12 Week Comprehensive Writing Course | Paragraphs, Grammar, Punctuation & More

There are 3 units of writing that will be covered in this class. We will write two narratives, three opinion pieces, and three informative/explanatory pieces. Learners will publish 8 pieces of writing. Learners will submit their writing to the teacher for personalized feedback.


Here is what one Outschool parent has to say about this class:
💬"I really appreciate how the teacher looks over and writes suggestions on improving my child’s writing and paper. I like how the class is taught to write quality sentences with variations. I think even a beginner writer or reluctant writer can benefit from this class."



Lessons include:
-a mini-lesson/instruction
-studying and analyzing a model of that type of writing (mentor text)
-crafting our written piece
-revising and editing activities
-feedback
-publishing activities


Lessons 1-4: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. 

🎯Focus: Elements of Narrative Writing (beginning, middle, end; characters, setting, plot; problem/solution; dialogue)
📖Mini-Lesson: Choose specific, powerful adjectives and verbs; Using figures of speech to make writing more interesting (idioms, similes, metaphors); Using a hook to draw the reader in; Using descriptive details to help the reader visualize the setting and events
✅Skills: Correctly use quotation marks and commas in dialogue; Revise to improve writing
📝Publish: Two narrative pieces



Lessons 5-8: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.  

🎯Focus: Elements of Informative/Explanatory Writing (main idea with supporting relevant details; topic and concluding sentences)
📖Mini-Lesson: Choosing relevant supporting details/information; crafting a strong topic sentence and concluding sentence; Eliminating extra words; Using content specific vocabulary
✅Skills: Use conjunctions to connect clauses, phrases, and words together to create complex sentences; using transition words (additive, adversative, casual, and sequential transition words)
📝Publish: Three informative/explanatory pieces




Lessons 9-12: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

🎯Focus: Elements of Opinion Paragraphs (supporting an opinion with details; focus on one topic)
📖Mini-Lesson: Make a claim and support with details/information; crafting a strong topic sentence and concluding sentence; facts vs. opinions
✅Skills: Organize ideas, add opinions, support opinions, use transition words
📝Publish: Three opinion pieces


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*Leaves of Learning Academy is an organization on Outschool with about 18 teachers. Occasionally, the teacher for this class may not be able to teach and a substitute teacher from the organization will take her place. Only teachers trained to teach this class will serve as a possible substitute for the class. A message will be posted in the Outschool classroom before the class takes place in the event a substitute will be teaching. I am happy to offer a refund to any learner who prefers not to attend the class with a substitute. Please send a message through Outschool in that event and I will issue a refund. Thank you!