High School English: Fall Semester (Junior/Senior Skills) with College Prep.
Kaitlyn Fischer: Close-Reading Specialist
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In this 12-week course, students will develop their English skills while preparing for college by writing a personal narrative, working through college-level writing and applications, and reading Utopia by Thomas More.
Class experience
This semester is designed to provide a senior year or junior year college preparation course for English Language Arts. While practicing writing and analysis skills, we will also be preparing the traditional documents that colleges and universities ask for throughout the application process for both admissions and scholarships. We will meet three times a week with one day specifically dedicated to spending time working on college and scholarship applications, creating resumes, cover letters,...
Students will be able to:
- Introduce Themselves
- Discuss College and High Education Goals
- Practice College-Level Writing
- Complete Several Styles of Formal Writing
- Personal Narratives
- Compare and Contrast Essays
- Literary Analysis
- Research Paper
- Cover Letters
- Resumes
- Personal Belief Statements
- Portfolio Documents
- Participate in a Socratic Seminar Discussion
- Read Utopia by Thomas More
- Critically Read and Write Research
- Present Research in a Formal SettingI have been teaching professionally for over 5 years in both Missouri and in Colorado. I have been on Outschool for over a year and can provide links to classes where I teach the concepts of this semester-long class so you can look through them and look at the reviews to see how other parents and students have reacted to my courses. I am happy to answer any questions that you have!
Previous Semester Classes:
Satrapi and Faulkner:
- https://outschool.com/classes/high-school-english-a-semester-long-course-gU17NRCz?usid=l0R3fRwf&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link
Shelley and Sophocles:
- https://outschool.com/classes/high-school-english-a-semester-long-course-v8hZFmgO?usid=l0R3fRwf&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link
High School Research Skills: Level I
- https://outschool.com/classes/high-school-research-developing-skills-CnfSxLHD?usid=l0R3fRwf&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link
High School Research Skills: Level 2
- https://outschool.com/classes/high-school-research-ii-perfecting-skills-SrlmIdgF?usid=l0R3fRwf&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link
Annotations: The Key to Close Reading (Non-Fiction Unit skills)
- https://outschool.com/classes/annotations-the-key-to-close-reading-uaev8ybk?usid=l0R3fRwf&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_linkStudents will need to purchase the novels and have access to the literature pieces with copyrights. Some of the work we will be working with will be creative commons work or will be out of copyright. These we can access without an issue. All work we complete (the curriculum itself) is developed by me so there is no need to purchase a copyrighted curriculum!
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My name is Kaitlyn Fischer and I have taught English to students as young as nine through eighteen in both Missouri and Colorado. I am a close-reading specialist and have a lot of experience teaching students close-reading strategies including...
Group Class
$400
for 36 classes3x per week, 12 weeks
45 min
Completed by 6 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 15-18
3-6 learners per class
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