3rd Grade Develop & Support a Claim

Wednesday 1:20-2:05 p.m.

$579

4th Grade Develop, Support and Strengthen a Claim

Wednesday 12:30-1:15 p.m.

$629

5th Grade Argument & Literary Analysis Paragraphs

Sunday 4:30-5:30 p.m.

$679

6th & 7th Grade Argument & Literary Analysis Fine Tuning

Sunday 5:40-6:40 p.m.

$699

6th Grade Argument, Literary & Expository Writing Methods

TBD

$699

7th & 8th Grade Persuasive Essay & Literary Analysis Strategies

Monday 4:55-5:55 p.m.

$699

8th Grade Advanced (writing sample to qualify) Persuasive Essay & Literary Analysis Techniques

Friday 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

$699

9th & 10th Grade Advanced Argument Essay & Literary Analysis

Sunday 3:00-4:30 p.m.

$699

3rd Grade Develop & Support a Claim

An inviting, informative and just plain fun writing course designed to support your child in developing and supporting a claim.  Students will learn to craft paragraphs that state a clear claim, choose relevant evidence, add details (analysis) to support the claim, and develop a conclusion.  Students will be provided with tools to help evaluate the flow of their paragraphs and the consistency of their information and details with their claim. It will be taught using a road-tested, proven, writing instruction methodology.  Techniques will be practiced with engaging and high-interest content. Writing will become easier for them, and quality will improve.

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Curriculum:​

• The writing process: pick information, organize and then write - POW

• Organization - Topic, Information, Details, Ending - TIDE

• Close reading strategies to identify evidence

• Outline techniques

• Make and develop a claim

• Prove your claim

• Endings that wrap-up

• Figurative language techniques, show don’t tell

• Word Choice & Transitions

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4th Grade Develop, Support and Strengthen a Claim

An inviting, informative and just plain fun writing course designed to support your child in developing and supporting an argument.  Students will learn to craft paragraphs that state a clear claim, choose best evidence to support the claim, develop analysis that proves the claim, and state a conclusion that synthesizes the point they aim to make.  Students will be provided with tools to help evaluate the coherence of their paragraphs, improve the organization of their writing, and clarify the relationships of their ideas. It will be taught using a road-tested, proven, writing instruction methodology.  Techniques will be practiced with engaging and high-interest content. Writing will become easier for them, and quality will improve.

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Curriculum:​

• The writing process: pick information, organize and then write - POW

• Organization - Topic, Information, Details, Ending - TIDE

• Close reading strategies to choose best evidence

• Outline techniques

• Make and develop a claim

• Prove your claim

• Endings that synthesize

• Figurative language techniques, show don’t tell

• Word Choice & Transitions

5th Grade Argument & Literary Analysis Paragraphs

An informative and inviting writing course designed to support your child in developing and supporting a strong argument, and introducing him or her to literary analysis techniques.  Students will learn to craft paragraphs that state a clear claim, choose best evidence to support the claim, develop analysis that proves the claim, and state a conclusion that synthesizes his/her argument.  Students will be provided with tools to help evaluate the coherence of their paragraphs, improve the organization of their writing, and clarify the relationships of their ideas.  It will be taught using a road-tested, proven, writing instruction methodology.  Techniques will be practiced with engaging and high-interest content.  Writing will become easier for them, and quality will improve.

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Curriculum:​

• The writing process: plan, organize (outline), write, revise, edit - POWRE

• Establish an insightful thesis/claim

• Outline the argument

• Organization strategies

• Select best evidence

• Prove the argument

• Interrogate argument for strength & depth

• Revision and editing strategies

• Fine tune word choice, transitions, sentence variety and coherenc

6th & 7th Grade Argument & Literary Analysis Fine Tuning

An informative and inviting writing course designed to support your child in developing and supporting an argument with clarity and depth, and strengthening his/her literary analysis techniques.  Students will learn to craft essays that state a meaningful and insightful claim, choose best evidence to support the claim, develop analysis that proves the claim, and state a conclusion that synthesizes his/her argument.  Students will be provided with tools to help evaluate the depth of their argument, coherence of their paragraphs, the logic of their organization, and clarity of the relationships of their ideas. It will be taught using a road-tested, proven, writing instruction methodology.  Techniques will be practiced with engaging and high-interest content. Writing will become easier for them, and quality will improve.

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Curriculum:​

• The writing process: plan, organize (outline), write, revise, edit - POWRE

• Develop an insightful thesis

• Outline techniques

• Organization strategies

• Select best evidence to support claims

• Craft analysis to prove the thesis

• Interrogate argument for strength & depth

• Literary character and point-of-view analysis

• Revision and editing strategies

• Fine tune word choice, transitions, sentence variety and coherence

6th Grade Argument, Literary & Expository Writing Methods

An informative and inviting writing course designed to support your child in developing and supporting an argument with clarity and depth, and developing his/her literary analysis techniques.  Students will learn to craft paragraphs that state a meaningful claim, choose best evidence to support the claim, develop analysis that proves the claim, and state a conclusion that synthesizes his/her argument.  Students will be provided with tools to help evaluate the coherence of their paragraphs, improve the organization of their writing, and clarify the relationships of their ideas. It will be taught using a road-tested, proven, writing instruction methodology.  Techniques will be practiced with engaging and high-interest content. Writing will become easier for them, and quality will improve.

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Curriculum:​

• The writing process: plan, organize (outline), write, revise, edit - POWRE

• Develop an insightful thesis

• Outline process

• Organization strategies

• Select best evidence to support claims

• Craft analysis to prove the thesis

• Interrogate argument for strength & depth

• Literary character and point-of-view analysis

• Revision and editing strategies

• Fine tune word choice, transitions, sentence variety and coherence

7th & 8th Grade Persuasive Essay & Literary Analysis Strategies

An informative and inviting writing course designed to support your child in developing and supporting an argument with clarity and depth, and strengthening his/her literary analysis techniques.  Students will learn to craft essays that state a meaningful and insightful claim, choose best evidence to support the claim, develop analysis that proves the claim, and state a conclusion that synthesizes his/her argument.  Students will be provided with tools to help evaluate the depth of their argument, coherence of their paragraphs, the logic of their organization, and clarity of the relationships of their ideas. It will be taught using a road-tested, proven, writing instruction methodology.  Techniques will be practiced with engaging and high-interest content. Writing will become easier for them, and quality will improve.

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Curriculum:​

• The writing process: plan, organize (outline), write, revise, edit - POWRE

• Develop an insightful thesis

• Outline techniques

• Organization strategies

• Select best evidence to support claims

• Craft analysis to prove the thesis

• Interrogate argument for strength & depth

• Literary character and point-of-view analysis

• Revision and editing strategies

• Fine tune word choice, transitions, sentence variety and coherence

8th Grade Advanced (writing sample to qualify) Persuasive Essay & Literary Analysis Techniques

An informative and enticing course designed to support your child in developing powerful argument, persuasive and literary analysis writing strategies.  Students will learn to craft essays with a meaningful and insightful thesis, choose best evidence to support the claim, develop analysis that proves the claim, and state a conclusion that synthesizes his/her argument.  Students will be provided with tools to help evaluate the depth of their argument, coherence of their paragraphs, the logic of their organization, and clarity of the relationships of their ideas.  It will be taught using a road-tested, proven, writing instruction methodology.  Techniques will be practiced with engaging and high-interest content.  Writing will become easier for them, and quality will improve.

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Curriculum:​

• The writing process: plan, organize (outline), write, revise, edit - POWRE

• Develop an insightful thesis

• Outline techniques

• Organization strategies

• Select best evidence to support claims

• Craft & strengthen analysis to prove the thesis

• Interrogate argument for strength & depth

• Literary character and point-of-view analysis

• Revision and editing strategies

• Fine tune word choice, transitions, sentence variety and coherence

9th & 10th Grade Advanced Argument Essay & Literary Analysis

An informative and enticing course designed to support your child in developing powerful argument, persuasive and literary analysis writing capabilities.  Students will learn to craft essays with a meaningful and insightful thesis, choose best evidence to support the claim, develop analysis that proves the claim, and craft a conclusion that synthesizes and extends his/her argument.  Students will be provided with tools to help evaluate the depth of their argument, coherence of their paragraphs, the logic of their organization, and clarity of the relationships of their ideas. It will be taught using a road-tested, proven, writing instruction methodology.  Techniques will be practiced with excerpts from literature and history topics likely to be encountered in school. Writing will become easier for them, and quality will improve.

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Curriculum:​

• The writing process: plan, organize (outline), write, revise, edit - POWRE

• Develop an insightful thesis

• Outline techniques

• Organization strategies

• Select best evidence to support claims

• Craft analysis to prove the thesis

• Interrogate argument for strength & depth

• Introduce and address counterclaims

• Revision and editing strategies

• Literary character and point-of-view analysis

• Fine tune word choice, transitions, sentence variety and coherence