Writing with Sharon Watson-Easy-to-use Homeschool Writing and Literature Curriculum

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Unlocking the Secrets of Writing and Literature

Practical, easy-to-use writing and literature courses for homeschools, Christian schools, and co-ops by Sharon Watson

Intro to Writing, Part 4: Paragraphs

Intro to Writing, Part 4: Paragraphs

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Can a chart rescue poorly written paragraphs?

Do your students have trouble coming up with ideas to put in their paragraphs? Are their paragraphs only one or two sentences long?

Are they a jumbled mess of ideas?

A paragraph is all about one idea. In it, your student will teach something about that idea, explain it, or prove why it is the right one.

In Intro to Writing, Part 4, you’ll find a practical chart to help your student formulate ideas and put them into a credible paragraph.

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Intro to Writing, Part 3: Outlines

Intro to Writing, Part 3: Outlines

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Outlines.

Did I lose you already?

The idea of outlines and actually creating them can be confusing and frustrating to our students.

But what if we could make organizing material a little easier for them? 

Intro to Writing, Part 3, shows students some fun and unusual ways to create outlines (organize their material). It uses ideas your students are already very familiar with: restaurant categories and the way grocery stores are organized.

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Download Your Free Sample of Teach Your Students How to Take Notes

Download Your Free Sample of Teach Your Students How to Take Notes

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Are you worried that your students won’t be able to take notes in classes? Would you like to sharpen their listening skills?

Teach Your Students How to Take Notes, our most popular eBook, provides you with easy-to-use lessons for seven weeks, incrementally teaching your students how to take notes from auditory sources. Students will also learn to recognize important concepts and draw conclusions from oral and written sources.

Includes ALL the paragraphs, essays, and colorful note-taking pages you need.

Bonuses:

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