I got this for my daughter; we homeschool during the summer and she wanted to get ahead with her writing skills. She just finished 6th grade and we realized that most of this book was review. Some of the text examples seemed to be at a 5th grade reading level, which was disappointing for an 8th grade book, especially from Spectrum.
Despite this, I found the depth of instruction to be surprisingly good. For example, in the creative writing chapter, the book discusses how to work details of a setting into the storyline without simply stating time and place. It also develops a young creative writer's style in terms of description, character development, and even dialogue. The other chapters go into similar depth with their subjects.
It has solid instruction and practice activities, but they may not hold the attention of an 8th grader, and a student who already has a talent for writing will likely be bored. We've supplemented the lessons using real-life examples rather than those in the workbook.
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