Scriptorium Writing Level Four

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Teach writing with ease! Scriptorium Writing Level Four guides students through the exercises of the progymnasmata. The progymnasmata is the classical approach to training writers through intuitive topics that make writing enjoyable and natural for both teacher and student. This book is a "pick-up and go" book; teachers follow scripted lessons with little, if any, preparation. Purchase the Scriptorium Writing Teacher's Guide for thorough instructions on how to get the most out of the student book.

In Scriptorium Writing Level Four, students will practice the exercises of narration, fable, description, anecdote, proverb, encomium, invective, comparison, commonplace, confirmation, refutation, and impersonation. In addition to a review of topics from Level Three, students will learn topics to argue for the veracity or falseness of myths. In addition to reviewing the literary devices of imagery, simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, and allusion, they will practice the schemes of anaphora, epistrophe, epanalepsis, and anadiplosis.

This book is recommended for 7th grade. Each Scriptorium Writing book includes 18 full-color beautiful works of art and can be enjoyed year after year.