maryr in co
03-18-2008, 08:52 AM
I bought the Sentence Composing for Middle School and Sentence Composing for High School and have used them both. My son is in the tenth grade this year but I still started with the Middle School book because it seemed to lay a foundation for the author's method. The High School book picks up right where the Middle School book ends.
The books don't teach essay writing or structure of paragraphs. The purpose is to teach the student to write sentences with more variety by practicing imitating good writers. The result is a student who writes at a more mature level. I was going to use it last year for the 9th grade and read through it and thought it just seemed like a funky way to teach writing style. I picked it up again at the beginning of this year and thought I would give it a try. I can honestly say that it is the one and only writing book I have purchased that I would recommend to anyone (and everyone). You just have to get past the quirky nature of the book! For what it is worth, I give these books my highest curriculum rating.
As for the workbooks now sold with the books, I looked through them on Amazon and it seemed like it was just the books written out with space for the kids to write their sentences in the book. I would rather have my kids write out the sentences and keep them in the notebook so I stuck with the book and did not buy the workbook.
I hope that was helpful for you April,
Mary
The books don't teach essay writing or structure of paragraphs. The purpose is to teach the student to write sentences with more variety by practicing imitating good writers. The result is a student who writes at a more mature level. I was going to use it last year for the 9th grade and read through it and thought it just seemed like a funky way to teach writing style. I picked it up again at the beginning of this year and thought I would give it a try. I can honestly say that it is the one and only writing book I have purchased that I would recommend to anyone (and everyone). You just have to get past the quirky nature of the book! For what it is worth, I give these books my highest curriculum rating.
As for the workbooks now sold with the books, I looked through them on Amazon and it seemed like it was just the books written out with space for the kids to write their sentences in the book. I would rather have my kids write out the sentences and keep them in the notebook so I stuck with the book and did not buy the workbook.
I hope that was helpful for you April,
Mary