Keys to Quick Writing Skills

The Morningside Academy led me to this book, which is exactly what I've been looking for. Not only does Quick Writing Skills contain sentence combining exercises, it has text reconstruction, too!

Text reconstruction turns out to be the term for the method Ben Franklin used to teach himself to write. (scroll down - you may need to refresh your browser if the page doesn't load at first)

This is going to be fun.

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I also ordered a copy of Why Johnny Can't Write.

Because I've never really liked Peter Elbow.

Or Lucy Calkins.

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There may be a copy of William Strong's Sentence Combining: A Student Workbook in my future, too.

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update 8-5-2007:

Keys to Quick Writing Skills hasn't appeared, but Analyze, Organize, Write Revised Edition by Arthur Whimbey & Elizabeth Lynn Jenkins ISBN: 0-8058-0082-4 and Sentence-Combining Workbook by Pam Altman, Mari Caro, Lisa Metge-Egan, Leslie Roberts ISBN 1-4130-1977-3 both have.

Terrific.


page samples at the end of this pdf file
(very) brief summary of research on sentence combining

help for the struggling writer
sentence combining exercise
we're starting a copybook
man-eaters of Kumaon - text reconstruction
expert advice on teaching writing from Joanne Jacobs
eureka
more from Joanne Jacobs
doctor pion on writing a precis and critical reading
first crack at editing exercise
home writing program in place, for now
why kids should do text reconstruction
results of sentence combining exercise