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Yale Graduate Hosts (Four) Writing Tutoring Sessions

(FLEX) ELA Writing Middle School Semester Class: Writing the Personal Narrative

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Kathie Harsch
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(38)
In this 8-week FLEX class, students learn to write a personal narrative step-by-step, using the writing process from planning to final draft. There are NO LIVE sessions of this ELA class, but we will interact in the Outschool Classroom.

Class experience

US Grade 6 - 8
Your student will learn how to analyze a personal narrative, plan, draft, revise, edit and publish their own personal narrative and share in discussions with other FLEX classmates in the Outschool classroom.

THERE ARE NO LIVE MEETINGS FOR THIS COURSE.
MY EXPERTISE:
My name is Kathie Harsch, and I am an Outschool Creative Writing teacher. I teach the writing strategies and techniques that help middle school writers to take their writing skills from general to organized and detailed. I’m also a published author of 4 books and a blogger. I have over 26 years of classroom experience teaching English Language Arts and Creative Writing for middle school students.

After graduating from University of South Florida in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing, I worked for USF for several years and decided to become a Language Arts teacher. 

In 1996, I became an English Language Arts teacher for middle school students grades 6-8. I took post graduate credits for my education certification from USF.

Teaching Certifications from the state of Florida include:
English Middle Grades 5-9
English 6-12
ESL
ESE
Business
Media Specialist

Teaching Experience: (26 years)
1996-2018 English Language Arts teacher Middle School grades 6-8
2004 Fellowship with Tampa Bay Area Writing Project, part of the National Writing Project
2005 I.C.E. Writers Camp mentor teacher - a creative writing camp for kids ages 7-18
2018-2022 Creative Writing and Digital Design - offered online as well as in class through my school's learning management system, so I am well-versed in offering and teaching online courses.
2019-2022 Teaching Digital Design (as well as Creative Writing) using Canva graphic design app
Homework Offered
All work is independent, so learners need to pace themselves and remain on a weekly schedule in order to accomplish this course in eight weeks. Each Monday at 12:00AM Eastern Standard Time, I will be posting the week's agenda with links to lessons and assignments. Each Wednesday, I will be post the Share Discussion for the week that students will comment on and share their ideas. Assignments are due on Friday, so I can give feedback over the weekend for the upcoming week.
2 - 4 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
I will give feedback reports to students. If a letter grade is needed, we can use the rubric to assign that, which parents will also see.
Grades Offered
Students will need a notebook to take notes and write inside for some lesson activities. They can also draft their personal narratives in this before typing (some students prefer that). 

Students will also need a personal Google account that you oversee as their parent/guardian. It cannot be a brick and mortar school account, since these often will not allow students to access any Google files outside of their school for safety reasons.  All materials are delivered through my Google Drive file that I share each week with students.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Your learner will need access to:
Pear Deck (they will get a link for this inside the classroom that makes Google Slides Interactive with questions and responses students type in as they go through the lesson)
Canva (free digital design app they can use for Week 8)
NearPod (Interactive learning app)
Google Drive (all lesson files, videos, assignments, and other handouts will be linked to this)
Google Docs
Google Forms
Google Slides
Google Links

Learners will be asked to make copies of Google Digital worksheets (from Google Slides and Google Docs) so they can type inside of them. There are also PDF versions available for every worksheet, but these would need to be printed, hand-written, a photo taken of the completed worksheet and those images uploaded to the Teacher tab inside the Outschool Classroom every Friday.
Common Lit.com for personal narrative examples; all other resources are made by me.
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(38)
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Hey there! My name is Ms. Kathie, and I am an Outschool 1:1 tutor for reading and writing. I teach the writing strategies and techniques that help middle school  writers to take their reading and writing skills from good to fantastic. 

I offer... 
Flex Class

$19

weekly or $152 for 8 weeks
8 weeks

Completed by 2 learners
No live video meetings
Ages 11-13

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