Great Books ForumRhetoric & Composition
Wordsmithy
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Logos Press
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Level: 7-12
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“Wordsmithy is for writers of every sort, whether experienced veterans, still just hoping, or somewhere in between. Through a series of out-of-the-ordinary lessons, each with its own takeaway points and recommended readings, Douglas Wilson provides indispensable guidance, showing how to develop the writer’s craft and the kind of life from which good writing comes.” – Logos Press
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Writing and Rhetoric Series
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Classical Academic Press
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Level: All
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“A Creative Approach to the Classical Progymnasmata—Think of the progymnasmata as a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric. What is an apprentice? It is a young person who is learning a skill from a master teacher. Our students will serve as apprentices to the great writers and great stories of history.
Students are often expected to write with no clear model before them. Modern composition scolds traditional writing instruction as rote and unimaginative. It takes imitation to task for a lack of freedom and personal expression. And yet, effective communication from writer to reader always requires some sort of form and structure. Many of history’s greatest writers learned by imitation. In other words, writing takes the same kind of determined study as ballet or diving. Creativity uses conventional form as a stage or a springboard from which to launch grand jetés and somersaults. Too often students are expected to tackle complex writing assignments without learning the necessary intermediate steps. The assumption is that because most everyone can speak English well enough to be understood, and form letters with a pencil, that everyone should be able to write well. Yet how many of us would expect a child to sit at a piano, without piano lessons, and play a concerto? Writing is never automatic.
The Writing & Rhetoric series method employs fluent reading, careful listening, models for imitation, and progressive steps. It assumes that students learn best by reading excellent, whole-story examples of literature and by growing their skills through imitation. Each exercise is intended to impart a skill (or tool) that can be employed in all kinds of writing and speaking. The exercises are arranged from simple to more complex. What’s more, the exercises are cumulative, meaning that later exercises incorporate the skills acquired in preceding exercises. This series is a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric.” – Classical Academic Press
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Writing Trails with Great Composers
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Logos Press
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Level: 3-6
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“This new resource from our 4th grade integrates learning about great composers of classical music such as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn with outlining, summarizing, and re-writing short biographies using the highly regarded Excellence in Writing technique. Students love this writing technique because they are given the what and can concentrate on the how.” – Logos Press
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Writing Trails with Men of Science
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Logos Press
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Level: k-6
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“This writing workbook follows the very successful modeling technique found in many of our best selling books. It provides step-by-step instructions & 13 writing lessons. It integrates learning about science, vocabulary, thesaurus, & key word outlining in one compact package. Students model short essays on Kepler, da Vinci, and Newton among many others. Students love this writing technique because they are given the what and can concentrate on the how.” – Logos Press
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