Good site for copy-work paragraphs?

Question

Can anyone suggest a good site (or sites) that would offer some ideas for inspiration, informative, funny or clever paragraphs for my children to practice handwriting through copywork? I am not looking for religious words, more like the Declaration of Indpendence type things.

I know Queen Homeschool has copybooks, but when I saw them I thought paying $10 for a photocopied booklet was a bit steep.

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Homeschool & Education Resources

Teachers use these resources; see if they are useful to you.

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http://www.literacylessons.co.uk/

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REV...

http://absoluteshakespeare.com/

http://www.midlandit.co.uk/education/ind...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/a-z/website...

http://www.byteachers.org.uk/sites.htm

http://www.sonlight.com/index.html?at=he...

http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index.ht...

http://blog.whimsplace.com/index.php?p=1...

Are you developing a lesson or unit?  Use the links below to let technology help!

http://www.techsparc.com/

http://www.2020site.org/

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

http://www.amblesideonline.org

http://www.mfwbooks.com/index.htm

Printable Work Sheets.

http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index2.h...

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/resources...

http://www.zozanga.com/

http://www.akidsheart.com/

http://www.akidsheart.com/color.htm

http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/

http://www.ezschool.com/EZSheets/index.h...

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.ht...

http://school.discovery.com/

http://www.schoolexpress.com/

http://www.abcteach.com/

http://www.kaboose.com/index.html

http://www.beginningreading.com/

http://teacher.scholastic.com/

Free Blank Outline Maps of the Countries and Continents of the World

http://geography.about.com/library/blank...

Free Stuff for Education

Educational free stuff for homeschoolers and educators to send for. Most items can be ordered online.

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freest...

Answer 2

Check this site for a wide variety of copywork links.

http://www.eclectichomeschool.org/articl...

Answer 3

For copywork, I just choose good passages out of whatever book we happen to be reading.  If we're reading _Charlotte's Web_, I'll pick a paragraph from the chapter we just read and have my son copy it.  If we're reading_A Tale of Two Cities_, same thing.  The Dec. of Ind. and Constitution are both available in book form, probably from your local library (that's where we get almost all of our books).

WriteShop has a book of copywork, but it only has 16 "passages".  They have the student copy it twice, then write it from dictation twice over two weeks.  They also have a section in Resources on their website with links to other copywork/dictation sources (I've included a link to that page below).