Features
- PDF Curriculum: Immediately available, downloadable, printable*
- Credits: Fulfills the writing requirement for one high school ELA credit
- See explanation of ELA credit HERE.
- Includes each of these guides (also sold separately):
- ISBN 978-1-967468-26-3
High School Writing Bundle 1: Introductory Guide to High School Writing helps teens build strong writing skills one step at a time—with no busywork!
Looking for a high school writing curriculum that lays a solid foundation for creative writing, powerful essays, and carefully crafted research papers? 7Sisters makes it manageable with step-by-step, day-by-day lessons designed for teens.
This full-year, downloadable PDF writing curriculum is ideal for 9th graders and other high school students with minimal writing experience.
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Take a Look at Each Writing Guide
Introductory Guide to High School Poetry Writing makes poetry writing fun and approachable for homeschool teens—with no busywork!
Poetry helps students develop creativity, express ideas concisely, and grow in their use of words—valuable skills for any area of life, work, or Christian service.
Written by Vicki Tillman, this 5-week, 25-page downloadable PDF poetry writing workbook is ideal for middle and high school students with little or no poetry-writing
experience. It features brief, friendly lessons for homeschools and co-ops and includes fillable fields for your student’s responses.
Topics include:
- Poetic language
- Diamontes
- Idioms
- Alliteration and poetic form
- More ways to explore poetic expression
Help your teen discover the fun of poetry and build confidence with words through this easy-to-use homeschool poetry curriculum!
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Introductory Guide to High School Essay Writing helps your homeschool teen build essential essay-writing skills—without busywork!
Not sure how to help your teen become a confident essay writer? Marilyn Groop’s friendly, step-by-step approach breaks the process into manageable lessons, so even reluctant writers can learn what to write and how to organize their thoughts. You’ll love having a practical, easy-to-use curriculum that prepares your teen for college writing, research papers, persuasive writing, and more.
This 10-week, 61-page downloadable PDF curriculum is designed for inexperienced writers and works well for homeschools and co-ops. No previous experience with 7Sisters’ Middle School Essay Writing Guide is required.
Topics include:
- Basic essay structure: introduction, body, and conclusion
- Persuasive and compare/contrast essays
- Literature analysis and editorials
- Editing checklists and avoiding sentence fragments
- Answer key with three grading rubrics
Give your teen the tools and confidence to write clear, well-organized essays with this friendly, no-busywork high school writing curriculum!
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Introductory Guide to High School Short Story Writing: Family Narrative helps homeschool teens build creative writing skills while having fun telling a family story!
Written by Vicki Tillman, this 5-week, 23-page downloadable PDF writing guide uses friendly, step-by-step lessons to help inexperienced writers develop confidence and creativity. Teens start with small, familiar writing tasks and gradually learn to craft an engaging story—with no busywork!
Topics include:
- Character development
- Storyline
- Sparkling conversation
- Creative word order
Designed for homeschools and co-ops, this easy-to-use high school creative writing curriculum requires little or no parent/instructor guidance. Help your teen learn to capture ideas, bring stories to life, and become a more engaging writer!
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APA-Style Research Paper Writing Guide helps homeschool students tackle research papers with confidence— and without busywork!
Research papers are an important part of high school writing and college preparation. This friendly, easy-to-follow 64-page, 10-week PDF curriculum walks your student through every step, from choosing a topic to completing a polished paper with proper APA-style citations and references.
Vicki Tillman breaks the process into manageable steps, helping even reluctant writers move from “I don’t know what to write!” to a finished research paper. Adaptable for grades 7–12 and papers of various lengths, this research paper writing guide works well for homeschools and co-ops. Research papers are inevitable. Panic doesn’t have to be!
Included in the guide:
- Helpful teacher tips
- Suggested schedules
- Sample papers and examples
- Grading rubric
Give your homeschooler the practical skills and encouragement needed to organize ideas, conduct research, cite sources, and write a successful research paper!
Learn more about Writing in High School at these 7Sisters blogs and podcasts:
How to Get Teens Interested in Writing
High School Writing Requirements
Essay Writing for Reluctant High School Writers
How to Help Inexperienced or Struggling Writers
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Hear What Families Are Saying
I am currently homeschooling 3 boys who HATE writing. After two girls who loved to read and write, I was totally out of my element. I tried everything. Spent so much money on expensive writing curriculums only to fail over and over again. Until I found 7 Sisters.
I won’t say my boys love writing now, but they do it! And they are becoming really good writers because of how the writing guides are broken down into small, manageable steps. I’m a big picture kind of person, so it was hard for me to figure out how to teach the steps. These guides have taken all the stress out of teaching writing. I was considering giving up because my boys couldn’t write a paragraph. When I say 7 Sisters saved our homeschool, I mean it.
FYI, the literature guides are just as good! – K.
We are almost done with the Introductory Writing Bundle which includes APA research paper, essay, short story-family narrative and poetry. Like the above posters, the step by steps are great! Not too much in one day, but each assignment works on part of the paper/essay. It’s not really balanced for each day of work, but we haven’t had an issue. For instance, one day you’re only coming up with a topic sentence, another day, you’re writing a whole body paragraph. I really like how there’s an included (completed) paper, and some of the assignments are to study that paper to find the different aspects to follow the format. I will probably use the paper guide to make a “cheatsheet” i.e. step by step outline, for future APA research papers. And there really is NO busywork-which I love. – A.
My daughter used this and it was just perfect for her. Bite sized pieces. Good guidance for each step but low pressure enough to avoid writing anxiety. – M.
First year high school and middle school writing is doing a tremendous job in changing their perspective/attitude from “hating” to at least “liking” writing work for the day. I wish you could see the effort my oldest son (15yrs) is putting into his Sharks Research Paper. First time ever he has to write a research paper, and he loves your day-by-day, little-by-little bit approach. -E.V.
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