Customer Reviews

Writing Fabulous Sentences & Paragraphs

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I'm not a huge fan of workbooks, but in small doses, they can be effective. Writing Fabulous Sentences and Paragraphs is a good example of a helpful workbook. The exercises are brief and provide lots of opportunity for open ended response. My ten year old enjoys using this workbook, too.

I think it leans more toward the fourth/fifth grade level. It is a tad too simplistic for a sixth grader, unless you used it as a base to extend from. Even with my fifth grader, I don't consider the workbook ENOUGH writing instruction. But it gives some good writing topics and frameworks for organizing your thoughts (prewriting). Used as part of a larger language art curriculum, this book is a good resource.

This book breaks down the components of good sentence structure, writing complex sentences, and writing interesting sentences and paragraphs in a way that is easy to follow and understand. I'm using it for homeschooling, but it is also an excellent tool for enhancing what your child has already learned in school.

I rate it a 4 because the excercises aren't enough to keep practicing over and over again. I give a lesson to my son, and then go to printable sheets for him to keep practicing the new learned skill. Overall I love the book, it is very good!

This series is excellent for really nailing down the skills necessary to build great writing. I chose this book to help my son expand his writing skills; he is thriving. Even better, I get to enjoy that moment when "the lights go on" as he really understands a concept or skill. There have been a lot of those with this book. All that said, it's not easy, though the concepts are kept simple as they're built. Still, I highly recommend this book and the series.