Excellent writing
In this 6 week writing class, students will work on perfecting their writing skills. The class will focus on expository writing. Students will be given prompts and we will develop writing skills.
Melissa Kendall
Average rating:
3.0
Number of reviews:(2)
What's included
12 live meetings
11 in-class hoursGrading
If students want to submit a final essay for a grade, that will be graded.Class Experience
This course will focus on developing writing skills. Topics covered will include: developing a good topic sentence for a pragraph, paragraph writing development, thesis statement development, creating the body paragraphs, and making a conclusion. There will be many opportunities for writing and receiving feedback for improvement. I enjoy student participation, so students get many opportunities to read their writing if they want to (but not mandatory), and lots of class discussion.
Learning Goals
Learning goals are for students to improve their expository writing through paragraph and essay development.
Syllabus
12 Lessons
over 6 WeeksLesson 1:
Introduction
Introduction to writing 55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Topic Sentences and Paragraphs
Creating topic sentences for paragraphs and paragraph development. 55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
More paragraph fun
Continuing paragraph development 55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
What is an essay?
Looking at the parts of an essay 55 mins online live lesson
Other Details
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined December, 2018
3.0
2reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I am a highly experienced high school teacher. My love is economics and government. My specialty is AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, IB Economics and IB Theory of Knowledge. Additionally, I am an expert writing teacher. I have written AP Macro and Economics for the University of California Online High School. I am also an examiner for the IB, and I write practice test questions for the Texas Starr Test. I have worked for top schools throughout the world, both online and in person.
I graduated from U.C. Berkeley and started teaching in California, but went on an overseas adventure and taught in Dubai, Brussels, Jakarta and Mumbai, before landing back in the US. After teaching in Texas and Florida, I took my craft overseas once again to Okinawa, Japan, I am currently back in California to be closer to my family.
My fur babies are "kids" now: two dogs I adopted in Indonesia and a Japanese cat - they have flown internationally multiple times.Reviews
Live Group Course
$75
weekly or $450 for 12 classes2x per week, 6 weeks
55 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
2-10 learners per class
