After Completing Writing With Skill...

[LauraBeth475]

How much more does a college bound student need to cover, composition wise?  My 13 year old and I are creeping through book 1, at best.

[Porridge]

 

http://downloads.peacehillpress.com/samples/pdf/WWEandWWSexplanation.pdf?utm_source=Catalog&utm_medium=Print&utm_content=Page%2B9&utm_campaign=2014%2BCatalog&page=10

SWB posted this chart to explain WWS and suggest some potential pathways. Does this help?

[Lori D.]

Once your student is solid at writing paragraphs and multi-paragraph essays and other types of writing, I would just do "writing across the curriculum". See this past post for ideas about how to go about that: "Writing Across the Curriculum - How Exactly?"

I've been teaching high school Lit. & Comp. classes at our homeschool co-op for some years now. Below is the list of types of writing I hope to help my students become competent in for being "college prep". There are way too many to do in a single year -- this is more of a list for homeschoolers to work through during all 4 years of high school. 😉 Hope that helps!

- speech & debate -- learning how to develop an opinion with an argument of support
- public speaking -- doing presentations of various types and lengths
- science lab write-ups
- descriptive paragraph/essay
- descriptive writing: ad, poster, brochure, etc.
- narrative writing: personal narrative essay
- expository: news article
- expository: definition paragraph/essay
- expository: process ("how to") paragraph/essay
- expository: informational essay with citations
- persuasive essay (argumentative/opinion, cause/effect, problem/solution, comparison)
- persuasive essay from a prompt (ex: old (pre-2016) SAT essay prompts)
- literary analysis (character analysis, discuss a theme/literary element, explain a key quotation, comparison)
- reader response papers (from a prompt or student's response to the literature)
- research paper with citations
- timed essays (for ACT or college class mid-terms)
- personal essays: for college admission or scholarship applications)
- paragraph responses about skills/abilities/leadership/extracurriculars in answer to scholarship questions
- real life writing: resume
- real life writing: letters of different types:
   cover letter (example: to go with a resume or application)
   formal thank you (ex: for scholarship or help in college advising)
   formal complaint letter (for future, when having to deal with issues of different types)
- business writing: reports, memos, blog article, meeting presentations, etc.