Description

This course is designed to teach advanced writing skills to students while also learning about U.S. history. It is recommended for teachers who have completed the Institute for Excellence in Writing’s Teaching Writing: Structure and Style seminar and students who have at least one year of experience with the IEW model of writing. The course covers topics such as thesis statements, MLA format, persuasive essays, research papers, and more.

The teacher’s manual provides a scope and sequence, lesson planning help, vocabulary quizzes, and answer keys. The student book includes assignments, instructions, engaging source texts, blank outlines, checklists, sample compositions, and clever vocabulary cards. Lessons are written directly to the student and include easy-to-follow assignments plus in-book exercises. Suggested activities are included for Janice Campbell’s Excellence in Literature: American Literature 3rd Edition; these are optional.

This kit includes:

• Advanced US History-Based Writing Lessons in Structure and Style Student Book (308 pages spiral-bound softcover plus cardstock vocabulary cards to cut-out; reproducible for in-family use)
• Advanced US History-Based Writing Lessons in Structure and Style Teacher’s Manual (317 pages softcover spiral-bound)
• Access to free downloads of the Student Resource Notebook & Advanced US History Writing Lessons Reproducible Checklists (31 pages e-book).