Levels
- Writers Mark Foundation (younger beginners)
- Writers Mark Cornerstone (5th, 6th, 7th grade)
- Writers Mark Honors (6th, 7th, 8th grade)
- Writers Mark AP (8th – High School)
Writer's Mark® successfully equips students with tools to significantly improve their writing skills. Its methods not only build written and oral communication skills, but also improve critical thinking. Weekly essays are an integral part of the Writers Mark curriculum. Completed essays culminate in an end-of-the-year portfolio.
Writer's Mark® teaches essential outlining, composition, and proof-reading strategies such as: keyword outlining, stylistic techniques, rhetorical devices, grammar, punctuation, and editing.
These critical writing tools are defined and practiced in order to improve students' understanding and subsequent application of these devices.*
Writer's Mark® Essays
- Narrative — tells a story / conveys an experience (4 types)
- Descriptive — creates an image
- Expository — explains, informs, describes a topic in a clear, correct fashion (analytical)
- Compare & Contrast — a type of analytical + descriptive essay
- Persuasive / Argumentative
- Research — a type of informative essay
- Literary Analysis
- Personal Improvement — resume, letters
* The SAT and ACT both test knowledge of these rhetorical and literary devices. It is never too early to become familiar with them.