Description

The perfect precursor to the best-selling Essay Architect, this Essay Apprentice Writing Program helps students who are unable to write a five-paragraph essay or need a lot of extra help with the essentials of good writing. 179 pages help students by building the basic foundations of writing through simple, yet practical activities, students learn the step-by-step process of creating writing they can be proud of.

Help students build autonomy and confidence through simple, practical, creative writing activities and exercises.

Help struggling or anxious writers through the basics parts of an essay by working step-by-step on each part of the writing process.

This unique, research-based, yet practical Essay Apprentice Writing Program includes:

Creative Writing Exercises to focus on purposes and types of writing, including:
Writing to Entertain: Cartoon Strip
Writing to Entertain: Horoscope
Writing to Entertain: Poetry
Writing to Inform: Recipe of Me
Writing to Inform: Quick Messages/Notes
Writing to Persuade: Personal Advertisement
and more!

Sentence Construction Activities focused on writing clean, succinct sentences that make sense:
Sentence Structure
Fragments
Main and Subordinate Clauses
Simple and Compound Sentences
Punctuating Sentences
Expanding Sentences
Sentence Variety
Sentence Combining
Using Modifiers
and more!

Paragraph Construction Activities to help students develop focused and coherent paragraphs:
Paragraph Structure and Formatting
Developing Paragraph Details
Types of Writing
Writing Thesis Statements
Writing Introductions
Writing Conclusions and more!

Preparing for Formal Writing through whole-class and small group Activities:
Structure of the Essay
Evaluating Essays
Verbal Discussion of Ideas
Organizing Ideas
Writing Group Essays

Evaluating Model and Non-Model Essays with:
What Should an Essay Look Like?
Peer-Editing and Evaluation Activities
Sample Model and Non-Model Essays
and more!

Preparing for Individual Writing with:
Verbal Discussion of Ideas
Writing Thesis Statements
Individual Organization of Thoughts
Pre-Writing Process
Writing Individual Essays

Resources, Tips, and Hints, including:
Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus
Reading an Essay Prompt
Essay Templates
Show, Don’t Tell
Using Idioms
Precise Word Choice
Vivid Verbs
Misspelled and Confusing Words
and more!

Plus 15 Essays for Evaluation!