Private Writing Tutoring With Curriculum - 15 Weeks

This private tutoring class is designed so that your learner can get personalized support on a weekly basis for fifteen consecutive weeks.  As a semester-long course, we can focus on learning new skills each week with the outlined curriculum below, and we can also work on writing assignments from school as needed.  This course is great for homeschoolers, unschoolers and schoolers alike! Each class meeting will involve reviewing writing assignments done between classes, learning new skills, and planning the next writing assignment. 

Spelling, grammar, and mechanics will be evaluated, with instruction and plenty of examples to help students learn from their own mistakes.  Writing skills are further developed using the Socratic Method to add depth and build confidence! As a professional paper reviewer for students in Middle School, High School, and College, I find that often a student makes the same type of mistake throughout their papers.  This lets me know an area of ELA that the student is not yet proficient in, and so the goal is to explain it so that mistake is no longer made.  I also use the Socratic Method of asking questions about what's been written, pointing out areas where details aren't clear or are missing, and guiding the student to figure out what might need changing or adding to help improve the quality of their writing overall.  Tutoring in this way leads to greatly improved writing ability and much more confident writers!  In addition, I utilize the 'I do, We do, You do.' teaching approach when teaching new skills.

Often a student 'hates 'writing because they find the process of taking a prompt and turning it into a well-organized paper to be overwhelming and arduous. Breaking down assignments into smaller steps and learning a few simple techniques can really help make the writing process easier.  Everyone has the ability to write well, and being able to organize one's thoughts onto paper is a skill that, once learned, brings out the great writer in anyone! 

Please note:
➡️Google Docs is the preferred app that I like to use if possible. Assignments may be used either as a shared document where we can both work on assignments together, or students may simply share their screen.  A Google account may be required to be set up should you choose to use this app, however creating or using a Google account is OPTIONAL.  With the Screen Share option in Zoom, any assignment may be shared with me to review, whether written in Google docs or another program. Please note that Parental Guidance using Google Docs - or any other word processing program your learner may be using - is advised.
➡️It is easiest if all writing assignments are typed in order for me to maximize the amount of learning for your child.

Curriculum:
Week 1 - The Art of Brainstorming, The Importance of an Outline and Creating a Strong Thesis Statement
Week 2 - What’s in a Paragraph?
Week 3 - The Descriptive Essay
Week 4 - Compare and Contrast
Week 5 - Using the Five Senses in Writing
Week 6 - The Narrative Essay
Week 7 - 1st Person, 2nd Person & 3rd Person Points of View
Week 8 - Writing Dialogue
Week 9 - The Expository Essay
Week 10 - Writing in Chronological Order
Week 11 - Transition Words & Phrases
Week 12 - The Argumentative Essay
Week 13 - Using Quotes in Text (and Plagiarism vs Paraphrasing)
Week 14 - Opinion vs Fact
Week 15 - Writing a Self-Reflection Essay