Online Writing Courses for Elementary to High School
Writing Activities & Free Resources to Teach Writing
Writing Activities & Free Resources to Teach Writing
“I gained a lot from Time4Writing. With the help of my incredible teacher, I have brought my writing to an entirely new level.”
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“The SAT Essay Writing course gave my son confidence he didn't have the first time he took the exam. What a difference!”
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“My daughter is happily writing for the first time! She really enjoys the feedback and finally believes that she is a good writer!”
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“My son's favorite part of the class was the feedback. He LOVED having someone besides Mom give him input on his work.”
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“I gained a lot from Time4Writing. With the help of my incredible teacher, I have brought my writing to an entirely new level.”
How Do I Know Which Writing Course to Choose?
Time4Writing has courses for elementary, middle, and high school students. For each group, three levels of courses are available: basic, intermediate, and advanced. If you are uncertain about which course is right for your child, read through the writing samples below. These reflect common writing errors. If you recognize one that looks like your child’s writing, click the “Reveal Courses” button to see the most appropriate course for your child.
If, after looking at our placement chart, you are still unsure, remember that:
- you can include a note during registration in the “comments to the teacher” box
- you can switch courses at no charge any time during the first 2 weeks
| Do the examples below describe your child’s writing? |
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| joey smith, january, new york [Challenge: capitalizing proper nouns] |  |
| Susan needs a new. [Challenge: sentence fragments] | |
| Susan runs every day to school to see her friends talking in the morning on the basketball court all about other friends and homework clothes at the mall. [Challenge: run-on sentences] | |
| David run every day. [Challenge: subject-verb agreement] | |
| The boy’s all love to play. The berry’s are ripe. Bushs are being planted in the garden. [Challenge: plural nouns] | |
| The childrens’ toys were donated by the charity group. My parent’s wedding photo is a beautiful remembrance. [Challenge: plurals & possesives] | |
| Where are you. Watch out? [Challenge: end punctuation] | |
| Tommy is a great student Billy doesn’t do well in school. [Challenge: forming compound sentences] | |
| Tommy is a poor student, and doesn’t care. [Challenge: punctuating compound sentences] | |
| Tommy is tall has brown hair has blue eyes and has freckles. [Challenge: using commas in a series] | |
| I love playing. Dolls are cute. It is fun. [Challenge: paragraph structure] | |
| Dolls are fun. They are cute. They are good. They are sweet. [Challenge: sentence variety] | |
| I love dolls and video games and coloring books. All fun! [Challenge: paragraph focus] | |
| Does this describe your child’s approach to writing? |
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| Your child goes off on tangents when asked to write about a specific topic. [Challenge: essay focus and finding a thesis] | |
| Your child has problems getting started when given an essay topic. [Challenge: essay planning] | |
| Your child has a hard time deciding upon a point of view. [Challenge: finding essay voice] | |
| Writing descriptively using a variety of verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and figurative language. [Challenge: descriptive writing in narratives] | |
| Your child has mastered the basic expository and narrative essay without any grammatical or usage errors. [Challenge: ready to branch out to a variety of writing styles] | |
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