Grade Levels: 4 - 12

The Expressive Writing program helps students to express ideas and communicate clearly by writing sentences, paragraphs, and stories that articulate precisely what the writer wants to say. The easy-to-use approach utilises four instructional strands: Mechanics, Sentence Writing, Paragraph and Story Writing, and Editing. Each lesson focuses on the following main areas: structure; coherence; unity and correct grammar and punctuation.

The program comes in two levels.

Expressive Writing 1 is targeted at students needing help to:

• Plan exactly what they want to say
• Write complete sentences and paragraphs that remain on topic
• Edit their own and others' work

Expressive Writing 2 helps students who need help to:

• Write and punctuate compound and complex sentences correctly
• Use a range of varied sentence types
• Produce structured paragraphs with a topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion
• Edit consistently for punctuation, tense agreement, and unclear pronouns
• Revise to improve structure, coherence, and clarity

• Focuses on closing the gap for struggling writers very quickly
• Targets the most common problems often experienced by poor writers with on-going skill development
• Two distinct levels with four placement options allow you to precisely target learning needs
• Carefully sequenced instruction gradually moves students from simple paragraph writing to composing and editing sophisticated stories with varied sentences
• Cumulative Check System allows rapid evaluation of student progress and helps save you time
• In-program Mastery Tests and BLMs offer an easy way to monitor progress and re-teach critical skills