Writing With Skill: Student Workbook Level One

Lessons

• 1 Week 1, Day 1: Original Narration Exercise: Polly Horvath, The Pepins and Their Problems
• 2 Week 1, Day 2: Original Narration Exercise: Joan Aiken, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
• 3 Week 1, Day 3: Original Narration Exercise: Susan Wise Bauer, The Story of the World, Volume 3: Early Modern Times
• 4 Week 1, Day 4: Challenge Exercise: The Brothers Grimm, "The Golden Goose"
• 5 Week 2, Day 1: Introduction to Outlines
• 6 Week 2, Day 2: Outlining Exercise: Pamela Dell, Hatshepsut
• 7 Week 2, Day 3: Outlining Exercise: Michael Dempsey, The Round World
• 8 Week 2, Day 4: Outlining Exercise: Edward S. Holden, Real Things in Nature
• 9 Week 3, Day 1: Original Narration Exercise: Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
• 10 Week 3, Day 2: Thesaurus Use
• 11 Week 3, Day 3: Outlining Exercise: S. Silcox, Modern Nature Study
• 12 Week 3, Day 4: Thesaurus Use
• 13 Week 4, Day 1: Narration, Edith Nesbit, The Book of Dragons
• 14 Week 4, Day 2: Outlining- Hendrick Van Loon, The Story of Mankind
• 15 Week 4, Day 3: Analyzing the Topos: Chronological Narrative of a Past Event
• 16 Week 4, Day 4: Practicing the Topos: Alexander the Great
• 17 Week 5, Day 1: Finishing the Chronological Narrative of a Past Event
• 18 Week 5, Day 2: Outlining: Kendall Haven, 100 Great Science Discoveries of All Time
• 19 Week 5, Day 3: Analyzing the Topos: Chronological Narrative of a Scientific Discovery
• 20 Week 5, Day 4: Practicing the Topos: Edward Jenner and the Smallpox Vaccination
• 21 Week 6, Day 1: Narration- T.H. White, The Once and Future King
• 22 Week 6, Day 2: Outlining-Billye Walker Brown and Walter R. Brown, Historical Catastrophies: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
• 23 Week 6, Day 3: Analyzing the Topos-Chronological Narrative of a Past Event
• 24 Week 6, Day 4: Practicing the Topos- The Sinking of the Titanic
• 25 Week 7, Day 1: Narration- L. Frank Baum, Tik-Tok of Oz
• 26 Week 7, Day 2: Outlining- Alma Smith Payne, Discoverer of the Unseen World
• 27 Week 7, Day 3: Analyzing the Topos: Chronological Narrative of a Scientific Discovery
• 28 Week 7, Day 4: Practicing the Topos: Johannes Keppler and Planetary Orbits
• 29 Week 8, Day 1: Narration-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin
• 30 Week 8, Day 2: Outlining-Thomas B. Costain, The Mississippi Bubble
• 31 Week 8, Day 3: Analyzing and Practicing the Topos, Part 1: Description of a Place
• 32 Week 8, Day 4: Analyzing and Practicing the Topos, Part 2: Neuschwanstein Castle
• 33 Week 9, Day 1: Narration-P.L. Travers, Mary Poppins in the Park
• 34 Week 9, Day 2: Outlining- Gary Blackwood, Life in a Medieval Castle
• 35 Week 9, Day 3: Analyzing and Practicing the Topos-Part 1: Description of a Place
• 36 Week 9, Day 4 Analyzing and Practicing the Topos-Part 2: A Place in Your Home or Yard
• 37 Week 10, Day 1: Narration- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
• 38 Week 10, Day 2: Outlining- The Travels of Marco Polo
• 39 Week 10, Day 3: Analyzing and Practicing the Topos-Part 1: Description of a Place
• 40 Week 10, Day 4: Analyzing and Practicing the Topos-Part 2
• 41 Week 11, Day 1: Narration- Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer
• 42 Week 11, Day 2: Outlining- R.A. Van Middeldyk, The History of Puerto Rico
• 43 Week 11, Day 3: Analyzing the Topos- Roy Adkins, Nelson's Trafalgar
• 44 Week 11, Day 4: Practicing the Topos- Ivan the Terrible and St. Basil's Cathedral
• 45 Week 12, Day 1: Narration- Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles
• 46 Week 12, Day 2: Outlining-Ian Ridpath, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Space
• 47 Week 12, Day 3: Analyzing the Topos-Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything
• 48 Week 12, Day 4: Practicing the Topos- Volcanoes
• 49 Week 13, Day 1: Narration-Norwegian folktale, "Why the Sea Is Salt"
• 50 Week 13, Day 2: Outlining- A. W. Greely, The Greely Arctic Expedition
• 51 Week 13, Day 3: Analyzing the Topos- Scientific Description
• 52 Week 13, Day 4: Practicing the Topos- Volcanoes
• 53 Week 14, Day 1: Narration- Rudolf Erich Raspe, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
• 54 Week 14, Day 2: Outlining- Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study
• 55 Week 14, Day 3:Analyzing the Topos-Scientific Discription
• 56 Week 14, Day 4: Practicing the Topos- The Planet Mars
• 57 Week 15, Day 1: Narration- Jim Kjelgaard, Big Red
• 58 Week 15, Day 2: Outlining- Margery and Howard Facklam, Changes in the Wind
• 59 Week 15, Day 3: Analyzing the Topos-Chronological Narrative that Includes Scientific Description
• 60 Week 15, Day 4: Practicing the Topos- Deep-Ocean Hydrothermal Vents
• 61 Week 16, Day 1: Outlining- Gladys Edson Locke, Queen Elizabeth
• 62 Week 16, Day 2: Analyzing the Topos- Description of a Person
• 63 Week 16, Day 3: Practicing the Topos- Ludwig van Beethoven
• 64 Week 16, Day 4: Copia Exercise- using the thesaurus to improve writing
• 65 Week 17, Day 1: Outlining- Issac Newton Arnold, The History of Abraham Lincoln
• 66 Week 17, Day 2: Analyzing the Topos- Conveying Positive or Negative Impressions
• 67 Week 17, Day 3: Practicing the Topos- Isaac Newton
• 68 Week 17, Day 4: Copia Exercise- Transforming Nouns and Adjectives
• 69 Week 18, Day 1: Outlining- Matthew Pilkington, A General Dictionary of Painters
• 70 Week 18, Day 2: Analyzing the Topos- Using a Metaphor to Organize a Description
• 71 Week 18, Day 3: Practicing the Topos- Henry VIII
• 72 Week 18, Day 4: Copia Exercise- Transforming Active and Passive Verbs
• 73 Week 19, Day 1: Outlining- Standard Classics, WIth Biographical Sketches and Helpful Notes (Edgar Allan Poe)
• 74 Week 19, Day 2: Analyzing the Topos- Biographical Sketch
• 75 Week 19, Day 3: Practicing the Topos- Writing a Biographical Sketch
• 76 Week 19, Day 4: Copia Exercise- Transforming Active and Passive Verbs
• 77 Week 20, Day 1: Outlining- Thomas Heath, Archimedes
• 78 Week 20, Day 2: Analyzing the Topos- Biographical Sketch Focusing on Achievement
• 79 Week 20, Day 3: Practicing the Topos- William Shakespeare
• 80 Week 20, Day 4: Copia Exercise- Indirect Objects and Prepositional Phrases
• 81 Week 21, Day 1: Outlining- The Life Cycle of Salmon
• 82 Week 21, Day 2: Analyzing the Topos- Sequence: Natural Process
• 83 Week 21, Day 3: Practicing the Topos- The Death of a Star
• 84 Week 21, Day 4: Copia Exercise- Infinitives to Participles
• 85 Week 22, Day 1: Outlining and Topos Review- William James Burroughs, The Climate Revealed
• 86 Week 22, Day 2: Practicing the Topos, Part 1-The Octopus
• 87 Week 22, Day 3: Practicing the Topos, Part 2- The Octopus
• 88 Week 22, Day 4: Copia Exercise-Review Transforming Sentences
• 89 Week 23, Day 1: Read Rudyard Kipling "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"
• 90 Week 23, Day 2: Think
• 91 Week 23, Day 3: Write
• 92 Week 23, Day 4: Literary Language
• 93 Week 24, Day 1: Read: Guy de Maupassant, "The Necklace"
• 94 Week 24, Day 2: Think
• 95 Week 24, Day 3: Write
• 96 Week 24, Day 4: Literary Language
• 97 Week 25, Day 1: Read: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
• 98 Week 25, Day 2: Think
• 99 Week 25, Day 3: Write
• 100 Week 25, Day 4: Using Direct Quotes
• 101 Week 26, Day 1: Read: Arthur Machen,, "The Bowmen"
• 102 Week 26, Day 2: Think
• 103 Week 26, Day 3: Write
• 104 Week 26, Day 4: Reviewing Terms and Forms
• 105 Week 27, Day 1: Introduction to Two-Level Outlining: Patricia Buckley Ebrey, et al.
• 106 Week 27, Day 2: Outlining- Albert E. McKinley et al, The World War
• 107 Week 27, Day 3: Outling- Earth's Changing Environment
• 108 Week 27, Day 4: Outling- L. R. F. Griffin, "Study of Giant Trees"
• 109 Week 28, Day 1: Outlining- Jacob Abbott, History of King Charles the First of England
• 110 Week 28, Day 2: Documentation
• 111 Week 28, Day 3: Avoiding Plagiarism
• 112 Week 28, Day 4: Taking Notes: Julius Caesar
• 113 Week 29, Day 1: Practicing the Topos- Part 1: Taking Notes
• 114 Week 29, Day 2: Practicing the Topos- Part 2: The Chronological Narrative
• 115 Week 29, Day 3: Practicing the Topos- Part 3: The Personal Description
• 116 Week 29, Day 4: Practicing the Topos- Part 4: The Place Description
• 117 Week 30, Day 1: Outlining- Anthony L. Komaroff, Harvard Medical School
• 118 Week 30, Day 2: Practicing the Topos, Part 1: Taking Notes: Digestion
• 119 Week 30, Day 3: Practicing the Topos, Part 2: Write
• 120 Week 30, Day 4: Copia Exercise: Main Verbs and Infinitives
• 121 Week 31, Day 1: Outlining- Catharine M. C. Haines, International Women in Science
• 122 Week 31, Day 2: Practicing the Topos, Part 1: Taking Notes: Marie Antoinette
• 123 Week 31, Day 3: Practicing the Topos, Part 2: Organizing the Biographical Sketch
• 124 Week 31, Day 4: Practicing the Topos, Part 3: Writing the Biographical Sketch
• 125 Week 32, Day 1: Read: Edgar Allan Poe, "The Bells"
• 126 Week 32, Day 2: Analyze
• 127 Week 32, Day 3: Think
• 128 Week 32, Day 4: Write
• 129 Week 33, Day 1: Read: Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Ozymandias"
• 130 Week 33, Day 2: Analyze
• 131 Week 33, Day 3: Think
• 132 Week 33, Day 4: Write
• 133 Week 34, Day 1: Read: Alfred Lord Tennyson, "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
• 134 Week 34, Day 2: Analyze (Ballad Form)
• 135 Week 34, Day 3: Think
• 136 Week 34, Day 4: Write
• 137 Week 35, Step 1: Decide which topoi to include
• 138 Week 35, Step 2: Collect Resources
• 139 Week 35, Step 3: Do initial reading
• 140 Week 35, Step 4: Choose final resources
• 141 Week 36, Step 1: Make a preliminary plan
• 142 Week 36, Step 2: Take notes
• 143 Week 36, Step 3: Write the topoi
• 144 Week 36, Step 4: Assemble the composition