Write On: Semester Journey
This Semester Course will influence the creative juices to flow while helping students move through a journey of writing one to five-paragraph essays.
Ms. Nori
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What's included
30 live meetings
22 hrs 30 mins in-class hoursHomework
1 hour per week. Homework will only be given if we are behind or if the student has not completed the writing task on a given day during the instructional timeframe.Assessment
I will provide a verbal or written assessment based on when the student completes each task. This assessment will consist of providing an overview of structure and strategies used in the student draft. There will be no wholistic or letter grade given.Class Experience
US Grade 4 - 7
Beginner - Intermediate Level
Welcome to the Semester Journey writing course. It is perfectly suited for students who need and desire more practice writing 3, 4, or 5 paragraph essays. Our writing Journey begins with understanding the basic structure of a paragraph and an essay. To begin, students will construct a one-paragraph response using correct structure. As we move along our journey, our next stop will be to construct a corresponding introduction paragraph to match our first written paragraph and learn the strategies for the construction. We will continue in this fashion until we have reached a comfort level of writing five paragraphs. Along our journey we will examine writing structure, strategies and literary devices to incorporate into our writing.
The course will operate and list for ONE CLASS per week for approximately a 45-minute session. The basis of this course allows students to practice weekly writing tasks. Essentially, students will construct 31 writing tasks which is more than some students complete in an academic year.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a SEMESTER COURSE and will run for approx. 7/8 months
(depending on calendar weeks).
DELIVERY of genres: Descriptive, Expository, Persuasive, and Narrative
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COURSE AGENDA: upcoming listing for - AUGUST 2024
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MONTH 1 one-paragraph construction
1 cause & effect, prob. & sol., persuasive structures explained
2 compare & contrast, process, description structures explained
3 persuasive
4 problem & solution
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MONTH 2 two-paragraph construction
5 descriptive
6 process
7 descriptive
8 process
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MONTH 3 three-paragraph construction
9 cause & effect
10 compare & contrast
11 problem & solution
12 persuasive
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MONTH 4 four-paragraph construction
13 cause & effect
14 compare & contrast
15 problem & solution
16 persuasive
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MONTH 5 five-paragraph construction
17 persuasive
18 persuasive
19 persuasive
20 persuasive
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MONTH 6 five-paragraph construction
21 cause & effect
22 cause & effect
23 compare & contrast
24 compare & contrast
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MONTH 7 five-paragraph construction
25 process
26 process
27 description
28 description
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MONTH 8 five-paragraph construction
29 - 31 all narrative texts (various genres)Learning Goals
Students will learn how to construct various essays such as Descriptive, Expository and Persuasive formats with 3-5 paragraphs.
Other Details
Learning Needs
N/A
Pre-Requisites
All students should have had some experience in writing a short essay before, preferably at least one year of exposure.
Supply List
All students will need a spiral notebook and pencil.
Teacher expertise and credentials
New Jersey Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education
I have had more than 20 years of classroom and tutorial experience teaching Writing Skills to various age groups. I have extensive coursework and professional development training in the academic area of Writing. I have taught writing skills and strategies with English Language Arts Courses and with the READ 180 program which contains a writing component. Reviews
Live Group Course
$27
weekly or $800 for 30 classes1x per week, 30 weeks
45 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-14
2-6 learners per class
