Essay Writing Foundations: The Most Critical Skills
Class experience
US Grade 9 - 12
Beginner Level
🧐 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝟓-𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝 𝙀𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙮! Many students know how to organize a five-paragraph essay but struggle to generate ideas that fully support their thesis. They aren't quite sure how to develop body paragraphs that are clear, fully elaborated, and effective. Some find it impossible or difficult to write an introduction and conclusion that are more than just a few sentences. While students will certainly learn how to organize an essay, we teach skills that equip learners to embrace...
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!
Homework Offered
Students have 20-30 minutes of homework after each session once we are halfway through the coarse.0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
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.Grades Offered
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Since Feb 2021, Lemons-Aid Learning has been one of the top 100 most popular educator groups on the platform out of 5,000 educators on the platform. We were just informed by Outschool that we have yet again retained that distinction. Students and...
Group Class
$249
for 10 classes2x per week, 5 weeks
55 min
Completed by 335 learners
Live video meetings
Ages 13-17
6-15 learners per class