🔥 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐒: Live, 1-1 Parent Conferences are included at no additional cost. Your teacher will meet with you to talk about your learner's progress. We support your homeschooling efforts! 

This course has precise units, so students can join late if spots are available. We make newbies feel welcome! :)


𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼:

🧠 inspire learners to think, create, and study hard.

👀 expose learners to different sectors in the real world.

🕹️ get students to reduce gaming time.

💪 encourage learners to do something great! 

🧐 help learners develop a curiosity that will drive lifelong learning and skill development.

💯 equip learners for state testing and their future learning journey.

🙇 maximize student learning despite the hurdles posed by ADHD.

📋 teach kids how to conquer laziness and to create new habits that lead to success.

👔 teach young scholars to dress, look, and act professionally when presenting. 

🙌 set and work to achieve high standards.





This unique English language arts course enables students to take the tech skills they have acquired to the next level. Here, we are building future business owners, STEM leaders, and entrepreneurs who are high achievers. Students build essential skills for lifelong success while studying literature, poetry, storytelling, essay writing, and speech. We cover the essentials of English language arts while sparking creativity, critical thinking, and broader skills. We want our learners to be active participants, flexing their creative muscles and getting things done! 

Students complete a comprehensive English program in the context of diverse sectors, exploring engineering, business, culinary arts, investigative journalism, and the arts. 




🚨Ｉｍｐｏｒｔａｎｔ  Ｎｏｔｅ:
All students receive specific feedback on their work through rubrics, peer evaluations, and traditional grades. We intentionally put a little pressure on them and teach them how to handle it. They will rise to the occasion with mental toughness and confidence because they will know what to do and how to do it and can pull it off. We are building leaders who will take on the world as high achievers.






📷 SNAPSHOT OF OUR DAILY ACTIVITIES:
-To create and maintain a friendly environment, we start class by briefly getting to know each other or catching up with life. 
-Students practice a short and sweet grammar/writing mini-lesson
-We have a brief discussion of our class novel.
-The instructor explicitly teaches the day's concept or skill, which includes modeling. We often have workshop time where students can get things done and ask questions.
-Students complete their projects in class and for homework.
-Some days include student presentations.





📸 Ｓｎａｐｓｈｏｔ ｏｆ Ｓｔｕｄｅｎｔ Ｏｕｔｐｕｔ:
Students will: 
--present 4 major class presentations
--read 5 novels and the "The Grand Challenges for Engineering" and other texts
--complete grammar and sentence writing exercises each day
--write a mini business plan
--develop marketing through storytelling
--pitch a product
--develop a food truck concept, recipes, and a menu
--develop, record, and produce a mini-TV show
--curate a museum artifact and create an exhibit





📆 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍:

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭-3: 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴
Class Novel: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘺 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥 by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
Students focus on engineering design and communication. Students learn the fundamentals of the engineering design process and then compare it to the writing process and the creative process. They read The Grand Challenges of Engineering by the National Academy of Engineering. The culmination involves designing, building, and presenting a model, applying the engineering design process. Students participate in a Socratic Seminar.

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟰-𝟲: 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
Class Novel: 𝘈𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴: 𝘈𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘺 & 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 & 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘖𝘯𝘦𝘴 by James Clear
Students generate entrepreneurial ideas and develop a business offer. They create a product prototype or service and present it. They are encouraged to do this for real!
⦿ Meeting a market need, developing a business offer
⦿ Understanding an audience/buyer with problems
⦿ Product/Service Development
⦿ Aristotle's Rhetoric
⦿ Business pitch

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟳-𝟭𝟭: 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁, 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘀, & 𝗔 𝗭𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗽𝘀𝗲
Class Novel: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘡𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘴𝘦: 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 by Lauren Wilson (*there are a few curse words in this book, but I don't assign that section for reading)
We shift now to culinary arts and hosting a TV show. Students explore language arts in the culinary world, writing and presenting menus. They develop a food truck or food cart concept and story, curate recipes, and craft a menu. Then they become a food television host on a 𝘡𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸, recording their own mini-show, cooking real food. Some students may even include bugs! 🐜
⦿ Students develop a food truck concept, recipes, blog, logo, social media posts, and a menu.
⦿ Students record and produce their own mini-show

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟮-𝟭𝟯: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Class Novel: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 by Allan Wolf
Students engage in language arts within the arts, crafting historical narratives around historical artifacts using both historical facts and creative poetry. They also curate a virtual museum exhibit, presenting their selections to the class.
⦿ curate an artifact and learn about it
⦿ create a virtual exhibit 
⦿ write poetry from the perspective of the artifact






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𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 & 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺
𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬
𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘴
𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺
𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬--The back-and-forth work between a student and teacher significantly benefits a student if done well. We follow best practices in designing class time, assignments, and routines. According to Pennington Publishing, effective writing feedback (or grading) is:
• Specific, not general
• Immediate, not postponed
• Routine with a revision / feedback cycle
• Explanatory
• The right amount
• Targeted to the most critical issues
• Varied (written, audio, and video comments)
• Holding students accountable





👩‍🏫 YOUR TEACHER & A FREE CLASS: 
Nervous about the commitment to an entire semester? We offer a little taste in a reading comprehension class. If you take that class, we will provide a coupon for a semester ELA class worth the enrollment fee of the reading class, essentially getting the one-time class for free. 
Ages 11-12: 
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Ages 13-14
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🎥 To see teacher introduction videos, go to the Lemons-Aid profile page where you can view the video and also read bios. 
https://outschool.com/teachers/Karen-Lemons?usid=0BAnv5zn&signup=true&authTrigger=follow_teacher&follow=true&utm_campaign=share_leader_link




💰 A Quick Note on Why Ask for Full Payment Up Front:
Outschool has a new class payment system, where parents can pay weekly for a semester class. This is helpful for the pocketbook! However, students can unenroll if their schedule changes. If a class falls below the minimum enrollment, teachers may cancel it, leaving remaining learners and their parents in the lurch for a class! We want to offer a consistent learning experience in our semester courses, so we commit to running the course all semester, and learners commit to remaining enrolled. We charge less per class in semester classes because of the upfront investment. A guaranteed semester allows us to build on content and do long-range projects and essays. It also allows us to build a special community of learners—and it’s a little hard to say goodbye at the end! We also offer ongoing middle school English classes, which are wonderful—just different. Hopefully, this helps you understand how our semester classes differ from others that offer weekly payments.