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Structural Models Help

Units 1 & 2
- Sarah’s Messy Draft.pdf
Unit 3
Unit 4
- Transitional Topic Sentences and Clincher Sentences.pdf
Unit 5
Unit 6
- Unit 6 Sample Fused Outline.pdf
Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
- Updated Critique Models and Critique Thesaurus pp 149–150.pdf

Stylistic Techniques Help

Teaching Style to Students of Mixed Abilities
Dress-Ups
- Who-Which Clause Teaching Ideas.pdf
- Who-Which Clause Comma Rules with Worksheet.pdf
Sentence Openers
- #2 vs. #5 Sentence Opener
- VSS Examples.pdf
Decorations
- Similes and Metaphors from Tolkein.pdf
Triples

Student Samples

Additional Teacher Helps

A Practical Application for All Nine of the IEW Units
Tips & Tricks for Teaching through the Nine Units (from TWSS First Edition)

Teaching Writing: Structure and Style Online Resources

(useful internet links for writers and teachers)

Links
Aesop’s Fables aesopfables.com	Perfect for Unit 1: Note Making and Outlines, Unit 2: Rewriting from Notes, and Unit 3: Retelling Narrative Stories Has links to lesson plans and other Aesop miscellany Also contains a complete collection of Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (127) for reading and for Unit 3 assignments.
Audible Audio Books audible.com	Downloadable audio books and podcasts. Great for the road! Choose from 50,000 titles.
BookWire bookwire.com	A source to research book awards, read reviews, actually download hundreds (with links to thousands) of entire books—fiction, non-fiction, children’s, public domain, and classics by Hans Christian Andersen, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, and more— all free!
Commas: Quick Rules owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02	A quick and easy-to-understand guide to using commas in American English The OWL at Purdue, a writing guide for students, is a valuable resource.
Common Errors in English wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html	A good source for keeping your students’ compositions error-free
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