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Old-Fashioned Letter Writing for Very Modern People: The How and the Why

Completed by 36 learners
Ages 8-12
Live One-Time Class
In this one-time class students will learn both formal letter-writing style and technique and why this key form of communication is still so important today. ESL Friendly--CEFR level B1, B2 (intermediate).#superstar
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Live video meetings
Meets once
3-6 learners per class
55 min

What's included

1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hours
Homework
Although this is a one-time class I am happy to respond to student questions and work sent over Outschool email after the session has ended. Optional writing assignments, with specially-created at home activities, games, and ideas, will be provided after class as well to give learners the opportunity both to enhance creative writing and further enhance their letter writing skills for every and always.

Class Experience

US Grade 3 - 6
Intermediate Level
Kindly note:
This is an ESL friendly class, CEFR  level — B1-B2 (intermediate).
Please feel free to write me via Outschool email with questions.
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"How wonderful it is to be able to write someone a letter! To feel like conveying your thoughts to a person, to sit at your desk and pick up a pen, to put your thoughts into words like this is truly marvelous." Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood)

Every person deserves the confidence, the skill, and the joy of writing letters. Old-Fashioned Letter Writing for Very Modern People: The How and the Why  is a one-time class specially created to give every learner the opportunity to learn to skillfully write letters the proper way to forever make lasting connections with those near and dear, far and wide.

Writing letters by hand can also result in increased academic achievement. According to researchers at UCLA and Princeton, learners who take notes by hand are more likely to retain information than those who type notes resulting in enhanced memory, creativity, and brain power.  Letter writing can move learners in the direction of writing notes by hand.

In a world that often moves too fast via the flying fingers of social media, handwritten letter writing is making a resurgence for the best reasons possible.  The act of writing letters is an ordered, contemplative act enhancing organizational skills, boosting creativity, expanding vocabulary, and nurturing long term friendships and connection with family.  The ability to craft a proper, beautiful letter is an important step towards writing excellent essays and short stories and essential for everyone as they move towards college and the work world.

Old-Fashioned Letter Writing for Very Modern People will focus on the following:

Exploring why Letter Writing is valuable in the Modern World
The Storied History of Letter Writing 
Kinds of Letters--How and Why to Write them
The Best Equipment for Writing
The Proper Style of a Letter

This class, and all my classes, are limited to 6 students for maximum participation to give all students a voice in the classroom. 

Moreover, optional writing assignments, with specially-created at home activities, games, and ideas,  will be provided after class as well to give learners the opportunity both to enhance creative writing and further enhance their letter writing skills for every and always. 

As anyone who has had handwritten letter with their name on it drop through the mail slot knows, there is nothing quite like holding a letter that is sent to you and for you, written with care and attention. Everyone deserves to receive letters, everyone deserves to know how to write them.

Learning Goals

*To learn the basic skill of letter writing
* To expand organizational skill
*Gain confidence and poise in written presentation
* Expand vocabulary and word usage
*To gain a sense for the history of letter writing and its ongoing importance in the world.

Other Details

Supply List
Paper and pen or pencil to take notes!
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Penhaven https://www.penheaven.co.uk/blog/handwritten-letters-which-made-history The American Philosophical Society https://www.amphilsoc.org/letter-writing The Art of Manliness https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/advice/the-art-of-letter-writing/ https://www.topeducationdegrees.org/proven-reasons-to-write-by-hand/

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Joined July, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree from The University of Michigan, 1982 Honors in The History of Art, Does not Expire
Longtime teacher of literature for both middle and high school students. Founder and former coach of an award-winning Speech and Debate team that competed at local, state and national levels, long-time speech judge for local, regional, national speech events for NCFL and National Speech and Debate Association, former teacher of high school debate and rhetoric, art history, literature, and AP Language and Composition. 

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