The Teacher Manual provides a course scope and sequence, weekly lesson plans, suggestions for adapting the 24 week schedule for various class schedules (one-day-a-week, two or three day, etc.) Reduced copies of student material are accompanied with teacher notes and suggested answers. Weekly Lesson Plans include teacher preparation, literature suggestions, use of videos, goals/objectives, copies of board notes (from video content), non-reproducible copies of source texts and model charts, notes on paper management (how to put papers into binders), and homework assignments. Structure lessons for Level A, Year 2 cover: Note Making/Outlines, Public Speaking, Writing from Notes, Retelling Narrative Stories, Summarizing a Reference, Writing From Pictures, Summarizing Multiple References, from Unit 7 (Inventive Writing) – Introductions/Conclusions, from Unit 8 (Essay Writing) – Basic Essay, Expanded Essay, and Formal Critique. Style lessons for Level A, Year 2 cover: Dress-Ups, Sentence Openers, and Banned Words. Level A is for students who are reading at a 3rd to 5th grade level. Year 2 is for students who have completed Year 1 or who have some introductory experience with writing. Video instruction and assignments continue to provide a basic introduction to writing skills. Instruction is incremental and clear. Andrew Pudewa, the presenter, is humorous and entertaining while presenting with clarity and good organizational skills. Courses are easy-to-use and highly effective.
Purchase of the Teacher Manual allows its owner to access the pdf downloads for Level A, Year 2 for use within their own family. Download instructions are included in the TM.