Hi, You need to enable javascript on your browser to use TpT. See how this improves your TpT experience.

Write for College

Follow Me (1)

United States - Massachusetts - SHREWSBURY

Not yet rated

“Let’s teach high school students how to write, before it’s too late.”

FREE Download

Assess the general quality of my work with this free download

Six Free Lessons

DOWNLOAD NOW

My Products (19)
Ratings & Reviews
Ask a Question
My Profile

Grades

7^th

8^th

9^th

10^th

11^th

12^th

Other

Higher Education
Homeschooler

Subject

English Language Arts

Prices

Top Resource Types

My Products

sort by:

Best Sellers

view:

The Complete Sentences Course

By Write for College

There are 25 lessons in the Sentences section of the Write for College program, and those lessons are presented here as 14 resources. The first resource is Free, 10 resources cost $7.00 each, and three cost $4.00 each. Purchased one resource at a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Homeschool Curricula

$82.00

$77.00

Bundle

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Lessons 16-17: The Absolute Phrase

By Write for College

We had a well-known author come and give a talk at my school about his newest novel. All the students had read it for their English class. As I led him to the gymnasium, I said to him, "I noticed you really like the absolute phrase.""What's that?"

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Homework

$7.00

Digital Download EPUB (16.26 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Paragraphs: Master the 9 Sequences!

By Write for College

These seven lessons are all about the body of the essay: Paragraphs. In these lessons we cover nine sequences that will actually enable your students to plan and even visualize an entire paragraph, before they write a single word. That's because we

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays, Informational Text

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Homework

$97.00

Digital Download EPUB (63.05 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Essays: A Study in Contrasts

By Write for College

This famous essay, Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts, by Bruce Catton, is an outstanding display of nearly every lesson covered in the Writing Whatever program. From the introduction, through the body paragraphs, and to the conclusion, Catton

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays, Informational Text

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Homeschool Curricula, Professional Development

$97.00

Digital Download EPUB (93.19 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Lesson 18: The Adjective Cluster

By Write for College

Yes, we really do need more examples of Adjective Clusters. It's sometimes hard for students (and authors, I guess) to get the hang of them, but again, they happen outside the main clause, where they have the freedom to elaborate upon the nucleus in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Homework

$4.00

Digital Download EPUB (6.99 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Lessons 10-12: Commas, Goofs, and the end of Passive Voice

By Write for College

As in the previous lessons, the past participle often suffers from commas and misplaced modifiers. But the rules are pretty much the same, and should be easy to master after these few lessons.Again, making up silly sentences will lead to accurate

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Grammar

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Homework

$7.00

Digital Download EPUB (13.38 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Lesson 4—Present Participial Phrase

By Write for College

Now that we have learned how to place the free modifiers after, before, and within the main clause, we move to the most common free modifier, the present participle. Students will learn where to place it in the sentence, and how to get the most out

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Homework

$7.00

Digital Download EPUB (9.86 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Lesson 9: Past Participial Phrase

By Write for College

The past participial phrase is not as frequent as its predecessor, referring, as its name implies, to the past rather than the present. But it has strength and purpose, and its relationship with the rest of the sentence is often vital to the action

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Homework

$7.00

Digital Download EPUB (10.42 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Semicolons + Correlative Conjunctions

By Write for College

What percentage of your students screw up semicolons? Let's put an end to it, and have a hysterical time doing it. We've got the pattern, so it's simple. And as I say in the video, mastering the semicolon will bring better grades and better college

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Homework

$7.00

Digital Download EPUB (12.71 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Essay Introductions + Vocabulary Triangle

By Write for College

Teach your class how to make the introduction to the essay look like an authentic photograph of the moment, culminating in a roadmap that sets up the entire essay. The topic here explored is Charlemagne, but it could be any person, place, thing, or

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Homework

$7.00

Digital Download EPUB (16.94 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Lessons 2-3: Free Modifiers Before and Within

By Write for College

So, now we have seen free modifiers doing their thing—making the writing more detailed, flowing, and satisfying. I hope you are thinking about how you can apply these lessons to the books that you teach. It is far more appealing when the students

Subjects:

Grammar, Literature, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Homework, Lesson

$7.00

Digital Download EPUB (19.24 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Lessons 23-24: The Adverb Clause

By Write for College

The adverb clause is so much easier to teach and understand than the adjective clause. Take a sentence, slap a coordinating conjunction on the front of it, and you're done. A fun exercise in class is to pair up. One person says a sentence, the other

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Homework

$7.00

Digital Download EPUB (14.49 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Lessons 19-20: The Adjective Clause

By Write for College

Lesson 19 covers the adjective clause when applied to humans (who, whose, whom), and Lesson 20 presents the adjective clause for non-humans (which, that).There are many topics that pop up, such as when to use them, how to use them, and where to put

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Homeschool Curricula

$7.00

Digital Download EPUB (17.22 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Lessons 5-8: How not to Mess Up

By Write for College

As with any new adventure, there will be some cautions that must be applied. Confidence can turn into overconfidence, as the students discover these new elements of writing and are eager to try them out all over the place. These four lessons explain

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Homework

$7.00

Digital Download EPUB (19.87 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Lesson 13: Noun Phrase

By Write for College

We know about appositives, but they can feel like a pair of handcuffs, locking the writer into a brief brush stroke of simplified information. "His brother, a magician," "The mayor, an immigrant." Feeble.In this lesson, a whole new world awaits.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Grammar

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Homeschool Curricula

$7.00

Digital Download EPUB (7.59 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Lessons 14-15: The secret of the indefinite pronoun

By Write for College

"I have something in my pocket." That's a magnificent conversation starter, as people want to know what that thing is. They want details, specifics, answers.The secret is the indefinite pronoun: something. And I have made a nice little chart to show

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Grammar

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Homeschool Curricula

$7.00

Digital Download EPUB (11.03 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Lessons 21-22: Master those Commas

By Write for College

These lessons are brief, but they explain the differences of meaning when commas are incorrectly added to or omitted from a sentence. There can be ambiguity, silly modifying, or even valid lawsuits. Perhaps the best way to reinforce these rules is

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Grammar

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities

$4.00

Digital Download EPUB (6.44 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Lesson 25: Seldom Free

By Write for College

Our last batch of Free Modifiers consists of the infinitive phrase, the adverb, and the prepositional phrase. We see them all the time, but mostly as bound modifiers in the Level 1.But they do occasionally get free. That opening infinitive sequence,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

$4.00

Digital Download EPUB (13.41 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Six Free Lessons

By Write for College

When we want to learn how to improve our tennis serve, we watch videos of Serena Williams. When we want to learn how to shred the guitar, we listen to Jimi Hendrix. And when it comes to learning how to ride a bicycle, we turn to Mom or Dad. We go to

Subjects:

Grammar, Literature, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Homework

FREE

Digital Download EPUB (45.02 MB)

WISH LIST

showing 1-19 of 19

Ask Write for College a question. They will receive an automated email and will return to answer you as soon as possible. Please Login to ask your question.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

44 years at independent school for boys, grades 7-12. Founded and taught a summer writing course for students from the Boston area for 24 years, called Write for College. Presenter at numerous conferences nationally, including NCTE and ATEG.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Dynamic, connected with the students, upbeat, understanding, patient, witty, inspiring.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

"Jeopardy" contestant

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, B.A., M.A.; University of Freiburg, Germany; St. Andrews University, Scotland; University of Cambridge, England

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Published author: The Stewart English Program (3 workbooks) Writing Whatever (online e-book course) Editor, Notes Toward A New Rhetoric, 3rd Edition

GRADES

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Grammar, Literature, Writing, Writing-Essays, Informational Text