The Student Workbook encourages independent composition, while the Instructor Text contains easy-to-use supporting information for the teacher, rubrics for grading, sample compositions, and dialogue to use while teaching. Together, the Student Workbook and Instructor Text provide a full year of middle-grade writing instruction, preparing students to enter high-level rhetoric.Skills Taught:One- and two-level outliningWriting chronological narratives, biographical sketches, descriptions, and sequences across the curriculumConstructing basic literary essays on fiction and poetryResearching and documenting source materialFirst volume of four that will prepare students for high-level rhetoric and compositionFeatures of the program:Writing assignments are modeled on examples from great literature and classic nonfictionAll source material for assignments is provided--no other books are neededThis Student Workbook encourages independence by directing all assignments to the studentInstructor Text (sold separately) provides scripted dialogue to use when the student has difficulty, plus detailed guidance on how to evaluate the student's workSecond volume of four that will prepare students for high-level rhetoric and composition