Discover curriculum and writing activities for middle school – used by homeschoolers. Includes reviews by homeschool moms, tips and benefits too!
Creative Homeschool Writing Activities for Middle School
Resources by Spectrum
Are you looking for a way to get your middle schooler writing? Or do you just need a change in your middle school writing curriculum? When you give your student a book report or short essay to write, does he or she have trouble getting started? Betsy shares a review of Resources by Spectrum.
Cover Story Writing Curriculum for Middle School
Cover Story Writing Curriculum is a complete language art program for middle schoolers. Cover Story is a DVD-based curriculum taught by a professional writer. The HUGE benefit is that it’s a complete language arts program with a strong writing component .
Over the course of one school year, your child will use all of the skills learned to create their own magazine, a process my 11-yr old is thoroughly enjoying.
No Plot? NO Problem – NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month
When my teen was a 9th grader, we discovered National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Have you heard of it, too? It is a writing program, offered for students from elementary to high school, which supports and encourages creative writing efforts. Read more from Betsy!
How to Write a Research Report
Turn the process of writing into four easy steps with How to Write a Research Report! Sometimes the hardest part of report writing is just getting started. The worksheets in How to Write a Research Report could be much less daunting than staring at a blank page! When my daughter finished working through this book, she had written her first middle school research report! And she came away with a good foundation in report writing, which she would use in high school writing the following year. Read Betsy’s full review!
Oak Meadow English Writing Activities
Oak Meadow English 8 – is all about introducing the components of good literature to your middle schooler and includes 7 novels, grammar study, writing assignments and more.
Writers in Residence
Writers in Residence – a homeschool writing curriculum is designed for kids in grades 4-8. While your child completes various writing assignments, they will also grow their vocabulary, learn about sentence structure, the parts of speech, and the conventions of the English language for punctuation, capitalization, and usage.
Rod and Staff English Writing for Middle School
Rod and Staff English – is a solid, systematic English program that covers grammar and writing topics thoroughly. It’s a Mennonite publication so you’ll find many farming references (and religious ones as well). It isn’t flashy and colorful, but its simple style is easy to follow, and when you complete the series, your children will have a very firm grammar foundation.
WriteShop Middle School Writing Curriculum
WriteShop – I can’t begin to tell you how impressed I am with WriteShop. I have recently acquired WriteShop I to use with my 8th grader and I am finding it to be a comprehensive writing curriculum that includes detailed help for both student and parent.
The Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW)
Do you feel underqualified to teach writing to your children? The Institute for Excellence in Writing has a resource called Teaching Writing: Structure and Style that will teach you to teach them!
Writing Workshop for Multiple Ages
Something about a workshop makes it a little more fun, don’t you think? A workshop implies all sorts of things and reminds me to pull out all the resources.
More Middle School Homeschool Curriculum
Homeschool Writing Curriculum – Choosing a homeschool writing curriculum and writing activities for homeschool can be a daunting task for any home educator, whether you are brand new or a seasoned one. Today here at The Curriculum Choice we’re sharing our favorite tried and true homeschool writing programs that span many ages.
Here are even more middle school resources for you to browse!
Be sure to hop over and check out our article on Choosing Middle School Homeschool Curriculum plus The Ultimate Guide to Homeschool Curriculum Options for Middle School.
Looking for high school resources? Check out our Complete Guide to Creative Writing Curriculum for Homeschool High School.
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