5LittleMonkeys Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Just curious to see if anyone has already scheduled this out. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinL in Canada Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Just curious to see if anyone has already scheduled this out. Thanks! No--but am reading through it now. I love her writing style and examples, but find the assignment topics very dated (1960s). The explanations are great, though, and I will be using this in conjunction with Elegant Essay to teach my gr 8 son essay writing next year. Another book I've used previously alongside EE is The Pen Commandments--fun reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearnpurple Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I am bumping this up because I would like to know this also.....9th grade ds will be using...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 (edited) Someone here started a workbook to go along with the book. You might do a search, I can't remember how long ago it was. Edited March 7, 2012 by elegantlion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I love her writing style and examples, but find the assignment topics very dated (1960s). My daughter became very tired of drag racing the year we used the LAoW! Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Someone here started a workbook to go along with the book. You might do a search, I can't remember how long ago it was. Oh, a workbook would be wonderful! I'll try some other searches. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 (edited) There aren't answers to the assignments.... But dd18 is just reading it like a book, and picking a few writing asssignments to do. She really likes the book and says it has helped improve her writing (and thinking) skills. We also have done a few chapters of Windows to the World. The annotating chapter and allusion chapter were great. Dd is graduating, so I'm not sure we will finish this, but what we have done has also been beneficial. Still Waters is the person who did the workbook, do a Lively Art of Writing search on this forum, it will come up (sorry I don't know how to link.) Edited March 7, 2012 by Susan C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommyThrice Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Here's a very old schedule I used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Still Waters is the person who did the workbook, do a Lively Art of Writing search on this forum, it will come up (sorry I don't know how to link.) Here it is!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Here's a very old schedule I used. I was going to suggest doing about a chapter a week, nice to see someone else thinks like me!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) I taught this to my writing class for the first semester of this year. We did about a chapter a week. Here's the schedule: Wk Topic Chapters 1 The essay, expository writing Ch. 1 2 Thesis Ch. 2,3 3 Writing process, revision 4 Parts of an essay Ch. 4,6 5 The big mistakes, persuasive writing Ch. 5 6 Transitions Ch. 7 7 Voice and tense, academic response Ch. 8 8 Fist steps in style Ch. 9 9 Parallel construction, literary analysis Ch. 10 10 A way with words Ch. 11 11 Many little mistakes Ch. 12 12 Review Here are the assignments to go with those weeks: Week 3 to 5: expository essay Week 6 to 7: persusasive essay Week 8 to 9: academic response paper Week 10 to 11: literary analysis Week 12: assigned "bad essay" (in book) and another academic response (to a Christmas story or poem) to work on over break I pulled in a lot of internet resources as well as corresponding chapters in Elements of Style, which some had used before and some hadn't. They read the chapter before class, and we discussed the exercises in class, as well as some material I created for discussion. I didn't make them write anything out, because that seemed like busy work. Instead, I looked for evidence in their actual writing and edited with an eye to the content we had covered. Edited March 8, 2012 by angela in ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommyThrice Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Here are the assignments to go with those weeks: Week 3 to 5: expository essay Week 6 to 7: persusasive essay Week 8 to 9: academic response paper Week 10 to 11: literary analysis Week 12: assigned "bad essay" (in book) and another academic response (to a Christmas story or poem) to work on over break I thought the whole book was about writing persuasive essays. And, what's an academic response paper? :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Write at Home has an on-line course and schedule available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 Oh, thank you so much everyone! If you don't mind another question...I was considering checking out Elegant Essay, would this be above (do after LAoW), below (do before LAoW) or redundant (don't bother with it at all) to the instruction in LAoW? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I thought the whole book was about writing persuasive essays. And, what's an academic response paper? :001_huh: No. Chapters 1-4 and 6-7 are about writing an essay, not necessarily persuasive, though some of the examples are persuasive topics. Chapters 5 and 8-12 are about more general stylistic concerns. Chapter 13 is about some miscellaneous types of writing (including the "bad essay" I assign.) Chapter 14 is actually about term papers, but I used other materials for that. An academic response is a type of writing often done in college classes. You study an assigned reading and then you respond to the technique of the author, content, or both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evergreen State Sue Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) My ds is taking an essay class at a co-op and using Lively Art of Writing as the text. They are going through the book about one chapter every 2 weeks. In addition they are writing about 7 essays to practice what they are learning along the way. I used the first half of the workbook that the gal on here put together for her son. I PM'd or emailed her to ask for the second half of the workbook, but she never responded back to me. It was helpful just to have a place for my ds to write down answers to the questions. Edited March 8, 2012 by Evergreen State Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinL in Canada Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Oh, thank you so much everyone! If you don't mind another question...I was considering checking out Elegant Essay, would this be above (do after LAoW), below (do before LAoW) or redundant (don't bother with it at all) to the instruction in LAoW? Thanks. The Elegant Essay offers more of a step-by-step approach to all the parts of an essay--thesis statement, topic sentence for body paragraph, body paragraph, intro and conclusion, how to include quotations. It does not focus on style. LAoW is much more engaging to read than EE (oh, so very much more!) and does include instruction on style, but moves more rapidly through the structural aspects of essay writing. I've used EE along with The Pen Commandments and my own worksheets to teach essay writing classes, but although I had LAoW on my shelf, I didn't actually read it till recently (much to my regret). Next year I'll be taking my gr 8 son through essay writing and plan to combine all 3 books--EE for the basics of step-by-step practice in beginning essay writing; LAoW for its engaging tone, excellent explanations, and review of style; and PC for fun:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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