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.
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.
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.
ReplyDeleteOh, 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.
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