Essentials in Writing: Grade 11 Pre-printed Student Book (Without Online Video Access)
The Essentials in Writing: Grade 11 Pre-printed Student Book is consumable, and should be used in combination with Matthew Stephen’s Grade 11 video course. If you don’t have access to the video course, you should instead purchase the book + video course bundle here.
Overview of Grade 11 Topics:
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
- Dependent and independent clause
- Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
- Addressing sentence errors (fragment, run on, and comma splice)
- Appositives
FORMAL PARAGRAPH
- Structure
- Expository
- Persuasive
- Compare/contrast
- Descriptive
- Cause/effect
- Narrative paragraphs
THE WRITING PROCESS
- In depth study of each part of the writing process
- Practice the writing process with multi-paragraph compositions
ESSAYS (formal and informal)
- Detailed instruction and step by step process for expository
- Persuasive
- Process analysis
- Cause and effect
- Compare/contrast
- Response to literature essays
- 60-minute essay (college prep)
RESEARCH PAPER (project)
- Detailed instruction and step by step process to conduct a research project and write a research paper
There is a DVD or online component for most lesson days, with the video lasting 7-15 minutes. Matthew Stephens enthusiastically teaches these video lessons with the aid of a whiteboard, clearly sharing the writing process step-by-step as he teaches the lesson.
The Student Text includes…
- A summary of notes from the lesson
- Samples of effective writing
- Samples of ineffective writing
- Clear rubrics to aid the parent in grading the student’s work.
Lessons are broken down into incremental steps, keeping the writing process from becoming intimidating.
You can see the first 33 pages here.
You can also watch a sample lesson video here.
