Foundations of Essay Writing: Build the Skills Necessary for High School Writing & Beyond

This class is comprehensive, and students: 
1. build confidence in their ability to write effectively. 
2. learn to write an essay with an effective introduction, fully-elaborated body paragraphs, and a powerful conclusion. 
3. learn to use correct grammar when writing. 
4. learn to generate ideas, organize their thoughts, and to think when writing. 
5. learn to use a process that strengthens their ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, voice, and conventions. 
6. learn to work independently, using resources and a reliance on their mastery of new skills. 

The founder of Lemons-Aid, Mrs. Lemons has a B.A. in English and an M.Ed in Education Administration. She is certified to teach English, has a principal's license, and has many years of experience at every level. She also supervises teachers in their undergraduate and graduate level teacher preparation programs at Colorado Christian University. She is a teacher of teachers. 

All teachers who teach this class have an appropriate degree, teaching experience, and training, giving your learner a teacher who is a  content-area expert who loves kids. Mrs. Lemons is very selective and only hires the very best. They are star teachers!

Students have 20-30 minutes of homework after each session once we are halfway through the coarse. 

Students receive authentic and helpful feedback in class as students use the chat box to practice. They also receive feedback outside of class on the writing learners submit. Feedback is thoughtful and constructive. 

1 hour 50 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 0 - 1 hours per week outside of class.