Michelle T Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 DS needs a lot more help in learning to write coherent paragraphs. He is 12. What writing programs out there are suitable for his age, but focus on more basic tasks like paragraph writing? MichelleT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Laurie Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 All of Writeshop I is writing paragraphs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 In the WP LA 5 Paragraph Writing Made Easy | LA5-04 | $12 Students will learn writing skills like planning, word choice, organization, paragraphs, and short essays. I actually purchased this at Currclick for my daughter because we of the TLP stuff at coop. Anyway, I really like it. I'm not using it as written. What I like is that it teaches outlining in its entirety. I'm a big picture person, meaning I don't do well with incremental steps. I guess this is my major beef with CW--too many steps. This little book helped me to see that it's okay to jump into outlining and teach it all at once. I understand the benefit of summarizing paragraphs by their main ideas. But, I know that for me, I can't see the main ideas unless I see what details are covered. Having the whole picture helps. This look book teaches key words, traditional outlining, and it even has suggested answers in the back. Most of the paragraphs that the students are outlining are report writing type paragraphs. Overall, it's very much like IEW in how it teaches structure. But it only addresses 1 paragrap at a time, different types, and no dress-ups and sentence openers. I'm using it now. I think it's perfect for 5th grade. How convoluted was this response? :D Kimberly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Put that in Writing - Level 1 is all about paragraphs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxxxxxx Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 starts with paragraphs and progresses to different types of essays We used it for my reluctant writer when she was 13. Worked great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 All of Writeshop I is writing paragraphs. :iagree: You can read my review in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura W. Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Another option - Time4Writing. They have several different courses for middle school aged children, and one covers paragraph writing. http://www.time4writing.com/ Blessings, Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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