Many parents are as scared of teaching writing as their kids are of being taught to write, because they never learned to write well. Recognizing this, the authors of WriteShop spend as much time preparing the teacher as instructing the student.
The teacher's manual, used for both WriteShop I and II, includes the teaching philosophy of the program, evaluation methods, and answer keys. Teachers are given guidelines for analyzing and assessing their students' compositions, as well as extensive tips, suggestions and background information for presenting the material.
The teacher checklists are more extensive than those in the student workbooks, and aid editing and grading by providing specific lists of things to look for and how students can improve mistakes. These are one of the most useful aspects of the entire course, especially for the teacher as they put in concrete form otherwise abstract concepts.
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