Essential English Skills for Teens: Real Life Reading and Writing With Ms Riot
What's included
10 live meetings
7 hrs 30 mins in-class hoursHomework
1 hour per week. I can provide homework upon request. Please do let me know if you'd like your learner to be completing homework.Assessment
If you would like a 'test' for your learner to complete out of class time, I am happy to provide feedback on their submitted answers. Do let me know if you'd like this provided at the end.Class Experience
US Grade 9 - 12
Beginner Level
Empower your teen to develop confidence in their writing and reading with my Essential English course, designed to help those who need extra support with their reading and writing. 🌈I am passionate about helping teens strengthen core skills to succeed. This can often mean applying the content and skills often covered in lower-grade levels, allowing teens to develop skills and confidence by meeting them where they are.🌈 🌈I focus on building confidence and foundational skills in a nurturing and empowering environment. I help teens master core concepts, overcome academic challenges, and develop a love for learning that extends beyond the classroom.🌈 My weekly lessons are grounded in the UK Functional Skills English Level 1 curriculum, which, as the name suggests, is designed around reading and writing required in real-world scenarios. The topics covered in Functional Skills English Level 1 focus on enhancing essential reading, writing, and communication skills that are crucial for everyday life situations. This course is perfect for teens and high-schoolers who may need extra support with their reading and writing. My lessons are casual in tone, but focused on learning. I believe that all students can make progress when they feel safe and supported. The Functional Skills Curriculum focuses our attention to English skills that will best allow our learners to engage and communicate in the world. 📎This class will not be canceled for low-enrollment. I teach all classes, even if only 1 learner is enrolled. If your learner does not like to go ahead with 1-to-1 classes, please let me know.📎
Learning Goals
Improve Reading Comprehension: Develop the ability to read and understand various non-fiction texts.
Enhance Writing Skills: Gain proficiency in writing clearly and effectively for different purposes, including letters, leaflets, and emails.
Syllabus
10 Lessons
over 10 WeeksLesson 1:
How texts present ideas (1)
We explore the different purposes that texts in our everyday life can have (explanatory, descriptive, instructive and persuasive). We will identify features of different text types.
45 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
How texts present ideas (2)
We will continue to explore the different purposes that texts in our everyday life can have (explanatory, descriptive, instructive and persuasive). We will identify features of different text types.
45 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Writing structure and planning
We will consider how to plan our writing and the purpose of paragraphs. We will explore writing for different purposes and for different audiences.
45 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Choosing the right language and format
We will look in more detail at how we write more formal emails in different contexts.
45 mins online live lesson
Other Details
Supply List
Paper and something to write with are always good to have on hand (just in case)
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Teacher expertise and credentials
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Bachelor's Degree in Education from University of Brighton
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👋 Hi there! I'm Ms. Riot, your certified and passionate educator with a flair for innovation and a heart for student growth. Hailing from London, England, I qualified as a teacher in 2007 with my Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) in Primary Education and certified with my Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Here in the UK, I am certified to teach from 5-18 years old.
🌏I have taught around the world, including at a not-for-profit summer camp in New York, volunteering in Kenya and India, and completing a teaching placement in Arizona.
🏫As a classroom teacher, I developed creative classrooms where students felt safe enough to fail. My passion for reading also allowed me to develop a new career as a high school librarian, supporting teens who had not discovered that a library could be a space for them. I have also taught students English up to the age of 16 at a prestigious online school.
🖼️More recently, I have worked within the learning department in a large museum, teaching at a range of online schools and designing curriculum for education resource companies. I also deliver lectures to trainee teachers, supporting them to develop their practice.
🖥️I have been teaching online for a year, for different schools and platforms.
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🌈I am passionate about helping teens strengthen core skills to succeed. This can often mean applying the content and skills often covered in lower-grade levels, allowing teens to develop skills and confidence by meeting them where they are.
🌈I focus on building confidence and foundational skills in a nurturing and empowering environment. I help teens master core concepts, overcome academic challenges, and develop a love for learning that extends beyond the classroom.
🌈At the heart of my teaching philosophy lies a belief that learning should be an adventure, sprinkled with curiosity. We can be serious about learning without it always being too serious.
🌈I am a teacher who welcomes all students exactly as they are. I have a lot of experience with neurodivergent children and am a neurodivergent adult myself. Cameras can be turned off if preferred (after a quick hello with the camera on).
🌈I create quite low-demand classroom experiences. I encourage and welcome participation, but am very quick to adapt to learners who are unable or unwilling to partake in an obvious and active manner. This can mean only using the chat, or even only listening.
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Live Group Course
$21
weekly or $210 for 10 classes1x per week, 10 weeks
45 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-17
1-5 learners per class