Writing and Rhetoric Book 4: Chreia & Proverb – Student’s Edition
Writing and Rhetoric Book 4: Chreia & Proverb – Student’s Edition, the fourth book of the Writing & Rhetoric series, shifts gears from the style of the previous three levels. In this book, students continue to read about historical figures. However, they will use them as background information for writing six-paragraph essays.
Objectives for this level include the following:
- Exposing students to proverbs, pithy sayings and life stories particularly from the Middle Ages
- Developing students’ appreciation for the usefulness of concise sayings and actions and how these ideas impact their lives
- Introduce students to the expository essay using a six-step outline
- Giving students the opportunity to imitate and reshape proverbs and sayings
- Introducing the idea of paraphrase as well as comparing/contrasting
- Increasing understanding of the flexibility of copiousness of language through sentence manipulation.
- And more!
A Closer Look at the Lessons
Lessons start with the fable. Next, the student shares a narration of the story in the “Tell in Back” portion of the lesson. The “Talk about It” section provides students with questions that require personal application and critical thinking. “Go Deeper” questions are multiple-choice questions that cover writing concepts and vocabulary in the piece. Finally, “Writing Time” exercises integrate copywork, dictation, “sentence play,” rewriting exercises, and other assignments.
An Overview of Writing & Rhetoric
Writing certainly needs to be taught just like any other subject. Letting students be “free” to write without a model is often letting them jump in the deep end without learning to swim first!
Writing & Rhetoric assumes students learn best by reading excellent literature and improving their writing skills by imitating those writers. Students who complete the entire program will read and learn to write narrative, expository, descriptive, and persuasive essays while developing a unique style.
Each exercise teaches a skill students can employ across all subjects. Skills move from simple to complex. Additionally, the cumulative nature of each chapter reviews skills from earlier in the book. This helps students build a solid foundation of writing skills.
- Classical Academic Press includes four important attributes. Each product is classical, creative, relevant, and easy to use. We publish classical books and media. We seek to acquaint students with the best that has been thought and said.
- Additionally, we design and present our products with creativity and zest, from beautiful illustrations to engaging storytelling, ensuring that the classical subjects being taught are anything but boring.
