Synopsis
*PLEASE NOTE - "LOOK INSIDE" FEATURE SHOWS PAGES OF FIRST EDITION, WHICH HAS BEEN REVISED AND EDITED TO A SECOND VERSION. Do your students struggle writing more one or two paragraphs for an essay? Are your students confused about the different types of essays and how to approach each? Do you have students who don't know basic essay terminology or structure? Do you dread the thought of grading your students essays, facing constant frustration and exhaustion? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then our Essay Architect Writing System is right for you! This Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Essay Architect Writing System is perfect for advanced upper elementary, on grade-level middle school, and struggling or low-level high school students who cannot write more than one or two paragraphs at a time. This program best helps those students who are able to write at least one paragraph in response to an essay prompt.*** ***For those students who struggle with sentence structure and basic writing skills, see the first book in this series, our Essay Apprentice Writing System Designed for use in grades 6-12, this 253-page Essay Architect Writing System will help you teach everything your students need to know about writing a great essay, from the essential structure and terminology of the essay, to in depth practice on the elements of the essay, to reviewing and peer-editing model and non-model essays, to learning the specifics of how to write and organize each type of essay, to polishing the essay in its final stages. Students have the opportunity to learn and practice every step of the process before actually writing an essay, and learn how to evaluate and assess other essays to recognize high-quality, well-written essays, as well as poorly-written, weak writing. Best of all, we have included in-depth study of each type of essay, including essay-specific organizers, prompts, notes, peer-editing checklists, and rubrics for Persuasive/Argumentative essays, Cause and Effect essays, Compare and Contrast Essays, Descriptive Essays, Informative/Explanatory Essays, Reflective/Personal Narrative Essays, Response to Literature Essays, and Research Papers. This Essay Architect Writing System includes: Teacher Notes, Tips, and Sample Agenda for Using Essay Architect Essay Writing Terminology with meanings (title, body paragraph, details, audience, purpose, flow, etc.) Essay Writing Terminology Blanks (for students to complete with guidance) Quiz: Essay Terminology and Structure (21 matching terms, plus complete the graphic organizer with the parts of the structure) Types of Essays Handout Reading an Essay Prompt Handout and Activity Defined list of 40 Essay Prompt Keywords (classify, demonstrate, detail, enumerate, narrate, relate, etc.) Brainstorming Your Topic Handout Mind Map Brainstorm graphic organizer Spider Diagram Brainstorm graphic organizer E Chart Brainstorm graphic organizer Big Six Questions graphic organizer Three different General Pre-Writing Essay Planner graphic organizers General Essay Style Guide Student Checklist Writing Effective Titles Writing Grabbers Writing Focus Statements Recognizing Thesis Statements Types of Thesis Statements Writing Better Thesis Statements Writing Topic Sentences Writing Powerful Challenges Using Appropriate Tone in Writing Writing With Purpose Scrambled Essay Activity Handouts, worksheets, graphic organizers, notes and more on every type of essay! And MUCH MORE!
About the Author
Essay Architect is written by author Kristen Bowers, known best for her Literature Guides for Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, and many more, also published by Secondary Solutions. A high school teacher herself, Bowers has now tackled teaching the skill of writing with her Essay Architect writing system. As Bowers taught her students to write essays, she used many different systems--none of which were successful with her students. These methods were either far too complicated and contrived, or were far too juvenile and easy, which insulted her high school students. Out of necessity, Bowers created the Essay Architect and its prequel Essay Apprentice writing system, and has seen so much improvement from her own students, she decided to have it published to share with other teachers who are frustrated with the other writing systems that have been available. Essay Architect does what teachers have been looking for--allows students to prepare, practice, perform, and polish their essays to perfection!
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