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How to Write Strong Essays

In this course, students will learn the foundational structure of essays to form cohesive papers that are well-developed and well-structured.
Dr. Tara Schmidt
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What's included

1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

US Grade 8 - 11
In this course, students will develop their essay writing skills by learning how to form foundational essays.

Students will learn the structure of the introduction, the body paragraphs, and the conclusion.

Students will learn how to:

form one sentence thesis statements
how to create strong topic sentences that directly relate to the thesis
how to create well-developed proper body paragraphs
how to write transitional sentences
how to structure the conclusion, so it properly "wraps" up the entire essay.

During the live lesson, students will see an example of a five-paragraph essay, and they will create their own "essay" while following along with me.  They will pick a topic from a list of chosen prompts.

I will first walk them through a strong intro and thesis. They will then create their own.

Then, I will walk them through forming well-developed body paragraphs that clearly support the thesis. They will write one body paragraph afterwards. We will do our best to write all five paragraphs in the allotted time.

Then, I will walk them through writing the conclusion.

After the session, students will be much better prepared on how to form any essay of any length by learning how to create the foundational essay.

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Google drive will be used to see students' paragraph writing.
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Joined January, 2022
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Doctoral Degree in English Language and Literature from Cardinal Stritch University
I have taught developmental and advanced reading and writing to college students for 14 years. Writing is a strong passion of mine, but teaching students how to be confident writers is what I really love to do. 

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Meets once
50 min

Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
1-18 learners per class

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