Homeschool Plans for Writing

I have been working on our lessons for the next school year.  I am so excited about my latest purchase from Institute for Excellence in Writing, Life Science-Based Writing Lessons in Structure and Style.  The authors, Danielle Olander and Peter Swett have put together a wonderful year of writing lessons for high school students using the IEW model.  I am especially excited about the research project towards the end of the year and the essay projects.  Besides learning how to write well, they will be covering a lot of Life Science.  Topics include: Cell Structure, DNA, Bacteria, Fungus, Botany, Cell Division, Zoology, Invertebrates and Vertebrates.  There are lessons on Experiment Write-Up, Writing a Scientific Essay on an ecosystem, and the one I am most excited about is Answering Questions in an Essay.  There is a page of questions in several areas of biology for the girls to choose from and then write a well organized essay.