For fourth grade skills and up, the Wordsmith series is the perfect companion to Learning Language Arts Through Literature. Young people will find easy, step-by-step instructions to improve their writing skills. The series provides a brief review of grammar followed by instruction on building stronger sentences, exercises in writing descriptive, narrative, persuasive, and expository essays, creating dialogue, story writing, notetaking, and more. Plus, students build the essential skills of every good writer: practice in proofreading and revising.

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Reviews of the Wordsmith Series

Wordsmith assumes the student knows basic grammar. It moves on from there to work with grammar through written applications. For example, one assignment has them come up with vivid action verbs to replace weak verbs accompanied by adverbs. The goal is to sharpen writing skills by carefully choosing words for the best effect.
- Cathy Duffy

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In writing, the basics are NOT five-paragraph essays–or even a whole paragraph. The basics are good word choice and strong sentence structure. Writers also must have something to say. Wordsmith delivers that in spades.
- Redeemed Reader

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