For the parent teaching writing
A little help
with writing time.
Your child has ideas. These guides help you teach the sentences and paragraphs that put them on paper, one small piece of homeschool work at a time.
Start here
The Writing Revolution for homeschool: where to start
A practical starting point for homeschool parents: use a familiar reading, model one sentence, and choose writing practice your child is ready for.
Sentence practice
Because, but, so: examples for homeschool writing
Teach because, but and so with an original short reading, worked examples, practice stems and clear ways to respond when a sentence does not make sense.
Paragraph practice
How to teach paragraph writing in your homeschool
Help your child turn a reading into one focused paragraph. Follow an original example from short notes to a topic sentence, useful details and revision.
On our reading list
Good places
to keep learning.
Original teaching sources and thoughtful classroom blogs. The posts explain how we adapt the ideas for a parent working with a child at home.
- The Writing Revolution
The authors' introduction to the book and the approach. Start here for their own explanation and official resources.
- Doug Lemov's field notes
A classroom example of extending because, but, so to help older students explain a quotation.
- Tom Needham on teaching vocabulary
A teacher's account of using because, but, so to practise new words in meaningful sentences.
- AERO's writing guides
A research organisation's practical guidance on paragraph structure, with links to its sentence-writing guides.
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practice looks like.
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