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Four Square: The Personal Writing Coach for Grades 7-9:

Four Square: The Personal Writing Coach for Grades 7-9: preview
Four Square: The Personal Writing Coach for Grades 7-9: preview

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Cover of Four Square: The Personal Writing Coach for Grades 7–9, a workbook with 13 themed writing units
Front cover of the 13-unit writing workbook
Writing workbook title page names authors Judith S. Gould and Mary F. Burke and illustrator Ron Wheeler
Title page with authors and publisher
Table of contents lists 13 writing units, from When I Was Little to Personal Style, with starting pages
Contents for the workbook's 13 themed units
Teacher and parent introduction explains the units' progression from drawing and word lists to organized writing
Teacher and parent guide to the writing process
Student introduction explains how to use the writing coach, choose theme order, and keep drafts or polish them
Student introduction to using the workbook
Completed Four Square organizer models an essay about Aunt Sally's hardships, personality, and cleverness
Completed organizer for the model essay
Model essay develops the preceding organizer's notes into paragraphs about admiration for Aunt Sally
Model essay developed from the completed organizer
Blank Four Square planning organizer gives students a place to organize ideas before composing their writing
Blank organizer following the worked example
Section 1 opener, When I Was Little, asks students to recall vivid childhood memories and write about them
Opening prompt for Unit 1: When I Was Little
Attributes
Subject

ELA, Writing

Grades

Grade 7, 8, 9

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Four Square: The Personal Writing Coach for Grades 7-9

A stimulating teaching resource for educators and homeschoolers, that navigates young students through the rewarding process of writing. This book, aimed at students in grades 7 to 9, combines art, word association, question-based learning, and more to help develop a versatile writing skill set.

Key Features:

  • Thirteen theme-based units: Specifically designed to engage interest and improve the abilities of middle school writers.
  • Creative method: Each unit starts with pre-writing activities through art – stimulating visual creativity – before moving onto word association exercises which enhance vocabulary skills.
  • Critical thinking stimulation:The use of questioning encourages critical thinking; Poetry planning hones structural skills while prose composition provides practical application.

Incorporated Topics For Young Learners:

This book includes adventurous topics that are directly relatable to young learners. These topics include self-reflection, family ties, friendships and favorite hobbies. This makes the learning process enjoyable instead of boring or daunting.

Versatile Teaching Options :

The exercises in this resource can be done as part of whole group discussions initiating lively interactive sessions. It could also be used within small study groups promoting peer support learning environments or even assigned as homework assignments boosting independent thought processes.

Digital Flexibility :

Fulfilling language arts objectives with an emphasis on building writing skills – Four Square: The Personal Writing Coach for Grade 7-9 is available as a PDF file-Type; thus offering you convenient access whenever needed including the ability to project materials during class discussions or print handouts ensuring flexible approaches to instruction.

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