Teaching Essay Writing - Where do I start?
Overwhelmed with the idea of teaching formal essay writing? Students need to learn how to write a formal essay. So, what do you do if you are intimidated at the thought of teaching essay writing?
The Write Foundation is a tried and proven writing curriculum. It lays a solid writing foundation which develops competent, confident writers. Students learn solid groundwork for writing paragraphs. This curriculum guides you with a variety of topics and types of paragraphs. After that students easily advance to college level essays. Students learn how to logically and easily write formal papers that “Wow!” professors.
Every lesson in TWF has detailed, specific guidelines and necessary tools.
The instruction manuals provide:
- Step-by-step detailed lesson plans for you to easily follow
- Examples of possible correct answers.
- Example brainstorms, outlines, paragraphs, and formal essays.
- Daily Schedules: every lesson divided into daily instruction groups.
You also receive:
- Teacher Presentation (TP): Digital pages to use when presenting the lesson. Some answers are on the pages and all answers are in the Teacher Instruction Manuals.
- Student Worksheets (WS): 1 set is provided with each level of instruction. These guide students both during the lesson and their independent work. Checklists are included for students to use to edit their work.
Students progress rapidly when they are working at the right level. Jumping ahead does not help students to progress faster. It only makes the teacher's work load harder and frustrates students.
- Teacher’s work load is determined by placing students on the right level.
- Students understand and retain more when working where learning comes easily for them.
- Students gain independence as good writing habits are solidified.
Try the free sample lessons to help determine which level is right for your students.
Need more help determining which level is right for your student? Free Assessment Tests
The Write Foundation develops confident skillful independent writers.
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