Children's β¦ Penny’s Take
The Write Direction
Lindamichelle Baron Β· 2003
60/100
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A systematic, process-driven writing curriculum with proper teacher-guide support is genuinely useful in the classroom, and the five-stage writing process framework is sound. The issue is that this is a curriculum program requiring teacher facilitation, not a book a child or parent picks up independently β and with zero independent critical reviews and likely out-of-print status, it is hard to track down and harder to evaluate. Teachers already using it may find value; for everyone else it is a difficult case to make.
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Verdict receipt0β100
safety95
substance62
craft60
originality52
accuracy70
hype72
age-fit68
human-eye55
Penny’s verdict60
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