Writers Mark Foundation (younger beginners)
Writers Mark Cornerstone (5th, 6th, 7th grade)
Writers Mark Honors (6th, 7th, 8th grade)
Writers Mark AP (8th - High School)
Writers Mark® successfully equips students with tools to significantly
improve their writing skills. Its methods not only build written and oral
communication skills, but also improve critical thinking. Weekly essays are an integral part of the Writers Mark curriculum. Completed essays culminate in an end-of-the-year portfolio.
communication skills, but also improve critical thinking. Weekly essays are an integral part of the Writers Mark curriculum. Completed essays culminate in an end-of-the-year portfolio.
Writers Mark® teaches essential outlining, composition, and proof-reading strategies such as: keyword outlining, stylistic techniques, rhetorical devices, grammar, punctuation, and editing.
These critical writing tools are defined and practiced in order to improve students' understanding and subsequent application of these devices.*
Writers Mark® Essays
Narrative tells a story/conveys an experience (4 types)
Descriptive creates an image
Expository explains, informs, describes a topic in a clear, correct fashion (analytical)
Compare & Contrast a type of analytical + descriptive essay
Persuasive/Argumentative
Research a type of informative essay
Literary Analysis
Personal Improvement resume, letters
* The SAT and ACT both test knowledge of these rhetorical and literary devices.
It is never too early to become familiar with them.