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Writing Strands, Level 3 Paperback – March 1, 2007

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This book is for students who have finished Writing Strands 2 or new students who are 8-12 years old. Also, any older students who struggle with fundamental skills, such as structuring paragraphs, should review Writing Strands 3. Assignments are directed to the student. The book takes one full school year to complete and focuses on foundational skills such as organization, description, and paragraphing.

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Dave Marks, the founder of National Writing Institute and the author of the Writing Strands and Reading Strands series of books, graduated from Western Michigan University. He then received a Masters of Arts degree from Central Michigan University and did 45 more hours of graduate work in English at Eastern Michigan University and Michigan State University. Dave retired after 30 years of teaching writing in college, high school, junior high and grade school.

When their son was in the fourth grade, Dave and his wife Lea realized that he was not being given the training they felt he needed and elected to homeschool him in language arts. To prepare him for college writing, they designed a series of lessons, which he completed by the age of twelve. That summer, they enrolled him in freshman English at Lake Michigan College, where he received his first A in college work. He is now a poet and university professor.

Dave and Lea later turned these lessons into the Writing Strands series of books. While Dave never maintained that the series could create poets for other homeschooling parents, he felt that if children worked successfully through the Writing Strands series of books, they would have the skills needed for the challenge of any writing assignment in their undergraduate college work.

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Grade Level : 3 - 8
Item Weight : 9.4 ounces
Paperback : 97 pages
ISBN-10 : 1888344105
ISBN-13 : 978-1888344103
Product Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.19 x 11 inches
Publisher : National Writing Institute; 10th (Tenth) Edition (March 1, 2007)
Reading level : 8 - 13 years
Language: : English

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4 kidzzzz in the house

In my opinion it overly emphasizes using long, flowery ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2017

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In my opinion it overly emphasizes using long, flowery sentences. Which makes for impressive results in some ways but it's pushing a writing style rather than building basic skills and allowing children to develop their own. Not only that but the instructions are not abundantly clear. It took too much work to decipher what the author was intending or what the lesson was supposed to be teaching.

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Jamie Catheryn

Practice, and some basics otherwise missed

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2015

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It's a good break for my 4th grader who was getting sick of the rigors of Winning with Writing. He drew a blank when asked to think of things himself last year. He is getting practice in. I'm not sure it's that educational compared to others, and I have to translate the lesson to more technical terms and tell him the parts of speech it is talking about. Writing Strands is good for guiding them on making complex sentences. It shows them repeatedly how to compose a core sentence and add more information to it. I think in the long run it will help.

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Even my 7 year old son found this book boring. I recommend the "All you need to teach" ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2017

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I bought this book for my 10 year old home schooled daughter. This book is not challenging at all and is way below core standards.Even my 7 year old son found this book boring.

I recommend the "All you need to teach" series by Macmillan Teacher Resources

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John R.

Just Okay

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2020

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With so much really good material out there, I would recommend doing more research and purchasing something else.

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B. Ulbricht

Less pain in learning to write

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2012

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The Writing Stands course has been less painful for me than my son. The first few lessons were on following directions. This proved much more difficult for him than the actual writing assignments. The lessons placed the responsibility for their accurate completion on his squarely on his shoulders. Once those lessons were complete, things settled down to a relatively easy way to teach creative writing to my son.

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GJS

Wonderful resource, easy to use

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2008

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If you are looking to break out of the traditional worktext mold in educating your child/children, this book may be a great place to start.
You'll find this series, beginning with level 3, recommended by many home education authors.

As another reviewer noted, the humor is dry... BUT that should not keep you from trying this great resource. My 9 yr. old daughter (4th grade-ish) has no problem following the directions... although that may mean reading a section two times. She is able to follow the program - working two to three times a week - with no assistance from me. It encourages independent thinking and allows the child to work on his own. This is a great help for any homeschooling family, but especially those with multiple children.

This is NOT complete language arts curriculum. We use this along with Primary Language Lessons and Sequential Spelling.

Most importantly, my daughter's confidence and writing ability have improved since beginning WS3.

Highly recommended.

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Hard to follow instructions...

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2012

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I could see where the author wanted to go, and it's a good concept, but the ironic thing is that the first lesson of Level 3 is, "How to follow instructions". I'm 37 years old with 4 college degrees, and I had to re-read the instructions several times over to figure out what they wanted.

We didn't start this curriculum from the beginning and dove into Level 3, so Maybe if you start with Level 1 it Might help?

Also, it seemed that the instructions were a bit... sarcastic? Or, maybe it seemed that the author was "talking down" to the student. For example: [Not a direct quote, because I swapped it on PaperBackSwap.com...] "Now, if you didn't get that, go back and re-read the last paragraph 3 times till you do."

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Dawn O then A

Breaks it Down

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2012

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My 3rd grade son has struggled with writing, so this book is a godsend. It breaks it down incrementally in a way that has (so far) kept him from balking. The length given for the assignments and the sassy - kid focused - language make him willing and able to do these on his own. As a college-level composition teacher, I find this book to be brilliant.

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yasmin

It is easy to follow and provided your child has the requisite ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 30, 2018

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This is really straightforward writing program for children. It is easy to follow and provided your child has the requisite reading skills they will be able to complete it with little assistance from you. I currently home educate my children and have been looking for a program that my 10 yr old can use to brush up on his writing skills and fill any gaps that he may have. This is perfect as it allows him to work independently and it is something that can be done is short lessons.

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Rob Trentalance

Decent Book

Reviewed in Canada on December 24, 2012

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Good Homeschooling tool. I would probably recommend it to others in the home school community. A Bit pricy, for what you get.

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