Directed writing. Every step laid out for students and teachers. Complete and thorough editing checklist in which grammar skills are actually applied to writing (with clear check boxes and assignments). Essays. Reports. Stories. Twice Told Tales. Dialogues. Description. Persuasion.
Just a few phrases that describe the Meaningful Composition series. And I’m more excited about this series than ever!
Here’s why:
Welcome to 2016! And welcome to our newly-revised Meaningful Composition books! Yep, in the next couple of weeks all of our MC books from 5 I through 11 I (two semesters of each book) will be available for purchase. (Our old versions {still awesome books!} of 4 I, 4 II, and 12 II continue to be available as well.)
In honor of the release of many new books—and the other books’ revisions and new titles/contents—Character Ink Press is having a January sale! All MC books (4 I through 11 I) will be on sale from $35 down to $25 (through Character Ink Press only; other vendors will have their regular prices). Yep! Ten dollars off each book during our unveiling month!
Besides the aforementioned “writing idea” problem we sometimes create when we do not direct our students in their writing, another difficulty is that of not equipping the student with the skills necessary in order to write what we are asking him to write. It is so difficult for a student to complete a project if he has not been given/taught the skills that are needed in order to write that project well.
(*and Character Quality Language Arts!)
In my Directed Writing Approach, every detail of every project is laid out for your student. None of my writing projects are “writing ideas” or “writing prompts.” Every writing assignment contains step-by-step instructions with much hand-holding along the way. The student is “directed” in how to write and what to write at all times—from brainstorming to research to outlining to rough draft and finally to revising.
If you have been considering using our new Meaningful Composition books, you are in luck! Since we will have so many new titles—and most of the old ones are revised—we have decided to offer a MC sale for back-to-school this year! Three years of re-writing, writing new, developing new techniques, and testing books with a hundred students each week—and now we are ready!
