Five Paragraph Exceptionally Excellent Essays Middle School Writing
In this 8 week flexible course, learners write a different essay each week. Narratives, descriptive, expository, persuasive essays, and more will be covered as well as a thorough evaluation provided.
Gina Conroy
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:(357)
What's included
Homework
1-2 hours per week. • Learner will need to complete their essay assignment outside of class and turn them in on time for evaluation. • Learner will be expected to turn in a "clean" essay on google docs link via the Outschool message center. • This class comes with one evaluation per essay. Parents are responsible to make sure homework is turned in ON TIME for assessment or an evaluation cannot be guaranteed.Assessment
Personal assessments are available on request. • All students are required to participate in class discussions/activities via classroom. • This class comes with one evaluation due at the end of each week. Parents are responsible to make sure homework is turned in ON TIME for assessment or an evaluation cannot be guaranteed.Class Experience
US Grade 5 - 8
***This class comes with one evaluation per essay. This outside evaluation is included in the overall price of the class. Real learning happens when the student revises and improves his or her work after evaluation!***
EXPERIENCE:
Students should know the basics of good essay structure which include an introduction, body with supporting details, and a concluding paragraph. Please see my other courses for a foundation in strong sentence structure and paragraph or essay writing or schedule a 1:1 if you feel your student needs more instruction and attention.
TEACHING STYLE:
In this flexible course that meets by video and in the classroom chat (not live,) learners will be engaged in a colorful power point presentation where they will learn about different paragraph types while strengthening their writing skills. Students will take part in weekly activities to enhance each particular essay knowledge.
INTERACTION & CLASS PARTICIPATION:
Teacher will be available for weekly essay topic brainstorming sessions where students will create a strong thesis question and sentence. Feedback from other students is encouraged. In addition, weekly sample thesis prompts will help students practice their thesis and topic sentences for a particular essay. Students will also interact with other students and the teacher by sharing their weekly activities and projects pertaining to their essay.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
You've heard practice makes perfect, but that's now exactly true. If you keep practicing the wrong things, you will not improve your writing! In this flexible class, that meets via video, we will practice writing exceptional essays first, through a short video instruction time. Activities such as weekly word searches, scrambles, and crossword puzzles will provide practice for transition and signal words needed for each essay. In addition, easy and fun creative activities will enhance the essay writing. Please see the schedule for details.
In this flexible course, students will learn to write a different essays each week.
CLASS DETAILS:
Each week students will have additional videos to watch and simple puzzles to solve to enhance their learning of each particular paragraph type plus and activity to enhance their essay knowledge.
Week 1: Opinion Essay: (Activity: Opinion signal word collage)
Week 2: How To Essay/Sequence: (Activity: "Exact instruction challenge")
Week 3: Descriptive Essay: (Activity: Video or audio narration of your favorite place.)
Week 4: Personal Narrative Essay:
(Activity: Video/audio narration or multi-media production (powerpoint, video, etc.) of your personal narrative experience.)
Week 5: Expository/Informational:
(Activity: Collage or multi-media production (powerpoint, video, etc.)
Week 6: Compare and Contrast: (Activity: compare & contrast scavenger hunt.)
Week 7: Cause and Effect:
(Activity: Video or project showing cause and effect.)
Week 8: Persuasive: (Activity: persuasive essay: Convince your classmates!)Learning Goals
***This class comes with one evaluation due before the next essay. This outside evaluation is included in the overall price of the class. Real learning happens when the student revises ave improves his or her work after evaluation!***
Course Objectives:
• Learn different types of essays and write them effectively according to the "rules" of the essay.
• Learn to focus their essay on the main idea and write a specific essay that answers the thesis question.
• Learn and practice writing clear, and focused, hooks, topic sentences, body paragraphs, and concluding sentences.
• Learn to write clear, focused, and cohesive paragraphs and essays with topic sentences.
Other Details
Supply List
Pencil, eraser, lined notebook paper, folder or binder Access to printer Worksheets will be handed out daily if used in class.
3 files available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Youtube videos will be assigned each week in the classroom.
Joined February, 2018
4.8
357reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree from Oral Roberts University
I'm a published author (fiction and nonfiction,) writing teacher, and tutor who's worked with gifted and struggling kids for over 20 years. I saw a gap and a need when it came to writing because children didn't have a basic knowledge of sentence structure or paragraph writing. I developed a program with fun techniques to engage them to write powerful and sometimes silly sentences. The techniques seemed to work with kids who loved writing as well as those who didn't. I'm excited to bring my program online to an even bigger audience.
What parents are saying:
Gina is a phenomenal writing teacher! We have loved working with her. We have a range of ages and she is great at adapting to their ages and learning styles. She's very patient and good at helping them focus. My kids have learned so much and been stretched and challenged in the area of writing. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to advance in any area of writing! - Bethany, mom of 4Reviews
Live Group Class
$175
for 8 weeks8 weeks
Completed by 8 learners
No live video meetings
Ages: 12-17
