WriteShop II (Grading+)
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Welcome to your WriteShop Course! This is an incremental program, so each lesson must be done before moving onto the next. Select the appropriate lesson below to begin your writing adventure!
As a reference while writing your papers, use the Sentence Structure Page to review the various sentence structures required in your assignments and the Page Format Page to properly format your computer document before submitting it to your teacher.
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Lessons
In this lesson, you will review the sentence variations you learned in WriteShop I and expand upon them as you describe an object.
| Module 1 | Describe an Object |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Sentence Variation Review, pt. 1: Paired Adjectives & Active Verbs (G+) |
| Unit 2 | Sentence Variation Review, pt. 2: Similes (G+) |
| Unit 3 | Sentence Variation Review, pt. 3: Present Participles (G+) |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 17: Brainstorming (G+) |
| Unit 5 | Lesson 17: Sloppy Copy (G+) |
| Unit 6 | Lesson 17: Writing Skills Checklist (G+) |
| Unit 7 | Lesson 17: First Revision (G+) |
| Unit 8 | Lesson 17: Final Draft (G+) |
In this lesson, you will review the sentence variations you learned in WriteShop I and expand upon them as you describe a place.
| Module 2 | Describe a Place |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Sentence Variation Review, pt. 1: Prepositional Phrases (G+) |
| Unit 2 | Sentence Variation Review, pt. 2: Adverbs (G+) |
| Unit 3 | Sentence Variation Review, pt. 3: Appositives (G+) |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 18: Brainstorming (G+) |
| Unit 5 | Lesson 18: Sloppy Copy (G+) |
| Unit 6 | Lesson 18: First Revision (G+) |
| Unit 7 | Lesson 18: Final Draft (G+) |
In this lesson, you will review the sentence variations you learned in WriteShop I and expand upon them as you write a short report on either an animal or a famous person.
| Module 3 | Writing a Short Report |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | SkillBuilder: Sentence Variation Review (G+) |
| Unit 2 | Subordinate Conjunction Clause Review (G+) |
| Unit 3 | Lesson 19: Brainstorming (G+) |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 19: Sloppy Copy (G+) |
| Unit 5 | Lesson 19: First Revision (G+) |
| Unit 6 | Lesson 19: Final Draft (G+) |
In this lesson, you’ll learn to choose words that are complex enough to be accurate yet not so difficult that they become stuffy, then learn how advertisers exaggerate the good features in a product to influence you, the buyer.
| Module 4 | Exaggeration |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Skill Builder: Word Usage (Grading+) |
| Unit 2 | Lesson 20: Brainstorming (Grading+) |
| Unit 3 | Lesson 20: Sloppy Copy (Grading+) |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 20: First Revision (Grading+) |
| Unit 5 | Lesson 20: Final Draft (Grading+) |
In this lesson, we’ll review finding synonyms for common words to spice up your sentences as you write a first-person account of an event.
| Module 5 | First-Person Point of View 1 |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Skill Builder: Using Synonyms (G+) |
| Unit 2 | Lesson 21: Brainstorming (G+) |
| Unit 3 | Lesson 21: Sloppy Copy (G+) |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 21: First Revision (G+) |
| Unit 5 | Lesson 21: Final Draft (G+) |
In this lesson, we’ll review how to write descriptive narrative to add pizzazz to a second first-person account of an event.
| Module 6 | First-Person Point of View 2 |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Skill Builder: Descriptive Narrative (G+) |
| Unit 2 | Lesson 22: Brainstorming (G+) |
| Unit 3 | Lesson 22: Sloppy Copy (G+) |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 22: First Revision (G+) |
| Unit 5 | Lesson 22: Final Draft (G+) |
In this lesson, you will learn how to change the narrative voice to write two different perspectives of the same event.
| Module 7 | Narrative Voice |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Skill Builder: Narrative Voice (G+) |
| Unit 2 | Lesson 23: Brainstorming (G+) |
| Unit 3 | Lesson 23: Sloppy Copy (G+) |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 23: First Revision (G+) |
| Unit 5 | Lesson 23: Final Draft (G+) |
In this lesson, you will write an ad for an exciting product.
| Module 8 | Writing an Ad |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Lesson 24: Brainstorming (G+) |
| Unit 2 | Lesson 24: Sloppy Copy (G+) |
| Unit 3 | Lesson 24: First Revision (G+) |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 24: Final Draft (G+) |
In this lesson, you will learn to use parallelism to write an opinion essay.
| Module 9 | Opinion Essay |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Skill Builder: Using Parallelism (G+) |
| Unit 2 | Lesson 25: Brainstorming (G+) |
| Unit 3 | Lesson 25: Sloppy Copy (G+) |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 25: First Revision (G+) |
| Unit 5 | Lesson 25: Final Draft (G+) |
In this lesson, you will use all of the skills you’ve learned in WriteShop to write a Letter to the Editor.
| Module 10 | Letter to the Editor |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Lesson 26: Brainstorming (G+) |
| Unit 2 | Lesson 26: Sloppy Copy (G+) |
| Unit 3 | Lesson 26: First Revision (G+) |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 26: Final Draft (G+) |
In this lesson, you will use all of the skills you’ve learned in WriteShop to write a Compare or Contrast essay.
| Module 11 | Compare or Contrast Essay 1 |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Lesson 27: Brainstorming (G+) |
| Unit 2 | Lesson 27: Sloppy Copy (G+) |
| Unit 3 | Lesson 27: First Revision (G+) |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 27: Final Draft (G+) |
In this lesson, you will use continue on the work you did in the last lesson to create a second Compare or Contrast essay.
| Module 12 | Compare or Contrast Essay 2 |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Lesson 28: Brainstorming (G+) |
| Unit 2 | Lesson 28: Sloppy Copy (G+) |
| Unit 3 | Lesson 28: First Revision (G+) |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 28: Final Draft (G+) |
In this lesson, you will write a detailed essay that describes or defines an idea, person or item.
| Module 13 | Essays That Describe or Define |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Lesson 29: Brainstorming (G+) |
| Unit 2 | Lesson 29: Sloppy Copy (G+) |
| Unit 3 | Lesson 29: First Revision (G+) |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 29: Final Draft (G+) |
In this lesson, you will learn how to write an essay from start to finish in thirty minutes or less.
| Module 14 | Timed Essays |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Lesson 30: Timed Essays (G+) |