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Monday, September 26, 2011

What to do about writing.

I had a lot of ideas for things to get my daughter to practice writing at the beginning of the year and she's been writing them each day since we started around August 8 and now I'm out of ideas. I have looked extensively on line for free resources and I'm not finding anything so now I've started looking at buying some kind of textbook or workbook for her. I have a book for writing research projects, but she doesn't seem to be ready for it. She needs to write some shorter things first and work her way up to writing a research project in the spring. Does anyone have anything they recommend? I think this looks interesting, but I hate to buy books on line when a quick glance inside the book will tell me what I need to know. You really can't judge a book by it's cover. If anyone has any ideas for teaching basic essay writing, editing and grammar without overwhelming the reluctant writer, I'd be glad to hear them.

2 comments:

Free Spirit Beth said...: WHen I met my spouse he was a horrible writer. He did not have the basics to create a research paper. When I was in college they had a book that turned on my lights and it was a 3 step writing process. I sought it years later to help Rog and found a lot of free info online to help him.; 10:52 AM
Amy said...: Oh, I will be so excited to see what you come up with! A's college level English class is giving her fits & I know I need to work more with the others to get them better prepared.; 1:29 PM

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