New Products

You may already own TWJ Writing Foundations Handbook and Student Lesson Guide, and very soon you will be able to add our Intermediate Writing Foundations Handbook AND Intermediate Student Lesson Guide to your family library! These products will be available as digital downloads on our website, just like all our other products.

The Intermediate level handbook and student lesson guide will teach a clear process for moving students from writing a single expanded paragraph to writing a multi-paragraph composition. Students will learn how to write the body paragraphs of a composition, even as they continue practicing all the writing skills they learned in the original handbook. At this next level, students will learn how to write a thesis statement, a transitional sentence, and an overall concluding sentence.

In addition, it will be necessary for students to write more comprehensively on a topic. They will need to dig deeper into the information and analysis of a writing prompt, while continuing to maintain quality ideas, clear organization, engaging style, and correct grammar. These new products are sure to challenge many writers as they grow in their writing skills and confidence.

Be on the lookout for our next newsletter introducing our new Intermediate level handbooks! In the meantime, check out our current handbooks and student lesson guide.

WHAT IS THE BEST CHOICE?

Teaching your child how to communicate takes many forms, with the two main forms being spoken and written communication. We believe written communication is extremely important. Therefore we have developed another tool for families to use to teach their children written communication: TWJ Student Lesson Guide.

This Student Lesson Guide was created so individual students might work independently, while learning how to write a paragraph. It allows students to work at their own pace, and families to use the same material for multiple children. The Student Lesson Guide was developed as both a supplement and an alternative to our Writing Foundations Classes, which teach the same information, but in a class setting. The obvious differences in the Writing Foundations Classes (WF) and the Student Lesson Guide (SLG) are the ability to complete the class in a group setting or learn the same information by working indepently through the SLG. Both have productive aspects depending on your goal.

Benefits of taking the Writing Foundations Class:

• Students gather ideas from others in the class

•  Students hear important information repeated in new ways in class

•  Students ask questions of the teacher

•  Students hear classmates’ questions and learn from them and their

  answers

•  Students receive instruction and individual feedback from an

  experienced TWJ instructor
  Benefits of using the Student Lesson Guide:

•  Students learn small chunks of information that they practice and apply (mostly) independently

•  Students do not need to attend a scheduled class time

•  Students can proceed through the SLG at their own pace

•  Students have the ability to repeat lessons year after year as needed

  for mastery

 SLG can be used for ALL students WITHIN YOUR OWN FAMILY .

As you can see the Writing Foundations Classes and the Student Lesson Guide have very similar content, but they differ in the audience: a single student vs. a class. Both products are amazing and have the potential to benefit students enormously when used properly. Either way, you’ll be pleased with the outcome. Order your Student Lesson Guide here:

OR

Sign up for our Writing Foundations Classes here:

-Sheila Bradley

INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST PRODUCT: THE "TWJ STUDENT LESSON GUIDE"

We are so excited to announce to the TWJ Community that our TWJ Student Lesson Guide is finished and will be available for digital download on September 1st.

WooHoo!!

The TWJ Student Lesson Guide is a companion guide to our newly revamped Writing Foundations Handbook. True to our philosophy, this lesson guide focuses on the essential 20% of information and skills that will create 80% of the results when it comes to writing instruction for your children.

The instruction in the TWJ Student Lesson Guide parallels the information in our new TWJ Writing Foundations Handbook for parents. Taking students through the writing process and the thought processes involved in communicating clearly, this guide uses small chunks of information to make the information attainable to all students. Students who work well independently from 4th grade to 7th grade are the target age group for using this lesson guide; but it may also be used as a directed student guide for younger students with as much or as little parent involvement as needed. Older students will likely learn many skills as they too work through this lesson guide at a faster pace.

Here are some benefits contained in the TWJ Student Lesson Guide:

• Small chunks of information that students can utilize (mostly)

  independently

•  Instruction which teaches new students how to write a quality paragraph

•  Ongoing practice to further develop the writing process

•  Reinforced instruction paralleling our Writing Foundations classes

•  Instruction that follows the TWJ Writing Foundations Handbook for

  parents, so that you are prepared to help your students when needed

 A resource of information easily accessible to your students to use as a reference at any time, on any school assignment.

IMPORTANT: One downloadable guide may be used for many students IN THE SAME FAMILY. What a deal!

As you can see, the Student Lesson Guide may introduce the writing process to a new student or bolster a student who has learned the information but needs more practice to master the skills. When used together, the TWJ Writing Foundations Handbook and the TWJ Student Lesson Guide are both valuable resources to help your students on their journey through the writing process. Be sure to grab your own Student Lesson Guide on September 1st. Below is a link to our products page; the new guide is available at a discounted introductory price of $20.95.