Essentials in Writing Level 1 Second Edition
EIW Level 1 features a slow, systematic approach to introducing writing skills. This homeschool writing program is for elementary students and is a steppingstone to help your student develop the necessary tools to write clearly and confidently. We use a step-by-step approach with small, daily assignments so that the student doesn’t feel overwhelmed.
Lesson-by-lesson video instruction for students Student Workbook and Teacher Handbook will be shipped whether Streaming or DVD is selectedWriting sentences, identify parts of speech, apply parts of speech, writing lists, paragraphs, personal letter, personal narrative, and imaginative narrative.
Unit One: Grammar
Identify and apply activities for writing sentences:
- Letter, word, and sentence formation
- Spacing, capitalization, and punctuation of sentences
– period, question mark, and exclamation mark - Introduction to complete sentences
– subjects and predicates - Types of sentences
– declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative
Identify and apply activities for parts of speech
- Common nouns
- Proper nouns
- Singular and plural nouns
- Adjectives
- Action verbs
Tools for Effective Communication: Apply Parts of Speech
- Adjectives in action
Unit Two: Composition
Introduction to Writing:
- Lists
- Paragraphs
- Personal Letters
- Personal Narratives
- Imaginative Narratives
Additional Composition Skills:
- Parts of a paragraph
- Staying on topic
- Parts of a personal letter
- Writing the date
- Chronological order
- Parts of a personal and an imaginative narrative
Sample Lesson Video – Level 1
Level 1 – Sample PDFs
(Additional Workbook compatible only with second edition Essentials in Writing video instruction)
Additional Student Level 1 Second Edition Workbook
This is only a Student Workbook for an ADDITIONAL student using the same level of video instruction. Please note that this Workbook in not functional without the related video instruction.
(Assessment/Resource Booklet is compatible only with second edition Essentials in Writing curriculum)
Assessment/Resource Booklet
- Assessments
10 grammar assessments, 4 composition assessments, and 2 comprehensive unit tests - Resources
A personal spelling dictionary with common hard-to-spell words and space to add more words, and multiple graphic organizers.
Essentials in Writing comes with your choice of ONLINE streaming or DVD video instruction
- ONLINE STREAMING
12 month access to ONLINE lesson-by-lesson video instruction (If you choose this option, DVDs will not be shipped) - DVD
DVDs are shipped alongside the Textbook/Workbook (If you choose this option, you will not have online video access) - Instruction manual/student workbook will be shipped whether Streaming or DVD is selected.
Not sure which level is right for your student? Use the level wizard.
Not sure which level is right for your student? Use the level wizard.
