Writing Resources

There are two kinds of writing supplements: some explain language mechanics, and some teach the elements of style. Getting the mechanics (punctuation, grammar, etc.) straightened out isn't much fun, but it's necessary. Exploring style is lots of fun, but can be just as frustrating.

Even the best writers often have trouble teaching others the craft. Teaching writing, it seems, isn't intuitive. Like many skills, when one gains proficiency putting words on paper (thoughtfully and creatively), the steps to get there are often forgotten. The books in this section are intended to help instructors teach, and students learn, the basic elements of good writing.

Any Child Can Write is a classic manual for parents wanting their kids to develop good writing skills from an early age. Harvey Wiener shows how even a shopping list can provide excellent practice for burgeoning writers, and how exercises don't need to be overly elaborate or stressful to be valuable. This is a good book to read before your kids even get to the writing stage, though it's useful at later levels as well.

Using the same methodology that made her Easy Grammar series popular, Wanda Phillips' Easy Writing teaches elementary, middle school, and high school students the basics of sentence structure through repetitive exercises that implant and cement information in kids' minds. Jump In goes further, by offering step-by-step instructions for composing creative essays (this is a popular product and highly recommended).

Many of these resources are workbooks, showing kids how to compose an outline, find a topic, take notes, conduct research, etc. Titles like The Write Stuff Adventure are less about composition and more about finding something to say and knowing how to express it. Such books are especially helpful for students who complain about writer's block.

Some now-standard reference works stand out: The Elements of Style by E.B. White and William Strunk, Style by Joseph Williams, and On Writing Well by William Zinsser all offer excellent advice for those trying to find their own effective voice. The newer Eats, Shoots & Leaves is a more mechanics-oriented book on a similar theme (how punctuation affects what you're trying to say).

None of these materials should be looked at as simply for those who want to be novelists or famous writers. They're for everyone, to improve your writing and help you say what you want in the best way possible. Writing isn't a school subject just so you can get A's on your papers; it's an essential communication skill that will determine your success at work and at home for the rest of your life. Get good at it!

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"Cover Story" Writing Curriculum - Teacher Book & DVDs
by Daniel Schwabauer
from Clear Water Press
for 6th-8th grade
in Single-Volume Writing Curriculums (Location: WRI-1VOL)
$50.00 (1 in stock)
1001 Commonly Misspelled Words
by Robert Magnan & Mary Lou Santovec
from McGraw-Hill
for 10th-Adult
in Spelling Resources (Location: REF-SPE)
$15.00
Any Child Can Write
by Harvey Wiener
3rd edition from Oxford University
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
Any Child Can Write
by Harvey Wiener
4th edition from Oxford University
in Writing Instruction (Location: WRI-INS)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Art of Fiction
by John Gardner
from Vintage Classics
for 9th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$14.95 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Art of the Short Story
from Pearson Education
for 10th-Adult
in Short Stories (Location: LIT-ANTH)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Beate Not the Poore Desk
by Walter Wangerin
1st edition from Rabbit Room Press
for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$14.99
Beginning Outlining
by Anne Sattler
from Remedia Publications
for 3rd-4th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Blended Structure and Style in Composition
by James B. Webster
2nd edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
Writing Curriculum for 2nd-12th grade
in IEW Resources (Location: WRI-IEWRES)
$35.00
Comprehensive Composition
by Kathryn Stout
from Design-A-Study
Writing Curriculum for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Design-A-Study (Location: HSR-DAS)
$14.00
Creative Writer Level 2
by Boris Fishman
from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Creative Writer (Location: WRI-CREATE)
$18.95
Creative Writer Level 3
by Boris Fishman
1st edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Creative Writer (Location: WRI-CREATE)
$16.95
Creative Writing
from A Beka Books
for 6th grade
in A Beka Penmanship/Creative Writing (Location: HAN-ABK)
$13.00 (1 in stock)
Creative Writing (old)
from A Beka Books
for 6th grade
in A Beka Penmanship/Creative Writing (Location: HAN-ABK)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
DK Help Your Kids with Language Arts
from DK Publishing
for 3rd-8th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Don't Forget to Write
First Edition from Jossey-Bass
for 3rd-7th grade
in Single-Volume Writing Curriculums (Location: WRI-1VOL)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Easy Writing
by Wanda Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
Writing Curriculum for 3rd-12th grade
in Single-Volume Writing Curriculums (Location: WRI-1VOL)
$30.95 $18.00 (1 in stock)
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
by Lynne Truss
from Gotham Books
Grammar Reference for 9th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$15.00 $7.50 (3 in stock)
Elegant Essay Writing Lessons - Set
by Lesha Myers
3rd edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
Writing Curriculum for 7th-12th grade
in IEW Advanced Materials (Location: WRI-IEWADV)
$49.00
Elegant Essay Writing Lessons - Student Book
by Lesha Myers
3rd edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
Writing Curriculum for 7th-12th grade
in IEW Advanced Materials (Location: WRI-IEWADV)
$29.00 $20.00 (1 in stock)
Elements of Style
by William Strunk & E. B. White
4th edition from Allyn and Bacon
Writing Handbook for 9th-12th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$9.99
Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr.
Original ed. from Dover Publications
for 9th-12th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$1.00 (1 in stock)
Elements of Style (Illustrated)
by E.B. White, William Strunk Jr.
from Penguin Books
for 7th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$18.00
Elements of Style Workbook
by Michele T. Poff, editor
from Tip Top Education
for 7th-12th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
English Lessons Through Literature Level 3
by Kathy Jo DeVore
from Barefoot Ragamuffin Press
for 4th-5th grade
in Writing Instruction (Location: WRI-INS)
$19.00 (1 in stock)
Essential Literary Terms
1st edition from W. W. Norton and Co.
for 9th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Excellence in Literature - Handbook for Writers
by Ian Johnston and Janice Campbell
1st edition from Everyday Education
for 9th-12th grade
in IEW Literature & Poetry (Location: LITCUR-IEW)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
Exciting World of Creative Writing
by Ruth McDaniel
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
Writing Curriculum for 7th-8th grade
in Single-Volume Writing Curriculums (Location: WRI-1VOL)
$12.85
Exciting World of Creative Writing - Tests
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
Writing Curriculum for 7th-8th grade
in Single-Volume Writing Curriculums (Location: WRI-1VOL)
$3.00
Games for Writing
by Peggy Kaye
1st edition from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Grammar & Diagramming Sentences
Straight Forward English
by Gianni DeVincentis-Hayes, Ph.D.
from Garlic Press
for 6th-8th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Grammar of Poetry - DVD Bundle
by Matt Whitling
from Canon Press
for 6th-9th grade
in Poetry Curriculum & Resources (Location: LIR-POET)
How to Write a Great Research Paper
by Leland Graham & Darriel Ledbetter
from Incentive Publications, Inc.
for 6th-9th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
How To Write a News Article
by Michael Kronewetter
from Grolier Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$2.00 (2 in stock)
How to Write Clearly
by Ruth Beechick
from Mott Media
for 9th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$6.99
How to Write Irresistible Query Letters
by Lisa Collier Cool
from Writer's Digest
for 9th-12th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$12.95
Imaginaries: Little Scraps of Larger Stories
by Emily Winfield Martin
from Random House
for 3rd-12th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Jensen's Format Writing
by Frode Jensen
3rd edition from Wordsmiths
Writing Curriculum for 7th-12th grade
$12.00 (2 in stock)
Jensen's Format Writing
by Frode Jensen
2nd edition from Master Books
Writing Curriculum for 7th-12th grade
in Jensen's English (Location: GRA-JENSEN)
$21.59 $15.00 (1 in stock)
Jensen's Format Writing - DVD Supplement
by Frode Jensen
3rd edition from Wordsmiths
Writing Curriculum for 7th-12th grade
in Jensen's English (Location: GRA-JENSEN)
$20.00 $15.00 (1 in stock)
Jump In - Parent/Teacher Manual
by Sharon Watson
from Apologia Educational Ministries
Writing Curriculum for 5th-8th grade
$7.00 $3.50 (2 in stock)
Jump In - Student Workbook
by Sharon Watson
2nd edition from Writing with Sharon Watson
Writing Curriculum for 5th-8th grade
in Writing with Sharon Watson (Location: WRI-SWW)
$40.00
Jump In - Student Workbook (with parent manual)
by Sharon Watson
from Apologia Educational Ministries
Writing Curriculum for 5th-8th grade
$21.00 (1 in stock)
Just Write Book 1 - Teacher's Guide
by Elsie S. Wilmerding and Alexandra S. Bigelow
from Educators Publishing Service
for 2nd-3rd grade
in EPS Writing (Location: WRI-EPS)
$7.89 $3.00 (1 in stock)
Learn to Write the Novel Way
by Carole Thaxton
from KONOS
Writing Curriculum for 5th-12th grade
in Konos Writing (Location: WRI-SING)
$39.95
Learn to Write the Novel Way - Teacher Guide
by Carole Thaxton
from KONOS
Writing Curriculum for 5th-12th grade
in Konos Writing (Location: WRI-SING)
$4.00 (4 in stock)
Lightning Lit & Comp American Literature: Mid -Late 19th Century - Student Guide
by Elizabeth Kamath
3rd edition from Hewitt Homeschooling Resources
for 9th-12th grade
in Writing Instruction (Location: WRI-INS)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
Little Red Writing Book
by Brandon Royal
from Writer's Digest
for 6th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Lively Art of Writing
by Lucile Vaughan Payne
from Mentor Books
Writing Reference for 10th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$8.99
Mad as a Wet Hen!
from Clarion Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
by Kate L. Turabian
9th edition from University of Chicago
Writing Reference for 9th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
My Book of Stories
by Deborah Patterson
from British Library
for 3rd-6th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Writing
by Lucy Calkins
from Firsthand Heinemann
for Adult
in Classroom Teacher Resources (Location: HSR-CTR)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Office of Assertion
by Scott F. Crider
1st edition from Intercollegiate Studies Institute
for 9th-Adult
in Writing Instruction (Location: WRI-INS)
$15.00
On Teaching Writing
by Jennifer Crider
from Christian Light Education
for 3rd-8th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Painless Writing
by Jeffrey Strausser
2nd edition from Barron's
for 6th-10th grade
in Writing Instruction (Location: WRI-INS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Painless Writing
by Jeffrey Strausser
3rd edition from Barron's
for 6th-10th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$9.99
Paragraph Book - Book 1
by Marjorie Gann
Wkb Rep from Educators Publishing Service
for 1st-2nd grade
in EPS Writing (Location: WRI-EPS)
$26.99
Paragraph Book - Book 2
by Dianne Tucker-LaPlount
Workbook from Educators Publishing Service
for 3rd-5th grade
in EPS Writing (Location: WRI-EPS)
$26.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Paragraph Book - Book 3
by Dianne Tucker-LaPlount
Workbook from Educators Publishing Service
for 3rd-5th grade
in EPS Writing (Location: WRI-EPS)
$26.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Paragraph Book - Book 4
by Dianne Tucker-LaPlount
Workbook from Educators Publishing Service
for 3rd-5th grade
in EPS Writing (Location: WRI-EPS)
$26.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Paragraphs for Middle School
by Don and Jenny Killgallon
from Heinemann
for 6th-8th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Power in Your Hands - Set
by Sharon Watson
2nd edition from Writing with Sharon Watson
for 9th-12th grade
in Writing with Sharon Watson (Location: WRI-SWW)
Power in Your Hands - Teacher's Guide
by Sharon Watson
2nd edition from Writing with Sharon Watson
for 9th-12th grade
in Writing with Sharon Watson (Location: WRI-SWW)
$20.00
Punching the Clock
by Marvin Terban, illustrated by Tom Huffman
from Clarion Books
for 3rd-6th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Put That In Writing Level One - Answer Key and Test Bank
by Steve & Shari Barrett
2nd edition from Barrett's Bookshelf
Writing Curriculum for 7th-12th grade
in Put That In Writing (Location: WRI-PTW)
$7.50
Put That In Writing Level Two
by Steve & Shari Barrett
from Barrett's Bookshelf
Writing Curriculum for 9th-12th grade
in Put That In Writing (Location: WRI-PTW)
$74.95
Putting It In Writing
Scholastic Guides
by Steve Otfinoski
from Scholastic Inc.
for 7th-11th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$1.00 (1 in stock)
Putting it in Writing
by Steven Otfinoski
from Scholastic Inc.
for 7th-11th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Rhetoric Alive Senior Thesis Student Workbook
by Alyssan Barnes
from Classical Academic Press
for 11th-12th grade
in Speech & Debate (Location: SPEECH)
$29.95
Rhetoric Alive Senior Thesis Teacher's Edition
by Alyssan Barnes
from Classical Academic Press
for 11th-12th grade
in Speech & Debate (Location: SPEECH)
$31.95
School of Fantastical Wordcraft
by N. D. Wilson
from Canon Press
for 3rd-Adult
in Writing Instruction (Location: WRI-INS)
$45.00
Sentence Composing for Middle School
by Don Killgallon
2nd edition from Boynton/Cook Publishers
for 6th-8th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Someday You'll Write
by Elizabeth Yates
2nd edition from Bob Jones University Press
Non-fiction for 5th-9th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$5.00
Spelling Dictionary for Writers Book 2
by Gregory Hurray
from Educators Publishing Service
for 3rd-4th grade
in EPS Spelling (Location: SPE-EPS)
$17.09 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Story Starters
by Karen Andreola
from Charlotte Mason Research and Supply Co.
for 4th-10th grade
in Writing Instruction (Location: WRI-INS)
$34.95 $20.00 (2 in stock)
Student's Guide to Writing College Papers
by Kate L. Turabian
Fourth Edition from University of Chicago
for 10th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$17.00
Talk to the Hand
by Lynne Truss
1st edition from Gotham Books
for 10th-Adult
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Tapestry of Grace: Writing Aids
by Marcia Somerville, Dana Caywood & Beth Kelley
from Tapestry of Grace
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Writing Instruction (Location: WRI-INS)
$22.00 (4 in stock)
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style - Binder & DVDs
Institute for Excellence in Writing
2nd edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
Writing Curriculum for 2nd-10th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in IEW Excellence in Writing (Location: WRI-IEW)
$189.00
They Say / I Say
4th Edition from W. W. Norton and Co.
for 9th-12th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
They Say / I Say (old)
by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein
3rd edition from W. W. Norton and Co.
for 9th-12th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Thinking in Threes: The Power of Three In Writing
by Brian Backman
from Prufrock Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Usborne Creative Writing Book
by Louie Stowell
from Usborne
for 3rd-8th grade
in Single-Volume Writing Curriculums (Location: WRI-1VOL)
$13.49
Wakeful Words
by Jen Greenholt
from Classical Conversations
for 6th-12th grade
in Words Aptly Spoken (Location: LITCUR-WAS)
$14.99
Who Is This Kid? Colleges Want to Know!
Building Writing Skills
by Joyce Slayton Mitchell
from Critical Thinking Books
in High School & College Prep (Location: HSR-HSC)
$15.99
Word Write Now
by Loranna Schwacofer
3rd edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in IEW Resources (Location: WRI-IEWRES)
$35.00
Words You Should Know
by David Olsen
from Adams Media Corp.
for 6th-10th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Wordsmith
by Janie Cheaney
2nd edition from Common Sense Press
Writing Curriculum for 7th-9th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Wordsmith
by Janie Cheaney
3rd edition from Common Sense Press
Writing Curriculum for 7th-9th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Wordsmiths (Location: WRI-WORDS)
$18.00
Wordsmith Apprentice
by Janie Cheaney
3rd edition from Common Sense Press
Writing Curriculum for 4th-6th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Wordsmiths (Location: WRI-WORDS)
$18.00
Wordsmith Craftsman
by Janie Cheaney
3rd edition from Common Sense Press
Writing Curriculum for 10th-12th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Wordsmiths (Location: WRI-WORDS)
$18.00
Wordsmithy
by Douglas Wilson
1st edition from Canon Press
for 9th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$14.00
World War II Years
Readers' & Writers' Genre Workshop
by Cathleen Schurr and Charles Hipser
from Benchmark Education Co.
for 3rd-6th grade
in WWII: European Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2E)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Write Book for Christian Families
by Robert Allen
from Bob Jones University Press
for 1st-12th grades
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Write Source 2000
by Patrick Sebranek, Dave Kemper & Verne Meyer
4th edition from Houghton Mifflin
Writing Reference for 6th-8th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$26.95 $15.00 (2 in stock)
Write Stuff Adventure
by Dean Rea
from Great Expectations Book Co.
Writing Curriculum for 5th-10th grade
in Writing Instruction (Location: WRI-INS)
$8.00 (2 in stock)
Write Your Own Storybook
by Usborne
from Usborne
for 3rd-8th grade
in Single-Volume Writing Curriculums (Location: WRI-1VOL)
$13.49
Writer's Guide to Perfect Punctuation
by Victor C. Pellegrino
from Maui arThoughts Company
for 9th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$14.95
Writer's Guide to Powerful Paragraphs
by Victor C. Pellegrino
from Maui arThoughts Company
Writing Reference for 6th-12th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$24.95
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