Paragraph Practice Writing Club, Beyond the Basics (With Feedback)

✍️ HELP YOUR CHILD BUILD WRITING CONFIDENCE AND SKILL 

Is your child struggling with writing—or ready to strengthen their skills? Strong paragraph writing is the foundation for all academic and creative writing. In this weekly class, students gain structure, support, and strategy to write with clarity, variety, and confidence. These skills aren’t just for paragraphs—they're essential for essays, reports, stories, and more.

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🚀 WHY THIS CLASS WORKS

PRACTICAL
Hands-on practice each week gives students tools they’ll use in every kind of writing—narratives, essays, school assignments, and beyond.

PROGRESSIVE
Key skills build week by week, helping students become more confident, independent, and expressive writers.

FLEXIBLE
There’s no set sequence. Students can jump in anytime and immediately benefit from the structure and support.

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🧠 WHAT STUDENTS WILL DO EACH WEEK

Your learner will explore narrative, informative, and persuasive writing through targeted paragraph practice—while applying skills that transfer to longer writing tasks like essays and reports.

Each week, students will:
• practice organizing ideas clearly
• write strong topic sentences and supporting details
• experiment with sentence structure and vivid language
• choose from three unique writing prompts for creative expression

I model each concept, and students work independently to apply what they’ve learned. Written feedback is available for all submitted work.

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📈 GREAT FOR GROWING WRITERS

This class is ideal for students who can write basic paragraphs and are ready to level up. Whether your learner needs a boost in writing fluency or wants to build stronger academic writing habits, this class helps them move forward with confidence.

The skills practiced here support success in all types of writing—from short responses to full essays.

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👩‍🏫 NOT SURE IF THIS CLASS IS THE RIGHT LEVEL?

This class is best for students who can write basic paragraphs on their own. For learners who need more foundational support, try:

ESSAY ESSENTIALS: PARAGRAPH PRACTICE WRITING CLUB
https://outschool.com/classes/essay-essentials-paragraph-practice-writing-club-gPHWfsy6

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💻 PREFER A FLEXIBLE FORMAT?

Your learner can build writing skills at their own pace in these asynchronous options. They'll receive the same feedback and support as live class participants:

PERFECTING THE PARAGRAPH: BEYOND THE BASICS (FLEX)
https://outschool.com/classes/essay-essentials-perfecting-the-paragraph-beyond-the-basics-flex-NQnKtzaA

ADVANCED STYLE WITH FEEDBACK (FLEX)
https://outschool.com/classes/perfecting-the-paragraph-beyond-the-basics-advanced-style-with-feedback-Bh6EX0Y2

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📅 WEEKLY TOPICS AND SKILLS

WEEK OF MARCH 17: Informative paragraph: beginning sentences with -ly adverbs
WEEK OF MARCH 24: Persuasive paragraph: varying sentence length
WEEK OF MARCH 31: Narrative paragraph: dual quality adjectives before a noun
WEEK OF APRIL 7: Informative paragraph: eliminating second person
WEEK OF APRIL 14: Persuasive paragraph: developing tone
WEEK OF APRIL 21: Narrative paragraph: consistent verb tense and point of view
WEEK OF APRIL 28: Informative paragraph: beginning sentences with -ing words
WEEK OF MAY 5: Persuasive paragraph: adding analysis using the CER method
WEEK OF MAY 12: Narrative paragraph: engaging the five senses
WEEKS OF MAY 19 AND 26: No classes
WEEK OF JUNE 2: Informative paragraph: eliminating "to be" verbs
WEEK OF JUNE 9:Persuasive paragraph: using conjunctions (FANBOYS)
WEEK OF JUNE 16: Narrative paragraph: using descriptive clauses
WEEK OF JUNE 23: Informative paragraph: clear topic and concluding sentences
WEEK OF JUNE 30: Persuasive paragraph: improving word choice
WEEK OF JULY 7: Narrative paragraph: punctuation—semicolons, commas, and AMA (ask me anything)
WEEK OF JULY 14: Informative paragraph: clausal sentence starters
WEEK OF JULY 21: Persuasive paragraph: tone
WEEK OF JULY 28: Narrative paragraph: explode the moment—focused supporting details
WEEK OF AUGUST 4: Informative paragraph: beginning sentences with -ly adverbs
WEEK OF AUGUST 11: Persuasive paragraph: varying sentence length
WEEK OF AUGUST 18: Narrative paragraph: show, don’t tell