This three-week workshop will focus on introducing students on how to write five-paragraph persuasive essays. Students will learn how to successfully follow the steps of writing an essay: prewriting, drafting, editing/revising, and polishing. Additionally, students will learn how to write interesting introductions, concise thesis statements, detail-oriented body paragraphs, effective topic sentences, strong counter-arguments, and powerful conclusions. They will also learn how to use productive transitions, precise word choice, varied sentence structure, and accurate conventions. 

Class #1: Prewriting and Drafting
   •	Parts of an Essay
   •	Thesis Statements
   •	Introductions

Class #2: Editing/Revising
   •	Body Paragraphs
   •	Topic Sentences
   •	Conclusions

Class #3: Polishing
   •	Counter-arguments
   •	Transitions
   •	Word Choice
   •	Sentence Structure
   •	Conventions

During each class, students will follow along with a Nearpod presentation to learn about various writing skills, followed by a series of discussions and evaluations of textual examples from sample essay prompts. Half of the class will focus on lecture and discussion, and the other half of the class will give students the opportunity to practice writing different parts of a five-paragraph persuasive essay. 

After Class #3, students will write a five-paragraph persuasive essay from a choice of essay prompts. The students will have 72 hours after Class #3 to submit it via the Outschool Classroom (in either a PDF or a Google Docs link) in order to receive detailed teacher feedback. 

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