Calling all writers - struggling and thriving alike! Do you have a struggling writer who needs support with improving their writing, structure and/or creativity? Or, is your writer thriving and would like an opportunity to continue perfecting their work? Well, this is the class for you! With weekly personalized feedback and support from me, this course is designed for writers to learn about and practice going through an entire 5 paragraph writing process. 

The writing process that we will go through is as follows:
Week 1 - Introduction to persuasive & brainstorming topic ideas.
Week 2 - Choosing a topic & planning and developing the thesis.
Week 3 - Developing and drafting the introduction (including strong hooks).
Week 4 - Drafting body paragraphs and learning about strategies to improve writing.
Week 5 - Drafting body paragraphs and learning about strategies to improve writing.
Week 6 - Developing and drafting the conclusion.
Week 7 - Editing & revising.
Week 8 - Celebrating.

All of these lessons will be on a Google Doc and each student will receive their own copy. This way, they can follow along, have their own working space, and go back to previous lessons as needed. 

The class structure will be similar each class. First, I will teach and model about the topic at hand (view pre-recorded videos). Then, learners will work on the assignment of the day (see above).  At the end of each class, students will have the opportunity to share any questions with me and prior to the end of each week, I will review their work and offer suggestions and advice.  During the editing and revising stages, students will share their work with another classmate and the classmate will offer suggestions and revision ideas. At the very end of our 8 weeks, we will hold a virtual writing celebration where students will share their work and celebrate their success by commenting on other's writing pieces. In addition, students will answer a weekly "Question of the Week" and have the opportunity to comment on their classmate's answers. This will help grow our FLEX class culture! 

At the very end of our 8 weeks, we will hold a writing celebration where students will share their work and celebrate their success! 

Whenever I teach, I work to ensure that my lessons are engaging, clear, concise, thorough and fun! I believe that students learn best when they feel comfortable with a teacher and are enjoying themselves. I always enjoy starting class with a quick game/activity about the topic at hand!

I will be teaching with the expectation that students have experience with developing sentences.