Here to Help Learning’s Writing Program

The curriculum progresses systematically from paragraph writing to essay writing and culminates in book writing, showing appropriate complexity progression.

Three courses for grades 1-3 focus on paragraph writing, three courses for grades 4-6 move to essay writing, and Essay Writing Flight 3 has students write a six-chapter book

The curriculum uses direct video instruction with clear step-by-step guidance, though it incorporates interactive elements and group activities.

Video lessons are the primary source of instruction with clear segments that walk students through each part; teacher's guide lists each step to be accomplished; videos tell students when to pause and what to do at each step

The curriculum provides strong, systematic writing instruction that follows the complete writing process from brainstorming to publishing.

Students work through brainstorming, webbing, rough drafts, teacher feedback, revisions, and final publishing for each project; covers narrative, descriptive, persuasive, and expository writing; includes self-evaluation forms and body motions to help recall writing steps

The curriculum includes some knowledge-building elements but is primarily skills-focused rather than systematically building domain knowledge.

Essay Writing Flight 3 introduces students to real-life Christian authors and includes activities that promote understanding of community service and Christian living, but the focus remains on writing skills development

The curriculum provides comprehensive teacher support through detailed guides, though it relies primarily on video instruction rather than deep pedagogical training.

Teacher's guide has two-page spreads for each lesson listing all steps, includes suggested answers, and allows teachers to potentially prepare without watching videos in advance, though familiarity with videos is recommended

The curriculum includes some review elements through its reference materials and process repetition, but lacks systematic retrieval practice.

Includes body motions to help students recall writing process steps and a 'Language Helps Booklet' for reference, but review notes that some video segments become redundant rather than providing spaced review

The curriculum includes some vocabulary development through literary terminology but does not appear to have systematic vocabulary instruction.

Essay Writing courses teach literary techniques vocabulary including similes, personification, onomatopoeia, irony, mood, metaphor, tone, hyperbole, and symbolism, plus includes a 'Language Helps Booklet' for reference

The curriculum does not focus on reading whole books or excerpts but rather on writing instruction with some integration of literary techniques.

Review mentions teaching literary techniques like similes, personification, and metaphor in Essay Writing courses, and Essay Writing Flight 3 has students write a six-chapter book, but no mention of reading complete texts

The curriculum does not include phonics instruction as it focuses specifically on writing composition rather than foundational reading skills.

Review indicates this is a writing program that covers paragraph and essay writing, with no mention of phonics, decoding, or word recognition instruction