$49
per weekEssay Writing: Total Mastery of Every High School Essay
Completed by 16 learners
Ages 14-17
Live Group Class
Live video meetings
2x per week
2-10 learners per class
55 min
What's included
2 live meetings
1 hrs 50 mins in-class hours per weekHomework
1-2 hours per week. Students have about 1 hour of writing homework each week.Progress Report
All students receive authentic and timely feedback on their writing. If you need traditional letter grades, just ask the instructor. The teacher offers feedback to the parents twice per unit at a minimum.Class Experience
US Grade 9 - 12
Beginner - Advanced Level
🚨 SUMMER AND FALL CLASSES JUST ADDED! 🚨 For the accelerated summer session, finishing all essays (May 7-Aug 20), follow this link: https://outschool.com/classes/essay-writing-total-mastery-of-every-high-school-essay-qynHYkQh?sectionUid=73c94c2c-942b-466d-a021-129161720250&showDetails=true&usid=0BAnv5zn&signup=true 💯 Total Mastery in High School Writing is a comprehensive ongoing course designed to equip students with the foundational skills needed for success in high school, college, and beyond. From mastering the essentials of essay organization to honing argumentative writing, literary analysis, historical research, and crafting compelling college application essays, this course provides explicit instruction, practical exercises, and personalized feedback to empower students in every aspect of academic writing. Prepare your teen for the rigors of upper-level writing with a curriculum that goes beyond the basics and sets them on a path to confidently excel in diverse writing tasks. 🕖 Learners can join anytime! We will get them going! 𝓒𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓼 𝓢𝓷𝓪𝓹𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓽: ✅ We start with sentence construction, putting grammar knowledge to work to write more sophisticated, mature sentences. This will separate your learner's writing from the rest. ✅ The instructor explicitly teaches a concept or skill through instruction, examples, and modeling. This direct teaching is critical! ✅ Students practice the skill with teacher feedback and guidance. This is done through the chatbox. ✅ During workshop time, students work independently on their Google Docs while still getting feedback from the instructor. This immediate feedback is proven to increase skill and understanding. Once we implemented workshop time where we watch them type in real-time on their Google Doc, we got a near 100% turn-in rate for essays. 📆 𝓒𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓼 𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓭𝓾𝓵𝓮: This ongoing course builds throughout each unit, so check the schedule. Students can join late! 📋 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝔂𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓫𝓾𝓼: Scroll to the very bottom of this section to see a description of each unit. Click here to see a detailed scope and sequence of each day: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LVJL9bZcDpZUkgqw4KAjH0SRkrljRm10Xkm8IpbQ5MI/edit?usp=sharing ✨ 🍋 ✨ #TheLemons-AidWay ✨ 🍋 ✨ 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊: The back-and-forth work between a student and teacher significantly benefits a student if done well. We follow best practices in designing class time, assignments, and routines. According to Pennington Publishing, effective writing feedback (or grading) is: Specific, not general Immediate, not postponed Routine with a revision / feedback cycle Explanatory The right amount Targeted to the most critical issues Varied (written, audio, and video comments) Holding students accountable 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄: We use "workshop time" so students will work while the teacher answers questions, gets them started, and holds them accountable. In a writing class, the teacher "visits" learners on their Google Documents and watches and helps them write. The immediacy of the feedback/revision cycle with the instructor allows writers to improve rapidly. Additionally, once we started using this method in writing classes, we saw nearly a 100% completion rate in student essays! 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐂 𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐑𝐒: Students need graphic organizers to help them see the structure and breakdown of a concept or process. For example, we use them to help learners understand how to write a paragraph or essay and to use the writing process. This is how they learn to develop coherent ideas. They don't figure out how to do this magically; the graphic organizers and the intentional, explicit teaching help them learn the skills! 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘: Each class includes explicit, direct instruction with teacher modeling. Students are guided toward mastery of skills and understandings to grasp the concepts and become independent. Students are held to a high standard of academic work, including often ignored skills like the use of grammar and neatness in math. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 🚨 🍋 FIND THE TEACHER OF YOUR SECTION TO SEE THE SCHEDULE! 🚨 🍋 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 🚀 𝐌𝐑𝐒. 𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐘 🚀 Wednesdays & Fridays ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟚: 𝔸ℝ𝔾𝕌𝕄𝔼ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔼 𝕎ℝ𝕀𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾: 𝔸𝕊𝕊𝔼ℝ𝕋, ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕊𝕆ℕ, & ℂ𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔼ℝ (10 classes) ✔ DAY 1-2: Feb 9-15--Genre and essential elements of argument ✔ DAY 3-4: Feb 16-22: The critical thinking required for argument. ✔ DAY 5-6: Feb 23-Mar 1--Online research, issues, claims, reasons, evidence, and analysis ✔ DAY 7-8: Mar 2-8--Revision and elaboration ✔ DAY 9-10: Mar 9-15: The introduction and conclusion. 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟛: ℙ𝔼ℕ 𝕋𝕆 ℙ𝔸ℙ𝔼ℝ: 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕃𝕀𝕋𝔼ℝ𝔸ℝ𝕐 𝔸ℕ𝔸𝕃𝕐𝕊𝕀𝕊 𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝕐 (6 classes) ✔ DAY 1-2: Mar 16-22--Intro to literary analysis & Pre-writing ✔ DAY 3-4: Mar 23-29--The intro and body paragraphs: evidence, analysis, in-text citations ✔ DAY 5-6: Mar 30-Apr 5--The conclusion, revising, editing. 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟜: 𝕋ℍ𝕀𝕊, 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋, & 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕆𝕋ℍ𝔼ℝ: 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℍ𝕀𝕊𝕋𝕆ℝ𝕀ℂ𝔸𝕃 ℝ𝔼𝕊𝔼𝔸ℝℂℍ 𝕋𝔼ℝ𝕄 ℙ𝔸ℙ𝔼ℝ (14 classes) ✔ DAY 1-2: Mar 30-Apr 5--An intro to historical research, reading, note-taking ✔ DAY 3 & 4: Apr 6-12 - Teacher guidance and help in workshop days ✔ DAY 5 & 6: Apr 13-19 - Historical context research with workshop ✔ Day 7 & 8: Apr 20-26 - Analysis and interpretation of research ✔ DAY 9 & 10: Apr 27-May 3 - Deep research: balanced perspectives ✔ DAY 11 & 12: May 4-10 - The thesis and argumentative paragraphs ✔ DAY 13 & 14: May 11-17 - The Intro, conclusion, and annotated bibliography 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟝: 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℂ𝕆𝕃𝕃𝔼𝔾𝔼 𝔸ℙℙ𝕃𝕀ℂ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ 𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝕐: 𝔸 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕂𝕊ℍ𝕆ℙ 𝕋𝕆 𝔾𝔼𝕋 𝕀𝕋 𝔻𝕆ℕ𝔼! (4 classes) ✔ DAY 1-2: May 18-24: Generate story ideas. Who cares? So what? Get to the heart. ✔ DAY 3-4: May 25-31: Draft Day, the conclusion, revisions, edits 🎓 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗜𝗧! 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦! 🎓 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ 🌸🌸 ACCELERATED SUMMER SESSION 1 - 𝗠𝗥𝗦 𝗦𝗣𝗥𝗬 🌸🌸 Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 $74 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: https://outschool.com/classes/essay-writing-total-mastery-of-every-high-school-essay-qynHYkQh?sectionUid=73c94c2c-942b-466d-a021-129161720250&showDetails=true&usid=0BAnv5zn&signup=true ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ ***𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟙: 𝔽𝕆𝕌ℕ𝔻𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊 𝕆𝔽 𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝕐 𝕎ℝ𝕀𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 (10 classes) ✔ DAY 1-3: May 7, 8, 9--Genre, organization, pre-writing, research ✔ DAY 4-6: May 14, 15, 16--Main ideas, elaboration, drafting ✔ DAY 7-9: May 21, 22, 23--A deeper dive into elaboration, the intro, the conclusion ✔ DAY 10: May 28--The Works Cited page, revisions, edits 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟚: 𝔸ℝ𝔾𝕌𝕄𝔼ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔼 𝕎ℝ𝕀𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾: 𝔸𝕊𝕊𝔼ℝ𝕋, ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕊𝕆ℕ, & ℂ𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔼ℝ (10 classes) ✔ DAY 1-2: May 29, 30--Genre and the critical thinking required for argument. ✔ DAY 3-5: Jun 4, 5, 6: Online research, claims, reasons, evidence, and analysis, drafting ✔ DAY 6-8: Jun 11, 12, 13--Revision and elaboration ✔ DAY 9-10: Jun 18, 19--The introduction and conclusion. 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟛: ℙ𝔼ℕ 𝕋𝕆 ℙ𝔸ℙ𝔼ℝ: 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕃𝕀𝕋𝔼ℝ𝔸ℝ𝕐 𝔸ℕ𝔸𝕃𝕐𝕊𝕀𝕊 𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝕐 (6 classes) ✔ DAY 1: Jun 20--Intro to literary analysis ✔ DAY 2-4: Jun 25, 26, 27--Pre-writing, intro and body paragraphs ✔ DAY 5-6: Jul 2, 3--conclusion, revising, editing **𝘕𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘺 4. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥.** 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟜: 𝕋ℍ𝕀𝕊, 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋, & 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕆𝕋ℍ𝔼ℝ: 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℍ𝕀𝕊𝕋𝕆ℝ𝕀ℂ𝔸𝕃 ℝ𝔼𝕊𝔼𝔸ℝℂℍ 𝕋𝔼ℝ𝕄 ℙ𝔸ℙ𝔼ℝ (14 classes) ✔ DAY 1-3: Jul 9, 10, 11--An intro to historical research, reading, note-taking ✔ DAY 4-6: Jul 16, 17, 18--Historical context research with workshop ✔ Day 7-9: Jul 23, 24, 25--Analysis and interpretation of research, deep research ✔ DAY 10-12: Jul 30, 31, Aug 1--Balanced research, the thesis and argumentative paragraphs ✔ DAY 13-14: Aug 6, 7, 8--The Intro, conclusion, and annotated bibliography 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟝: 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℂ𝕆𝕃𝕃𝔼𝔾𝔼 𝔸ℙℙ𝕃𝕀ℂ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ 𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝕐: 𝔸 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕂𝕊ℍ𝕆ℙ 𝕋𝕆 𝔾𝔼𝕋 𝕀𝕋 𝔻𝕆ℕ𝔼! (4 classes) ✔ DAY 1-3: Aug 13, 14, 15: Generate story ideas. Who cares? So what? Get to the heart. ✔ DAY 4: Aug 20: Draft Day, the conclusion, revisions, edits **𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 1 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥.** 🎓 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗜𝗧! 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦! 🎓 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ ☀️ ☀️ PARTIAL SUMMER SESSION 2 - 𝗠𝗥 𝗦𝗠𝗬𝗧𝗛 ☀️ ☀️ Tuesdays & Thursdays ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ ***𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟙: 𝔽𝕆𝕌ℕ𝔻𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊 𝕆𝔽 𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝕐 𝕎ℝ𝕀𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 (10 classes) ✔ DAY 1-2: May 20-22--Genre, organization ✔ DAY 3-4: May 27-29--Main ideas ✔ DAY 5-6: Jun 3-5--Pre-writing, drafting ✔ DAY 7-8: Jun 10-12--Elaboration, the intro ✔ DAY 9-10: Jun 17-19--The conclusion, Works Cited page, revisions, edits 𝔸ℝ𝔾𝕌𝕄𝔼ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔼 𝕎ℝ𝕀𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾: 𝔸𝕊𝕊𝔼ℝ𝕋, ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕊𝕆ℕ, & ℂ𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔼ℝ 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟚: 𝔸ℝ𝔾𝕌𝕄𝔼ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔼 𝕎ℝ𝕀𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾: 𝔸𝕊𝕊𝔼ℝ𝕋, ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕊𝕆ℕ, & ℂ𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔼ℝ (10 classes) ✔ DAY 1-2: Jun 24-26--Genre and essential elements of argument ✔ DAY 3-4: Jul 1-3: The critical thinking required for argument. ✔ DAY 5-6: Jul 8-10--Online research, issues, claims, reasons, evidence, and analysis ✔ DAY 7-8: Jul 15-17--Revision and elaboration ✔ DAY 9-10: Jul 22-24: The introduction and conclusion. 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟛: ℙ𝔼ℕ 𝕋𝕆 ℙ𝔸ℙ𝔼ℝ: 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕃𝕀𝕋𝔼ℝ𝔸ℝ𝕐 𝔸ℕ𝔸𝕃𝕐𝕊𝕀𝕊 𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝕐 (6 classes) ✔ DAY 1-2: Jul 29-31--Intro to literary analysis & Pre-writing ✔ DAY 3-4: Aug 5-7--The intro and body paragraphs: evidence, analysis, in-text citations ✔ DAY 5-6: Aug 12-14--The conclusion, revising, editing. 🎓 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗜𝗧! 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦! 🎓 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ ✅ ALL OF THE UNITS ✅ 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝔂𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓫𝓾𝓼: Click here to see a more detailed scope and sequence of each day: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LVJL9bZcDpZUkgqw4KAjH0SRkrljRm10Xkm8IpbQ5MI/edit?usp=sharing 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟙: 𝔽𝕆𝕌ℕ𝔻𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊 𝕆𝔽 𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝕐 𝕎ℝ𝕀𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 (10 classes) Many students know how to organize a five-paragraph essay but struggle to generate ideas that fully support their thesis. They aren't quite sure how to develop body paragraphs that are clear, fully elaborated, and effective. Some find it impossible or difficult to write an introduction and conclusion that are more than just a few sentences. While students will certainly learn how to organize an essay, we teach skills that equip learners to embrace any writing task with confidence and skill. This happens when they are explicitly taught how to do something, followed by guidance and feedback on their independent practice. Students must understand and master these foundational skills for high school, college, and work success. 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟚: 𝔸ℝ𝔾𝕌𝕄𝔼ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔼 𝕎ℝ𝕀𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾: 𝔸𝕊𝕊𝔼ℝ𝕋, ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕊𝕆ℕ, & ℂ𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔼ℝ (10 classes) 🥊 Ah, the art of argument! You may think your teen is already pretty talented in this area. This may be true! But are their arguments valid and reasonable? Do they know how to acknowledge the other side of an issue, a counterclaim, and refute it? How well are their arguments presented in writing? Most high school and college writing is argument writing, and this class prepares them for college writing, including dual enrollment. Literary analysis and research papers require argument writing, and all the required writing prompts on the AP English and AP Language exams are argument writing. Students will be prepared for the rigor of upper high school and college writing after taking this course. In fact, some of our students have reported using our writing guide, which has clear and useful graphic organizers, to write their essays in their college courses. 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟛: ℙ𝔼ℕ 𝕋𝕆 ℙ𝔸ℙ𝔼ℝ: 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕃𝕀𝕋𝔼ℝ𝔸ℝ𝕐 𝔸ℕ𝔸𝕃𝕐𝕊𝕀𝕊 𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝕐 (6 classes) In high school English classes, students read a novel or piece of literature, and they are told to write an essay. They may have a few class discussions of the literature, and they may get some help with a thesis statement, but usually, they don't get the instruction they need. They need explicit teaching! High school students must read literature, think deeply about the essential ideas, and synthesize all of it into an essay. 😳 This is no easy task! 🧠 They have to know how to: -do a close read of a literary text. -understand the text -analyze and evaluate a text -synthesize background information with an interpretation of the text -organize all of these ideas -prepare evidence, analysis, counter-arguments, and rebuttals -present the ideas in a broad, relevant context -write a beautiful essay Students deserve more explicit instruction and support. This is a better way. We break all of this into digestible components, so students can master the concepts, thinking, and skills. We know what they need to have success. 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟜: 𝕋ℍ𝕀𝕊, 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋, & 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕆𝕋ℍ𝔼ℝ: 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℍ𝕀𝕊𝕋𝕆ℝ𝕀ℂ𝔸𝕃 ℝ𝔼𝕊𝔼𝔸ℝℂℍ 𝕋𝔼ℝ𝕄 ℙ𝔸ℙ𝔼ℝ (14 classes) 🥸 What in the world is an argumentative research paper?! An argumentative research paper is harder than researching a topic and presenting findings, which is typical of lower-level research essays. In this class, students learn to research an event and then develop an argument about the significance of that event, based on the facts. They learn to follow the facts and present their findings in an argumentative research essay. Students begin by learning the steps of research: how to get organized, ask research questions, search smart to find resources online, read informational texts, and take notes so that they avoid plagiarism. Then they learn to synthesize it all together into a research essay with an annotated bibliography page. This class includes workshop time, which we have found increases student success in writing the paper. 𝕌ℕ𝕀𝕋 𝟝: 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℂ𝕆𝕃𝕃𝔼𝔾𝔼 𝔸ℙℙ𝕃𝕀ℂ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ 𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝕐: 𝔸 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕂𝕊ℍ𝕆ℙ 𝕋𝕆 𝔾𝔼𝕋 𝕀𝕋 𝔻𝕆ℕ𝔼! (4 classes) Students, you will learn how to research your audience and how to prepare, draft, revise, and edit an essay to get the results you want. Class time involves direct instruction with a dash of inspiration, and students will have individual workshop time with feedback from the instructor. Explicit instruction includes the following:
Learning Goals
Prepare for the rigor of college writing.
Learn how to write for different audiences and purposes.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
There is no sensitive content in this class.
Supply List
Students must turn work in through a Google Doc. This allows teachers to give detailed feedback. Students can use their own or a parent's account, but they cannot use a school account as schools disallow sharing outside their organization.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
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Teacher expertise and credentials
7 teachers have teaching certificates
Alaska Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
New York Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Washington Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Washington Teaching Certificate in Social Studies/History
Washington Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
North Carolina Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Missouri Teaching Certificate
Tennessee Teaching Certificate in Science
2 teachers have a Graduate degree
Master's Degree in Education from Liberty University
Master's Degree in Education from Western Governors University
11 teachers have a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree from Purdue University
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Philadelphia College of Bible
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Millersville University
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Liberty University
Bachelor's Degree in English from Florida State University
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Catawba College
Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education from Missouri State University
Bachelor's Degree in Music from Western Connecticut State University
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Government from Patrick Henry College
Bachelor's Degree in Biology/Biological Sciences from Middle Tennessee State University
Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from University of Northwestern - St. Paul
Mrs. Lemons has a B.A. in English Literature, a minor in Education, and a Master's in Education Administration. She has her teaching certificate and principal's license, and she is certified to teach English / Language Arts and History / Social Studies. She has many years of experience at the middle and high school levels. Further, she is an adjunct faculty member at Colorado Christian University, supervising teaching candidates in their undergraduate and graduate programs. She is a teacher of teachers.
All teachers scheduled to teach this class have the proper college degree, teaching experience, and license.
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