Level: Form III (7th–9th grades)
Subject(s): Communication, English, History
Description:
The world is at your fingertips! This theme-based writing curriculum allows students to experience world history through cultural literature and the study of famous people and events while learning to write with structure and style. Working through all of IEW’s Units 1–9, students learn to take notes, retell narrative stories, summarize references, write from pictures, compose essays, and more.
Moving at a faster pace and with more advanced assignment extensions especially geared for Form 3 students (generally grades 7–9), this class will be ideal for students who might fall between Form 2 writing levels and the more advanced Essay Writing classes. This class is also ideal for students who would benefit from a review of essential writing structures and stylistic techniques to build a solid foundation for later high school composition. Using popular, parent-approved, and widely-loved curriculum from the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW), this class will provide excellent preparation for more advanced BHSC composition courses.
In addition to weekly class sessions, students should plan to spend another two to three hours each week completing assignments at home.
Materials:
Families will need to purchase the following curricular materials before the start of class:
- Student Copy of Modern World History-Based Writing Lessons, 2nd Edition
- Worldly Wise 3000 3rd Edition Student Book 7 OR Book 8 OR Book 9 (based on preference/ability, or which book may have been previously completed)
- Wordly Wise 3000 3rd Edition Book 7 Answer Key OR Book 8 Answer Key OR Book 9 Answer Key (based on preference/ability, or which book may have been previously completed)
- For grammar, pick one of the two options below:
Grammar Option 1:
- Easy Grammar Plus: Student Book ISBN: 9780936981147
- Easy Grammar Plus Student Test Booklet ISBN: 9780936981536
- Easy Grammar Plus: Teacher Edition (with answer key; one time purchase per family) ISBN: 9780936981130 (You can buy in a set with the 2 other required Easy Grammar books to save!)
Grammar Option 2:
- Jensen’s Punctuation ISBN: 9780890519943 (if Easy Grammar Plus was previously completed)
Families will also need to secure the following supplies before the start of class: (Linked brands are suggestions.)
- Pens, black ink, 2 or more
- Pencils, 3 or more, pre-sharpened and ready to use
- Colored pencils, erasable, including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, and brown
- Erasers
- Dedicated 3-ring notebook binder with tab dividers (binder will be used exclusively for Writing class)
- Three-hole punch and stapler (kept at home; used by students to prepare assignments for submission)
- Dictionary & Thesaurus—for home use. Consider apps such as the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus.
- Recommended/Optional: Reinforcing stickers for strengthening/repairing holes in notebook paper and handouts
Students will also need to be able to type, print, and email assignments using a sharable word processing program such as Microsoft Word.
