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WFAM Black Americans’ Contributions Series (Level IV)– George Washington Carver & Three Black Americans’ Outstanding Contributions

This Level IV book is designed for high school students and contains the following projects (from pre-writing through final product with all the instruction and skills needed for each assignment):

  • Sentence-by-Sentence Outline & Essay From Given Source—George Washington Carver
  • Original Expository Essay—Three Black Americans’ Outstanding Contributions

Skills:

  • Direct Quotation Use
  • Definition Opening Paragraph
  • Template Paragraph Writing
  • Checklist Challenge Coding
  • Thesis Statement
  • 1-3-1 Essay Approach (“Five Paragraph” Approach)
  • Quotation Punctuation and Capitalization
  • Transitions
  • Thesis Statement
  • Thesis Statement “Reloaded”

 

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WFAM Black Americans’ Contributions Series (Level II)– George Washington Carver & Jackie Robinson

This Level II book is designed for upper elementary students and contains the following projects (from pre-writing through final product with all the instruction and skills needed for each assignment):

  • Sentence-by-Sentence Outline & Essay From Given Source—George Washington Carver
    Sentence-by-Sentence Outline & Essay From Given Source—Jackie Robinson

Skills:

  • Outlining Symbols
  • Sentence-by-Sentence Outlining
  • Optional: Advanced Checklist Challenge Coding
  • Opening Paragraph Instructions (Extension)
  • Compound Sentences
  • Semicolons

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WFAM Black Americans’ Contributions Series (Level V)– Benjamin Bannker & Influential Person

This Level V book is designed for advanced high school students and contains the following projects (from pre-writing through final product with all the instruction and skills needed for each assignment):

  • Sentence-by-Sentence Outline–Benjamin Bannker
  • Original “Biographical” Essay About an Influential Person

Skills:

  • Opening sentences vs. transitional sentences
  • Transitional words and phrases
  • Opening paragraph
  • Closing paragraph
  • Brainstorming
  • Research
  • Color-coded research
  • REASONS & EVIDENCE development
  • Types of opening paragraphs
  • Closing paragraph
  • “Bookend” essay

 

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WFAM Black Americans’ Contributions Series (Level III)– Harriet Tubman

This Level I book is designed for junior high students and contains the following projects (from pre-writing through final product with all the instruction and skills needed for each assignment):

  • Sentence-by-Sentence Outline–Harriet Tubman
  • How to Complete the Checklist Challenge–Harriet Tubman

Skills:
• Sample Outline & Paragraph
• 5 Paragraph Essay With Train Cars
• Opening Paragraph Template
• Writing a Character Quality Paragraph
• Closing Paragraph Template
• Compound Sentence
• Coordinating Conjunctions
• Verbs
• Describers
• Redundancy
• Word Choice
• Advanced CC Coding

 

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WFAM Black Americans’ Contributions Series (Level I)– Harriet Tubman & George Washington Carver

This Level I book is designed for early elementary students and contains the following projects (from pre-writing through final product with all the instruction and skills needed for each assignment):

  • Beginning Writing Boxes–Harriet Tubman
  • Sentence-by-Sentence Outline–George Washington Carver

Skills:

•Introduction to the Sentence-by-Sentence (S-by-S) Outline

•Creating an S-by-S Outline

•Writing From a S-by-S Outline

•Writing with Adjectives

•Writing with Adverbs

•Outlining Symbols

•S-by-S Outlining

•Optional: Advanced Checklist Challenge Coding

 

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Twice-Told Tales Level III

This Level III book is designed for junior high students and contains the following projects (from pre-writing through final product with all the instruction and skills needed for each assignment):

  • Twice-Told Tale– Chicken Little 
  • Twice-Told Tale–The Emperor’s New Clothes

Skills:

  • Opening and Closing Paragraph Instruction
  • Sources
  • Research
  • Quotations
  • Character Development
  • Hindrance Development
  • Time Period Study
  • Dialogue Inclusion
  • Scene Development
  • Similes & Metaphors

 

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Beauty and the Beast, Level III

This Level III book is designed for junior high students and contains the following projects (from pre-writing through final product with all the instruction and skills needed for each assignment):

  • How to Create & Write Using Writing Boxes– Belle and Beast
  • Original Expository Essay– Three Castle Objects You Would Like as Friends

Skills:

  • Brainstorming
  • Transitions
  • Thesis Statement
  • Thesis Statement reloaded
  • Introduction to Sentence-by-Sentence Outline
  • Creating a Sentence-by-Sentence Outline
  • Writing From a Sentence-by-Sentence Outline
  • Quotations, Punctuation, and Capitalization
  • Checklist Challenge Coding

 

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Peter Pan Level III

This Level III book is designed for junior high students and contains the following projects (from pre-writing through final product with all the instruction and skills needed for each assignment):

  • Three Favorite Characters Essay
  • Dialogue Between Two Toys in Victorian Nursery

Skills:

  • Brainstorming
  • Transitions
  • Thesis Statement
  • Thesis Statement reloaded
  • Creating Interesting Speech Tags
  • Colon Use with Speech Tags
  • Quotations, Punctuation, and Capitalization
  • Checklist Challenge Coding

 

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Fairy Tales, Level III

This Level III book is designed for junior high students and contains the following projects (from pre-writing through final product with all the instruction and skills needed for each assignment):

  • Advanced Writing Boxes– The Prince and the Pauper
  • Original Creative Writing– Twice Told Tales– The Frog Prince

Skills:

  • Introduction to Sentence-by-Sentence Outline
  • Creating a Sentence-by-Sentence Outline
  • Writing from a Sentence-by-Sentence Outline
  • Adding descriptions
  • Choosing Strong Verbs
  • Sources
  • Quotations
  • Brainstorming
  • Research
  • Quotations, Punctuation, and Capitalization
  • Checklist Challenge Coding

 

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Fairy Tales Level IV

This Level IV book is designed for high school students and contains the following projects (from pre-writing through final product with all the instruction and skills needed for each assignment):

  • Original Expository Essay– Fairy Tales Help Kids
  • Twice-Told Tales– Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Skills:

  • 1-3-1 Essay Approach (“Five Paragraph” Approach)
  • Quotation Punctuation and Capitalization
  • Transitions
  • Thesis Statement
  • Thesis Statement “Reloaded”
  • Character Development
  • Hindrance Development
  • Time Period Study (if needed)
  • Direct or Indirect Paragraph Development via “Twice-Told Tale”
  • Scene Development
  • Dialogue Inclusion

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Jungle Book Level IV

This Level IV book is designed for high school students and contains the following projects (from pre-writing through final product with all the instruction and skills needed for each assignment):

  • Original Expository Essay–Three Ways to Survive in the Jungle
  • Twice Told Tale– Jungle Book

Skills:

  • 1-3-1 Essay Approach (“Five Paragraph” Approach)
  • Quotation Punctuation and Capitalization
  • Transitions
  • Thesis Statement
  • Thesis Statement “Reloaded”
  • Character Development
  • Hindrance Development
  • Time Period Study (if needed)
  • Direct or Indirect Paragraph Development via “Twice-Told Tale”
  • Scene Development
  • Dialogue Inclusion
  • Opening and Closing Paragraphs Instruction

 

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Peter Pan Level V

This Level V book is designed for advanced high school students and contains the following projects (from pre-writing through final product with all the instruction and skills needed for each assignment):

  • Twice-Told Tale– Peter Pan
  • Advanced Research Report on the Wooden World

Skills:

  • Overview Source Outlining Method
  • Color-Coded Research
  • Outlining Cards
  • One-Topic per Paragraph Method
  • Redundancy Box
  • Checklist Challenge Coding
  • Open/Closing Paragraph Instruction

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