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See allEnglish Foundations: Elementary
The sentence- and paragraph-level mechanics that most often break down in a young writer's first real scenes: parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, consistent tense, sentence combining, paragraph structure, and dialogue punctuation. Built for writers around 8-10, on top of what school already teaches, not instead of it.
5 modules12 lessons
Creative Writing: Elementary
The craft vocabulary school is already half-teaching by this age, made explicit and usable: the elements of a story, show-don't-tell, dialogue that does real work, setting a scene on purpose, and putting it all together into your first complete short story. Built for writers around 8-10, pairing with English Foundations: Elementary.
5 modules11 lessons
English Foundations: Teens & Adult Beginners
Style and voice for writers who already have the basics down: sentence rhythm, cutting filler, parallel structure, semicolons and colons, a repeatable self-edit pass, and reading published fiction like a writer instead of just a reader. The sentence- and paragraph-level control Write a Book assumes you already have.
4 modules9 lessons