Paragraph of the Week: Tackling Challenging Writing Prompts
In this weekly course, students will strengthen their writing skills by learning and practicing writing well-constructed paragraphs each class
Vanessa Roach
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What's included
1 live meeting
35 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
Paragraph writing is a skill that many elementary-aged children struggle with. In this course, we look at a variety of paragraph writing prompts and learn how to break apart questions in order to write concise, specific, and formulated paragraphs. We look at the P.E.E.L., RACE, TEEEC, and many other acronyms to help students with paragraph writing. This class does not require students to be enrolled for each session as it does not build off of each lesson. Students learn strategies to incorporate textual evidence, sentence structure, grammar, and more to become better paragraph writers. Students also have the option of completing post-class writing prompts each week. Optional homework will also receive feedback (teacher comments and rated on a scale of "needs improvement," "satisfactory," and "exemplary") Students should at least be reading and writing at a 4th-grade level to benefit from this course. Students will gain exposure to various types of writing prompts (literary analysis, quotes, description, narrative, etc.) Class Breakdown: 1. Writing Skill Warmup 2. Prompt reading and discussion 3. 5 minute writing time 4. Share our prompts and instructor feedback. 5. Optional writing prompt for homework
Learning Goals
In this course, we look at a variety of paragraph writing prompts and learn how to break apart questions in order to write concise, specific, and formulated paragraphs.
Other Details
Supply List
paper and pencil each week
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined April, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Indiana Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Master's Degree in English from University of Southern Indiana
👋 Hello, and thank you for visiting my Outschool profile! Since I was 5 years-old, I knew that I wanted to be a teacher. Now, 7 years in my career, I still love it. There is nothing that I enjoy more than helping my students reach their goals and become better readers, writers, and thinkers. In all of my classes, I incorporate evidence-based techniques and strategies and focus on making learning enjoyable.
In my brick-and-mortar classes, I work with all levels of students (IEP students, general education, and high ability students). My goal as a teacher is to foster critical thinking and communication skills in order to help your child achieve their goals and become more proficient readers, writers, and critical thinkers. More than that, I encourage students to fall in love with learning.
For Outschool, I teach literature-based courses, novel studies, writing courses, grammar, vocabulary/etymology, test prep, and reading comprehension/strategies. My classes cater to all learning types and students are expected to participate in order to get the most out of the lesson. Students will complete my classes feeling accomplished and successful, as building confidence and true enjoyment in the subject is my first priority.
I have specialized training/experience in helping students prepare for most types of test prep including: PSAT, SAT, NWEA, MAP tests, AP Literature Test, High school entrance exams (ISEE/SSAT (all levels), HSPT, and SHSAT
In my free time, I enjoy traveling, reading, and being frequently caffeinated.
🏅🏆 Experience/Education:
-BS in Education (Reading/English 3-12, Gifted Education 3-12, Special Education 5-12)
-TESOL (120 hour) certified
-Masters of Arts In English Teaching
-Certification in High Ability/Gifted Learning Strategies
-Certification in Teaching Students with Learning Exceptionalities
-SAT/PSAT Testing Administrator (5 years)
-Experience tutoring for a variety of tests (ACT/SAT, ISEE, SHSAT, AP, etc.)
-Harkness Socratic Seminar Trained
-Indiana Writing Workshop Trained
Thank you for your time! I hope to see your child in my classroom soon! Have a blessed day!Reviews
Live Group Class
$8
weekly1x per week
35 min
Completed by 10 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-14
3-8 learners per class
