AnnaG Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 My 13-year-old will be applying to various high school programs next year, and the entrance exams all involve essays. We've been using WWE and WWS all along, but I think he needs some practice with the traditional essay form (e.g., "Write an essay for a classroom instructor in which you take a position on whether participation in organized school athletics should be required. Be sure to defend your position with logical arguments and appropriate examples..." etc.) Are there any easy-to-use resources out there that people can recommend for practicing this kind of composition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Lively Art of Writing by Lucille Vaughan Payne would be a great, inexpensive resource for this purpose. It is under $7 on Amazon and somewhere on the WTM board someone has written a workbook to accompany it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Besides Lively Art of Writing, two recent things I've picked up look good: http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Extraordinary-Essays-Strategies-Succeeding/dp/0545058988/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392306139&sr=1-1&keywords=writing+extraordinary+essays http://www.amazon.com/Homework-Helpers-Essays-Papers-Career/dp/1601631405/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392306168&sr=1-1&keywords=homework+helpers+essays+and+term+papers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildiris Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Thinking in Threes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Extraordinary-Essays-Strategies-Succeeding/dp/0545058988/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392306139&sr=1-1&keywords=writing+extraordinary+essays Thinking in Threes Okay, I caved and bought these two books. Thank goodness for tax refunds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TianXiaXueXiao Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Lively Art of Writing by Lucille Vaughan Payne would be a great, inexpensive resource for this purpose. It is under $7 on Amazon and somewhere on the WTM board someone has written a workbook to accompany it. I think this is the link to the workbooks for LAW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I got Extraordinary Essays and Thinking in Threes a couple of days ago. My ds has started working through Thinking in Threes, and it is fantastic! I really like the approach, and he enjoys the work so far. Haven't had a chance to look through the other one yet, not really anyhow, but what little I glanced at does look quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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