{"id":5337,"date":"2018-01-05T10:03:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T15:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=5337"},"modified":"2018-01-30T11:13:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T16:13:23","slug":"writing-boxes-beauty-the-beast-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/writing-boxes-beauty-the-beast-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Boxes: Beauty &#038; the Beast [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Writing Boxes: Beauty &amp; the Beast\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/writing-boxes-beauty-the-beast-video\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Writing Boxes: Beauty &amp; the Beast\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/703\/32557978242_159280cc7a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Writing Boxes: Beauty &amp; the Beast\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Writing ideas. Writing prompts. Writing suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>These are the things that cause children who do not know *how* to write to hate writing.<\/p>\n<p>And it is often what we do to kids in an effort to get the writing. But they do not work for these kinds of kids.<\/p>\n<p>So what works?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Very specific, detailed writing instruction! (See Cathy Duffy\u2019s review of MC <a href=\"https:\/\/cathyduffyreviews.com\/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula\/composition-and-grammar\/graded-language-arts-curricula\/meaningful-composition\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>One of the tools that we use in grades two through six or so is Joshua\u2019s amazing Writing Boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video of me teaching from our new ones that will be out in our Write On, Belle and Beast books at the end of February!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RVTGh5PcBR4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Books that contain Writing Boxes:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkstore.com\/product\/write-on-mowgli-level-i\/\" target=\"_blank\">Write On, Mowgli &#8212; Level I<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkstore.com\/product\/write-on-mowgli-level-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\">Write On, Mowgli &#8212; Level II<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkstore.com\/product\/the-jungle-book-writing-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jungle Book Writing Boxes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 32px; left: 119px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 32px; left: 119px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing ideas. Writing prompts. Writing suggestions. These are the things that cause children who do not know *how* to write to hate writing. And it is often what we do to kids in an effort to get the writing. But they do not work for these kinds of kids. So what works?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1264,640,1106,1272],"tags":[1302,264,1301],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.5.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Writing Boxes: Beauty &amp; the Beast [Video] - Character Ink<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/writing-boxes-beauty-the-beast-video\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Writing Boxes: Beauty &amp; the Beast [Video] - Character Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Writing ideas. 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