What's included
1 live meeting
35 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade 9 - 12
In this ongoing course, we will learn about a range of academic writing styles including reports, articles and essays. Suitable for ESL learners. Essay writing is an important skill essential for academic excellence and personality development. Learners with good essay writing skills are able to develop expression and creativity through language and ideas. This class will give time to develop ideas, and practice essay writing, whilst also providing feedback each week. What themes will we write about? Week of 30/9/24 - Using Evidence - Analysing and Writing Topic Sentences Week of 7/10/24 - Using Evidence - Understanding the Main Ideas in Lectures Week of 14/10/24 - Using Evidence - Reading a Text to Prepare for a Tutorial Discussion Week of 21/10/24 - Preparing for Academic Study - Speaking in Seminars Week of 28/10/24 - Preparing for Academic Study - Reading, Making Notes and Summarising Week of 4/11/24 - Preparing for Academic Study - Understanding the Wording of Academic Tasks Week of 11/11/24 - Preparing for Academic Study - Understanding the Introduction of a Lecture Week of 18/11/24 - Academic Focus - Extracting Key Factual Information Week of 25/11/24 - Academic Focus - Writing a Description of Visual Information Week of 2/12/24 - Academic Focus - Recognising Key Information in a Lecture Week of 9/12/24 - Academic Focus - Presenting Visual Information Week of 16/12/24 - How to Write in the Passive Form Week of 23/12/24 - How to Write an Article Week of 30/12/24 - How to Organise Paragraphs Week of 6/1/25 - How to Include Evidence Week of 13/1/25 - How to Write a Conclusion Week of 20/1/25 - How to Write a Formal Letter Week of 27/1/25 - How to Write a Report Week of 3/2/25 - Using Evidence - Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Evidence Further classes will be added. Come to class prepared with your notebook and pens and ready to share your ideas and get writing! We look forward to being part of your learning journey!
Other Details
Supply List
Please can learners bring a notebook and pen to class each week. Activity sheets will be posted to the classroom at 7pm PST on Sunday each week.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
3 teachers have teaching certificates
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
1 teacher has a Graduate degree
Master's Degree from Texas Tech University
6 teachers have a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree in English Language and Literature from The Open University
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from University of South Africa
Bachelor's Degree in Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences from University of South Africa
Bachelor's Degree in English Language and Literature from University of Westminster
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Messiah University
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Government from University College of Cape Breton - now Cape Breton University
Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from University of Maine at Fort Kent
Bachelor's Degree from University of Arkansas at Little Rock
We are a team of qualified and experienced teachers with a wealth of experience across a range of ages and subjects. Most of our teachers are also TEFL/TESL qualified. You can find out more about each teacher in our profile. We are all passionate about teaching and learning and seeing our learners succeed. We look forward to meeting you in class soon.
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Live Group Class
$15
weekly1x per week
35 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
1-6 learners per class