is an enjoyable process that enhances students' ability to effectively express ideas. Materials provide a systematic approach, which helps students master writing an essay.
Advanced Composition
This unit concentrates on the more advanced skills of composition while incorporating work on common sentence-writing problems. Materials guide students as they explore the process of writing a variety of essay types.
Writing 1: Learning the Process
This unit introduces students to writing process theory and builds their enjoyment of expressing ideas in written form. Lessons enhance students' use of grammar and mechanics through the steps of prewriting, drafting, conferencing, revising, editing, and publishing. Click here for more info.
Writing 2: Becoming a Writer
Writing 2 helps students learn and implement diverse composition modes like third person narration, description, exposition, and persuasion. Students also develop personal writing styles and become comfortable writing in more demanding forms such as autobiography, response writing, and critical analysis. Click here for more info.
Advanced Placement Writing 1*
Advanced Placement Writing 1 is designed to help honors, gifted, and Advanced Placement students prepare for the English Language and Composition examination. Emphasizing the reading/writing connection, this unit focuses on nonfiction and on syntax and diction. Click here for more info.
Advanced Placement Writing 2*
Advanced Placement Writing 2 helps prepare students for the English Literature and Composition examination. Lessons enhance their ability to analyze fiction and poems and to discuss literary concerns in major works. Click here for more info.
Journalism
Students expand and improve upon their writing skills by learning how to accurately compose news stories. They practice researching, interviewing, and note-taking in order to write articles, features, editorials, columns, captions, and headlines. Click here for more info.
Creative Writing
Invite students to draw from their personal experiences to create original poems and prose. Lessons explore poetic forms and focus on prose pieces ranging from verbal sketches and anecdotes to complete short stories. This volume encourages students to track their own progress and includes self-assessment rubrics as well as evaluation and revision activities. Click here for more info.
Writing Short Stories
This unit builds students' understanding of short fiction by emphasizing characterization, plot development, setting, and the generation of ideas. Lessons also act as a guide as students write their own short stories. Click here for more info.
Daily Writing Topics
Broaden students' approaches to journal and portfolio writing by encouraging them to write daily about their experiences and feelings. This unit is intended to supplement writing programs and aids in the development of composition skills and self-understanding. Click here for more info.
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