clane Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Does anyone have any experience with EPS "The Paragraph Book" series? We are going to use Oak Meadow 5 for DS next year and I know DS will need additional writing help. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iammommy Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 And, we're most likely doing OM 5 next year! The entire first Paragarph book is about writing a "how to" paragraph and essay. ( ie. How to open a jar) It gives a formula...something like First..Next..Then...Finally. It also does quite a bit with editing marks. We used it for a few months, then ds (and I) became tired of writing the same kind of paragraphs over and over. Little by little, the child is taught to add more details until the paragraph becomes longer. I'm still toying around with the idea of using the next book in the series with OM 5 next year. The 2nd book in the series teaches writing an narrative essay, again starting out with the First...Next...Then...Finally formula. I think they're very well done. Hope this helps! Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacalm Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I had the Paragraph Book 1 and I meant to use it with my kids several years ago but never got started. Book 1 starts with the first, second, next, last formula (don't quote me on this but this is what I remembered). It is a step by step writing instructions and also have rubric to follow, both for the student and the teacher. If I didn't find home2teach.com and IEW, I may have tried this curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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