This short course is designed to simplify and clarify your student's understanding of what it means to write an essay. An exploration of essay fundamentals will allow students to find a unique writing voice while coming to a more confident position from which to write essays for grade school and beyond!
1x/week, 4 weeks
60 minutes
Age: 9-12
2-8 learners
4 Meetings
45 minutes/week
No Assessment
Will be provided by PenguinLearn.
By the end of this course, your child will be able to: - Articulate the purpose of an essay - Understand the structure and purpose of a basic thesis - Use the "beginning, middle, and end" structure of essay writing - Organize their thoughts using mind maps and other brainstorming models - Practice identifying their own opinion about a given topic - Write a short personal essay The lessons will cover: - The purpose of an essay, brainstorming and thesis crafting, and preliminary organizational models - The body of essay writing, including a comprehensive understanding of beginning, middle, and ending, as well as basic argumentation - How to comprehensively wrap up an essay, proper ending structure, and finishing their argument/statements well Rich discussion and actively engaged students create the best learning atmosphere! I will implement practical tips, verbal participation, and in-class and homework activities to help your child find their voice.
- What is an essay? Once you receive an assignment, how do you begin? - Once you figure out what you want to write about, how do you organize it? - What is a thesis and introduction? - How do you prepare for the body of your essay? - Overview of Personal Essay Assignment
- What does it mean to write the body of an essay? - How do you transform brainstormed material into concrete ideas? - How do you turn a concrete idea into several paragraphs? - What are topic sentences? How do I connect them to my thesis? - Continuation of Personal Essay Assignment work
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