Writing: It’s more than just words, words, words!
If there’s anything I enjoy as much as reading, it’s writing. Learning to write can be hard, though, especially if other communication skills are not in place. Here is a selection of posts on penmanship, writing evaluation, grammar, learning to write, teaching language skills, and more. Some of these are older posts, but I am working on updates throughout the site. If there’s a writing-related topic you’d like to see, please let me know — I may have a post in the archives, just waiting to be updated!
“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,
As those move easiest who have learn’d to dance.”
― Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism
Copywork
How Benjamin Franklin Taught Himself to Write Well
Teaching writing
You can teach your child to write (a two-part article at Everyday-Education.com)
Our Students Need to Write More
Learn to Write While Using Excellence in Literature
Persuasive Writing: Teach It With Models
Alternatives to Writing a Literary Analysis
Homeschoolers: What’s the Least You Need to Teach?
Thankful Thoughts on Freedom, England, Homeschool, and Writing
The Discipline of Writing & NaNoWriMo
Writing Opportunities for Teens — Contests and Blogs
Evaluating Writing
Perfectly Parsed Piffle —The Writing Evaluator’s Dilemma
Words Matter: How to Use Good Essay Models to Become a Better Writer
The Madness of Multiple Choice, A Guest Post by Andrew Pudewa
Happy National Grammar Day and Words Matter Week
Miss Thistlebottom’s Hobgoblins: A Review
Penmanship
Writing Curriculum
Dynamic Literacy’s WordBuild: A Review
Grammar and Mechanics
How Many Years of Grammar Do You Need?
Teaching Grammar: To Diagram or Not to Diagram?
Happy National Grammar Day and Words Matter Week
Literature, Language Arts, and the Common Core Standards
Writing Posts from Everyday Education
You can teach your child to write, Part 1
You can teach your child to write, Part 2
