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Frustrated with your current high school writing curriculum? Have your students almost given up on writing? Do they reach for the tissue box when you say, “Write an essay”? Do you worry they won’t be ready for high school or college writing? Do they say they think of things to write but can’t write them down?

With The Power in Your Hands: Writing Nonfiction in High School, 2nd Edition, your teens learn writing in a relaxed atmosphere with some humor thrown in. They’ll conquer what they need to know for high school and will be prepared for college writing.

First, they’ll learn to write persuasively, learning persuasive strategies they will have to identify and write about in the new SAT essay. Later, they’ll navigate a comparison-and-contrast essay, a biography, a literary analysis, a research paper with MLA documentation, and much, much more. In addition, students will master description and narration essays.

Written by the same author who wrote Jump In, Apologia’s popular middle school writing curriculum featured in Cathy Duffy’s 102 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum, this course is the natural next step for those who value college-preparatory material presented in incremental steps with a conversational tone.

With over 100 daily lessons and complete instructions for 21 essays and reports, this is an engaging course students will enjoy–or not dread. And, more good news: the course is self-guided.  It almost teaches itself. Really. Perfect for your reluctant or skilled writer!