Portafolio de escritura para la educación en el hogar, parte 2: Curso de escritura asincrónica de un semestre de duración

Every student has the ability to improve and strengthen their writing. From students that need a little extra help to students that possess excellent writing skills, there is always room to create and achieve new learning goals. In this semester-long course, students will learn and/or review the conventions and standards of English writing to compose a variety of written essays to be compiled into a writing portfolio. This course is the second part of Homeschool Writing Portfolio Part 1: Semester Long Writing Course, both live and flex versions, but it CAN be taken independently without having enrolled in the first course. All learners are welcome.

This is an asynchronous version for students that cannot attend the live sessions. Each week, students will view an interactive lesson recording that is to be played and paused during viewing for lesson completion. Students will post a weekly writing assignment into the peer feedback section for peer collaboration. Students will also submit their revised, edited, and published writing after each unit to the teacher to be put in a writing portfolio to be sent to parents at the completion of the course.

The goal of this course is for students to be able to construct a well-written problem-solution, compare-contrast,  rhetorical analysis, descriptive, and a definition essay.

Essays are due at the end of each unit. I feel it is important for students to have opportunities to apply the skills learned and gain information on how well they have used the newly acquired information through written feedback. Each learner should be able to complete the course in fifteen weeks. Learners submit weekly assignments that are given feedback within 72 hours of submission. To encourage interaction, each unit incorporates questions that learners will respond to via in class posts, and the teacher will respond as well to encourage interaction in the self-paced environment.