Welcome to the accelerated summer version of HSW1.
If you'd like to get a general sense of what the workload will be like, browse the 13 MMM (Monday Morning Meeting) posts from last term and the COURSE description tab above.
Other than the faster pace, the only difference in the summer course will be one fewer essay (I'll combine the descriptive and narrative pieces) and no 3rd drafts. Also, instead of designating a whole week to paragraph form, transition, and topic-sentence work, we'll be starting right off with an essay draft.
WHO? 9th grade and up. I have had a few younger (strong) writers take the course. Talk to me if you think your child is up for it.
WHAT? Students will work in each of the four modes of discourse: description, narration, persuasion, and exposition. They'll write two drafts of each the following essay types: descriptive, personal narrative, comparison, argumentative, book or film review, limited literary analysis, classification/definition, and process analysis.
This is an individualized course, so I will focus my instruction at whatever level the student is working. My grading and remarks will look very different from one student's work to the next.
WHERE? Wherever your computer is. It's entirely on-line.
WHEN? The course will run from the week of June 16 through the week of July 14. I know that vacations will be an issue for most; to work around that, I'll accept make-up work through August 9.
HOW? Twice each week I will post a lesson that may include any or all of the following: writing exercises, introduction of an essay type, model examples, video links for grammar lessons, and due dates/times. Students will submit work and I will send feedback on the essays through email.
HOW MUCH? $250
