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Write On: Semester Journey

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Ages 9-14
Live Group Course
This Semester Course will influence the creative juices to flow while helping students move through a journey of writing one to five-paragraph essays.
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(159 reviews)

Live video meetings
1x per week, 30 weeks
2-6 learners per class
45 min

What's included

30 live meetings
22 hrs 30 mins in-class hours
Homework
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.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Joined April, 2020
4.9
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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.  

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