Recommended for Age 12+
The Lost Tools of Writing, Level I is a one or two-year program (depending on the age of the student and the pace at which you wish to go), that covers primarily the persuasive essay.
To learn more about why we focus on the persuasive essay click here.
Featuring eight essays and a review lesson, LTW I teaches a half dozen schemes and tropes as well as numerous skills and techniques for coming up with ideas.
Skills Taught
WRITING: Basic Essay Writing • Schemes • Tropes • Editing • Exordium • Division • Narratio • Thesis • Proofs • Arguments • Refutation • Conclusion • Amplification
THINKING: Material Logic: Common Topics • Definition • Comparison • Circumstance • Testimony • Relationship • Formal Logic: Sorting
Lost Tools of Writing Level I
- A Teacher’s Guide full of over 200 pages of Lesson Guides to aid in lesson planning, classroom instruction, and grading
- A Student’s Workbook with a complete set of worksheets, templates for essay outlines, and tools of essay revision
- A subscription to our online, streaming instructional videos on Vimeo. You will not receive a set of DVDs with the workbooks and the instructional videos are NOT found in your online account.
Please Note: A Student’s Workbook must be purchased for each student who will use the program. Per copyright rules, worksheets may not be photocopied.
Customers who want even more examples and outlines for Level 1 should consider purchasing our HANDBOOK OF TYPES as well!