The How To in Classical

I struggle with writing. I am far more comfortable with math, science, logic.... So I find the idea of narration, copy work, dictation tricky. I can not always see the structure or form they follow. I hope to overcome this in 2008. Here are site links for me to reference as I figure it all out.

Copy Work

I have figured out copy work. The kids copy a sentence or paragraph depending on their ability. When they are done they look back to the original and find and correct any errors.

Teaching Dictation

http://mtpleasant.homeschooljournal.net/how-to-do-dictation/

Teaching Narration

http://mtpleasant.homeschooljournal.net/narration-starters/

Grammar

http://mtpleasant.homeschooljournal.net/grammars-order-of-operation/

I realize the process may seem obvious to some, but I need to know what is trying to be accomplished. Copy work done neatly but not corrected by them will not achieve its purpose as efficiently (if at all). And as I said before this way of seeing does not come easily to me.