Language Arts

The Institute for Excellence in Writing's Teaching Writing: Structure and Style course is the foundation for the IEW method. This single workbook is perfect for teachers who are taking the full course and don't need to purchase the DVDs. Please note that...

In this creative writing curriculum for middle schoolers (roughly 6th- to 9th-grade), young writers of fiction and poetry learn vital skills such as point of view, characterization, plotting, dialogue, and description. Simple but innovative exercises...

The Creative Writer, Level Two guides middle- and high-school students through an innovative, compelling series of exercises, each one designed to build your skill in the essential ingredients of fiction and poetry. Then, author Boris Fishman sets you...

Grades 9 - 12 The Elegant Essay Writing Lessons walks students through the entire essay-building process from captivating introductions to compelling descriptions; students will learn to bring their words and their arguments to life. Focusing on both the...

Grades 9 - 12 The Elegant Essay walks students through the entire essay-building process. The student book includes instruction, practice exercises, modeling, and grade sheets. The separate teacher’s manual provides a sample schedule, grading...

The only style manual ever to appear on the best-seller lists offers practical, fundamental advice on improving writing skills, promoting a style marked by simplicity, orderliness and sincerity.

This book is an excellent foundation for developing creative writing skills. Topics covered include the tools needed for writing, review of sentence structures, poetry styles and techniques, writing dialogue, outlining a story, writing powerful...

A complete reference tool for young writers, aspiring rhetoricians, and anyone else who needs to understand how English works. The Grammar Guidebook was called The Comprehensive Handbook of Rules in its first edition; this second edition is the same book...

Grades 7 - 12 The Lost Tools of Writing, Level One: Complete Set includes the following items: A Teacher's Guide full of over 200 pages of Lesson Guides to aid in lesson planning, classroom instruction, and grading A Student's Workbook with a complete...

Grades 7 - 12, 2nd Edition The student workbook provides worksheets for the lesson exercises, address templates, and Appendices (Tools of Invention, Tools of Arrangement, Tools of Elocution, Arrangement Templates, Sample Addresses, and Glossary)...

Grades 7 - 12, 2nd Edition The teacher guide for The Lost Tools of Writing, Level 2 is a very necessary component. It provides a thorough explanation and introduction to classical writing (particularly the Judicial Address) and to the way it is...

Grades 9 - 12 Welcome to The Lost Tools of Writing: Comparison Essay. This semester-long course enables students to practice basic thinking skills through a new form of essay. Through Comparison Essay, students will build on the foundations...