Welcome to our 3rd/4th/5th Grade Writing Workshop, where we'll learn how to make our writing go from ordinary to extraordinary!  

Here is what one Outschool parent as to say about this class:
💬"This is fast results class. My learner has always struggled with 'writer's block'. Her Year 5 essays never exceeded a half page in length and essays given as homework always end in tears. Within the first month of taking this class her writing has dramatically improved both in quality and quantity. She is confident and more concise in essay planning. Her sentences no longer contain descriptors like good and nice, and her previous 2 sentence paragraphs are now effortlessly written with 4-5 sentences.  This is a well paced class. Each style of writing is broken down step by step.  The teaching is both effective and encouraging."


Two elements of this class that make it successful and produce results with writers:
-We look at "mentor texts," or published models, of each type of writing to see how our completed writing should look.
-We apply what we learn in the lesson to craft our own piece of writing and receive personalized feedback (during or after class) 

Your learner will receive individualized feedback and personalized instruction to help meet their needs and grow as a writer. The writing tasks focus on building and strengthening ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions within real-world writing tasks. 


Each lesson includes:
-a mini-lesson/instruction
-studying and analyzing a model of that type of writing
-crafting our written piece
-feedback is given (during or after the class)


Lessons:
Lesson 2: Search for a Topic
Lesson 3: A Writer's Notebook
Lesson 5: Find the Focus
Lesson 6: Stretching a Moment
Lesson 7: Limit the Topic
Lesson 8: Topic Web
Lesson 9: Let the Title Show Focus
Lesson 10: How a Story Is Developed
Lesson 11: Focus with a Lead

Week of June 3: Lesson 13: Experiment with Leads
Week of June 10: Lesson 14: Show, Don't Tell
Week of June 17: Lesson 15: Develop With Details
Week of June 24: Lesson 16: Sharpen The Picture

Week of July 1: Lesson 17: Using Action Verbs
Week of July 8: Lesson 18: Vivid Verbs
Week of July 15: Lesson 19: Writing That Shows
Week of July 22: Lesson 20: Compare To Make It Clear
Week of July 29: Lesson 21: Figurative Language

Week of August 4: Lesson 22: Replace Overused Words
Week of August 11: Lesson 23: Using Dialogue
Week of August 18: Lesson 24: Paragraphing
Week of August 25: Lesson 25: Point of View

Week of September 1: Lesson 26: Satisfying Endings
Week of September 8: Lesson 27: Writing a Summary
Week of September 15: Lesson 1: Find a Topic That Matters



All lessons are independent of each other. There is no 'beginning' or starting point for this class. Learners can jump in at any time. 
 
🌟Leaves of Learning Academy is rated "Popular" by Outschool because we are in the top 10% of all teachers on Outschool. This means we offer classes that are in high demand that fill up quickly! 🌟

*Leaves of Learning Academy is an organization on Outschool with about 18 teachers. Occasionally, the teacher for this class may not be able to teach and a substitute teacher from the organization will take her place. Only teachers trained to teach this class will serve as a possible substitute for the class. A message will be posted in the Outschool classroom before the class takes place in the event a substitute will be teaching. I am happy to offer a refund to any learner who prefers not to attend the class with a substitute. Please send a message through Outschool in that event and I will issue a refund. Thank you!

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Outschool policies regarding refunds for classes:

✅If your learner misses a class meeting, you are not entitled to a refund. Your teacher may, however, transfer your learner to another available section, or provide a class recording, at their discretion.
✅If your learner has not joined the meeting 10 minutes after the class’s start time, the meeting may be cancelled, at the teacher’s discretion. This is considered a missed meeting and you are not entitled to a refund.
✅Refunds are not guaranteed in the event that your learner misses a past or future class meeting due to a schedule conflict, and will depend on the class-specific refund policy.
✅If your learner’s meeting time changes because of daylight saving time starting or ending for several world regions, you are not entitled to a refund if they’re unable to attend. Please review your learner’s schedule ahead of time to ensure you know when classes are meeting.