This is mainly a matter of preference, though Linda is right that left justified is more business like. Andrew recommends the block format, which means you...
<In week 4, day 5 it says not to use commas with cumulative adjectives, and in the very next section, week 5 day 1, it says to *use* commas with three or more...
Hello! When my daughter has written her papers she sometimes has the correct openers, and then separate openers labeled as her dress up. Does this count since...
For a college student, I would definitely recommend having your student check with the instructor. My daughter used to have me edit her papers here endlessly,...
I am a college student myself, and in both my English classes my professors encouraged me to have as many people as possible look over my paper. No writer is...
I can help you a little bit with the speech part. My sons participated in 4-H Presentations for years. Usually it was an informative subject with posters for...
Sadly, it doesn't count. :) A dress-up is found somewhere within the sentence. An opener is at the beginning of the sentence. Most -ly openers can be switch to...
Melanie, I would definitely want my child to stick to the honor code if that were the case. I know in my son's English class his teacher had them write an...
We are using Fix-It for the first time this year. I took my 8th grader quickly through Tom Sawyer as a warm-up for what is to come. As we finished up today,...
Pamela, thanks so much! Your explanation was clear and very helpful. We love, love, love Fix It, and are learning so much. I especially love how well it...
<In week 33, first day, the sentence correction reads, "Whenever folks announced that Tom or Huck was appearing, he was sure to be stared at, admired, and...
I have just begun teaching an IEW co-op class. Although I am comfortable teaching the IEW concepts I am a little lost when it comes to grading/scoring the...
ok, I must either be blind or looking in the wrong place, or I am looking in the right place and expecting something else. Pam wrote: Have you read through the...
<I need to write all four sentences into one 'paragraph' so my kids can more easily see where the breaks need to occur, and the relationship between them.> ...
You'll get a lot of varied responses, here's how I grade (teach 6-11th in two different classes) Composition Checklist= 50% of total grade...I'm using B & C...
My son has a 4 to 5 page paper to write. He's trying to plan, but is not sure how many standard sized paragraphs that would work out being. Does anyone know?...
Hi Judy, Andrew talks about how to plan longer papers, including the Super Super Essay, in the *Teaching Writing: Structure and Style* Seminar. Has your son...
Hello, I am looking at scheduling our Poetry Memorization time and wanted to know what others do. Here is a quote from the Poetry Memorization book: "Although...
I have just spent 3 hours poking around the files and messages looking for the answer to something that has always puzzled me. My 11 8th graders are early in...
<I would like to schedule recitation during another task such as folding laundry (as mentioned in point number 2 above).I find it difficult to actually do...
Their huts were made out of mud {which} had no doors. vs. Their huts, {which} were made out of mud, had no doors. It seems awkward to me because these...
I fold laundry while sitting on the family room floor, so I can just put the book on one side of me and the baby on the other. I am more likely to do this for...
We do our poetry recitation right after we finish breakfast while we are still at the table together. It only takes a few minutes. Sometimes I pick up the...
Hi Erika, You have two options: 1. SWI-B and TWSS combo. The TWSS is your teacher training and the SWI-B is for your son (Mr. Pudewa does the teaching) ...
Hello, It sounds like you have just confused Unit 3 Narrative Stories, with Unit 5 Writing from Pictures. Unit 3 Narrative Stories - using the Story Sequence...
You might be confusing Unit III with Unit V. Unit III is narrative story writing. You must "flow" as you tell your story, so there is no reason to use a...
