Write With The Best: Modeling Writing after Great Works of World Literature, Volume 1 (Grades 3-12)

By: Jill J. Dixon

Good writers are made by reading good writing. This writing curriculum features excerpts from works of great literature, as well as fun activities that provide continual practice with proofreading, listening comprehension, genres, and how to tailor your writing to what you are writing. Focusing on actual skills rather than abstract rules, grammar is taught in the context of writing as students follow in the footsteps of literary giants. This is part of a two-book series (Volume 2 sold separately) that is designed to take 18 weeks per volume, with 2 weeks spent per unit. Lessons are organized by day with the number of objectives listed out and brief instructions on what they are to write. Word lists, tips for students with different learning styles, and other helps are included. 106 pages, softcover. Grades 3-12.

This is the author's best selling book that effectively teaches descriptive writing through modeling techniques of great works of world literature.

Nine distinct genres are covered: 

• Describing an Object - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
• Describing a Place - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
• Describing a Character - Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 
• Writing a Dialogue - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
• Writing a Short Story - The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
• Writing a Fable - The Ants and the Grasshopper from Aesop
• Writing a Friendly Letter - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Writing Poetry - Rhyming Verse - The Daffodils by William Wordsworth
• Writing Poetry - a Ballad or Narrative Poem - Paul Revere's Ride  by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow