Download Center / Help Center / Store Login
-
-
-
- New to Tapestry? Explore Tapestry Plan with Tapestry Free Samples Read Reviews Share Tapestry
- Tapestry Year-Plans Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
- Resource Books Resource List Book Updates
-
-
-
-
-
- Curriculum Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
- Supplements Map Aids Writing Aids Evaluations Lapbooks Pop Quiz Government Shorter Works Poetics
- Helpful Extras Teacher Training Speeches Tab Sets Garden Tryst Co-op Licenses Olympus SAPpacks Welcome Packet
- Useful links Free Information Policies Privacy Policy
-
-
| |
|
We pray that this page will continue to grow, as it awaits contributions by you! Interested in submitting your student's piece as sample work? Please email it to us at wasamples@tapestryofgrace.com with the subject line: Writing Aids Sample Submission. For a hands-on trial run of Writing Aids with the first three weeks of Tapestry of Grace Year 1, click here! (You need the free Adobe Reader to read/print these PDF files.) | |
| Genres | Sample student work & additional links |
| Analytical Essays |
Levels 8-9: All For God's Glory Levels 8-12: Not Quite Disney Levels 8-12: The Test of Character Levels 10-12: The Change Level 11: The Liberator |
| Biography Writing |
Level 5 Level 5 Level 10 |
| Book Review/Report |
Level 5 Level 8 |
| Business Writing |
Please use your best judgment on introducing changeable and complex business forms to your children. They change so quickly these days that we have deemed it best to simply provide a web link for your use. |
| Cause/Effect Essays | Level 11 |
| Citation |
Many papers require citation schemes (ways to cite quotes and works cited, etc.). Currently MLA and Chicago are most widely used, but our number one suggestion is that you purchase the handbook on the scheme of your choice. Inform your student about the perils of plagiarism before he starts his first research project. |
| Classical Comparison Paper |
Year 3: William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez Year 4: George MacDonald and CS Lewis |
| Cluster & Describe | Level 1 |
| College Application Essays |
Helpful Website: there are three related pages that do a great job of giving you a variety of pointers! After reading the tips and sample essays, look carefully at the essays offered by the college(s) to which you plan to apply. |
| Compare & Contrast Essays | Levels 8-9 |
| Compare & Contrast Writing |
Level 3 Level 6 |
| Debate | This topic is outside the scope of Writing Aids. We suggest you start here. |
| Descriptive Essays | Level 9 |
| Descriptive Writing |
Levels 2-6 Levels 7-11 |
| Dictation | Levels 1-12 |
| Display Board |
Level 2 Level 6 |
| Draw & Caption | Level 1 |
| Editorials | Level 8 |
| Essay of Argumentation | Level 10 |
| Essay of Definition | Level 11 |
| Essay of Opposing Ideas | Level 11 |
| Essay Test-taking | Sample Answers to an actual Year 1 Quiz |
| Expository Essays |
Level 8-9 Levels 10-12 |
| Fables |
Level 2 Level 4 |
| Formal Outlines | Levels 4-11 |
| Friendly Notes & Letters |
Level 1 Level 3 Level 6 |
| Genres | You’ll find that listings of genres can vary, but here are two websites that will give you a good synopsis: Genres from Writing A-Z, and Genres of Essay Writing |
| Giving Directions | Level 2 |
| Historical Fiction |
Level 4 Level 4 Level 10 Level 12 |
| Informative Writing | |
| Interview Report | Level 9 |
| Journal Writing | Levels 4 and 5 |
| Literary Analysis |
Level 8 Level 11-12 Level 12 |
| Literary Comparison | Levels 9-12 |
| Multi-media Presentation | Level 11 |
| Narrative Essays | Levels 9-10 |
| Newspaper Writing |
Level 2 Level 4 Level 7 Civil War Gazette |
| Parables | Level 12 |
| Paragraph Construction |
Level 1-3 Levels 4-6 Levels 7-9 Levels 10-12 |
| Parts of a Sentence | See Writing Sentences |
| Personal Commentary | Level 8 |
| Personal Narrative | Level 5 |
| Personal Profile | Level 9 |
| Personal Response to Literature | Levels 11-12 |
| Persuasive Essays |
Levels 8-10 Level 8 |
| Pet Peeve Essay | Level 8 |
| Photo Essay | Level 3 |
| Playwriting |
Level 3 Level 6 Level 9 |
| Poetry |
Level 3 Level 6 Level 8 Level 10 |
| Process Essay | Level 11 |
| Reading Notes | See Lecture or Book Notes |
| Reports |
Levels 2-3 Levels 4-5: Allan Pinkerton Level 5: The History of the Alamo Level 7 |
| Research Paper | Level 9 |
| Self-Proofing | Levels 2-12 |
| Senior Thesis | Level 12 |
| Speech Writing |
Levels 4-5 Level 7 Level 9 |
| State Notebooks | Levels 4-5 |
| Story Writing |
Level 3 Level 6 Level 8 Level 11 |
| Story About Me! | Level 1 |
| Summarizing | Level 4 |
| Websites | Levels 10-12 |
| Word Bank | Levels 1-2 |
1135 N. Eastman Road, Kingsport, TN 37664Customer Service: 1-800-705-7487 (M-F, 10am to 4pm)
Technical Support: 1-877-621-7021 (M-F, 10am to 4pm)
Copyright © 2013 Lampstand Press Ltd, all rights reserved. "Tapestry of Grace" is a registered trademark of Marcia Somerville.
Site design by Smrvl.