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 21/10/24 - Using Evidence - Reading a Text to Prepare for a Tutorial Discussion Week of 28/10/24 - Preparing for Academic Study - Speaking in Seminars Week of 4/11/24 - Preparing for Academic Study - Reading, Making Notes and Summarising Week of 11/11/24 - Preparing for Academic Study - Understanding the Wording of Academic Tasks Week of 18/11/24 - Preparing for Academic Study - Understanding the Introduction of a Lecture Week of 25/11/24 - Academic Focus - Extracting Key Factual Information Week of 2/12/24 - Academic Focus - Writing a Description of Visual Information Week of 9/12/24 - Academic Focus - Recognising Key Information in a Lecture Week of 16/12/24: Academic Focus - Presenting Visual Information Week of 23/12/24: How to Write with Conditionals Week of 30/12/24: How to Write a Review Week of 6/1/25: How to Write with Adverbials Week of 13/1/25: How to Write an Introduction Week of 20/1/25: How to Organise Paragraphs Week of 27/1/25: How to Include Evidence Week of 3/2/25 - How to Write a Conclusion Week of 10/2/25 - How to Write a Formal Letter Week of 17/2/25 - How to Write a Report Week of 24/2/25 - How to Write in the Passive Form Week of 3/3/25 - How to Write an Article Week of 10/3/25 - Using Evidence - Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Evidence Week of 17/3/25 - Using Evidence - Analysing and Writing Topic Sentences Week of 24/3/25 - Using Evidence - Understanding the Main Ideas in Lectures 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
8 teachers have teaching certificates
Non-US Teaching Certificate in English to Speakers of Other Languages
Oregon Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Non-US Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Non-US Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
North Carolina Teaching Certificate
Non-US Teaching Certificate in English to Speakers of Other Languages
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education
District of Columbia Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
8 teachers have a Graduate degree
Doctoral Degree in Biology/Biological Sciences from University of New Mexico
Master's Degree in Education from Charles Sturt University
Master's Degree in Education from University of the People
Master's Degree in Foreign Language from Zaporizhzhia National University
Master's Degree in Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences from University of The Rockies
Master's Degree in Education from Bath Spa University
Master's Degree in Religious Studies from U.S. Seminary
Master's Degree in Art History, Criticism and Conservation from University of Melbourne
22 teachers have a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management from Buckinghamshire New University
Bachelor's Degree in Biology/Biological Sciences from University of New Mexico
Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from University of New Mexico
Bachelor's Degree from Cardiff University
Bachelor's Degree in Religious Studies from Portland Bible College
Bachelor's Degree in Science from Rhodes University
Bachelor's Degree in Science from Oregon State University
Bachelor's Degree in History from Oregon State University
Bachelor's Degree in English Language and Literature from Plymouth University
Bachelor's Degree in Behavioral Science from University of the Free State
Bachelor's Degree in Education from University of South Africa
Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Western Kentucky University
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Ashford University
Bachelor's Degree in Biology/Biological Sciences from UniversitΓ© de Moncton
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Government from West Texas A&M University
Bachelor's Degree in Communications from RMIT University
Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from Nyack College
Bachelor's Degree in Biology/Biological Sciences from State University of New York College at Brockport
Bachelor's Degree from Millersville University
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Mississippi State University
Bachelor's Degree in Art and Design from University of Lincoln
Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Vancouver Island University
Bachelor's Degree from University of Central Florida
Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences from University of Ottawa
Bachelor's Degree from Griffith University
2 teachers have an Associate's degree
Associate's Degree in Business Administration and Management from Ashford University
Associate's Degree in Business/Commerce from Ashford University
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 1 learner
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
1-6 learners per class