What's new in Writing With Ease, Level 1, Revised Edition?
WWE-1, Revised Edition contains both the Instructor Guide and the Student Pages, just like the Original Edition. We will continue to sell additional Student Pages. Both will be available in paperback and in PDF formats.
The biggest change is the addition of an optional fifth lesson in each week: a creative writing exercise. This gives students the opportunity to explore creative writing by responding to a fun writing prompt. Some prompts involve drawing or filling in a picture as an extension to the written response.
How does the content differ from that in the Original edition?
The Beverly Cleary lesson has been replaced with a lesson from The Secret Garden.
We have added the optional creative writing prompt to each week's content.
Why did you create this revision?
To honor Beverly Cleary's wishes that children encounter her stories as stories rather than as a vehicle for instruction.
To provide opportunity for blossoming creative writers. Some (but not all) grammar stage students want, or need, to write creatively. The Revised edition supports those students.
Can I still buy the Original edition?
There may be some available in the Scratch and Dent We no longer sell the PDF of the Original edition.
Will you be revising Levels 2, 3, and 4?
Level 2 has been revised and the creative writing lessons added.
Revisions for Levels 3 and 4 are under consideration.