Facilitator: Kari Thorgrimson kari.l.thorgrimson@juno.com (425) 398-8795
Teacher: Laurie Morrison
Age: 10 - 13
Prerequisite: Students must have completed Writing Club 1 or be schooled in using dress-ups and openers according to Andrew Pudewa's Excellence in Writing program
Cost: $25 per month; $10 per year copy/supply fee
Text: Write Source 2000 ISBN 0-669-46773-1 or 0-669-46774-X from www.greatsource.com using "Advanced Search" link and entering ISBN; Pocket dictionary and thesaurus
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Description: This second-in-a-series writing skills class will continue developing the style and structure curriculum used in the Excellence in Writing program, teaching students how to write paragraphs which are varied in sentence beginnings, vocabulary, phrases, and clauses. A variety of writing projects are assigned, including a process essay, a family-history interview report, a career report, a biography, and a five-paragraph critique. Parent involvement greatly increases student success. Weekly homework assigned.
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