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Middle School : MS3
Writing Today -The Advanced Essay Course Overview

Writing Today- The Advanced Essay helps students find their voice and produce essays which match style and media.  Today, students can get confused since they write one way for standardized tests, a different way for school essays, and yet another way when they are chatting with their friends.

Besides the teacher – student interaction, which is a large component of Time4Writing, the Writing Today course features student sharing with a peer review buddy. These buddies will exchange their written work with each other under the direction of the teacher. Middle school students learn nearly as much from reading and critiquing their peer’s writing as they do from teacher instruction.

How do I know which course to choose?

First, you'll want to zero in on the appropriate grade range. Knowing that our international visitors may be using a different naming system for the grade levels, we'll lay them out for you below.

  • 3rd-5th grade students (7-10yr olds) will generally use elementary courses.
  • 6th-8th grade students(11-13 yrs olds) will generally use middle school courses
  • 9th-12th grade students (14-19 yr olds) will generally use high school courses.


Next you'll want to decide on what you hope to get from the course.

Students needing help with sentence structure and sentence mechanics will want to use:

  • ES: Sensational Sentences (elementary)
  • MS: Basic Mechanics (middle)

Students interested in gaining skills in paragraph writing will want to use:

  • ES2: Perfect Paragraphs (elementary)
  • MS1: Powerful Paragraphs (middle)

Students looking to better their essay writing skills can choose from:

  • ES1: Intro to Essay Writing (elementary)
  • MS2: Welcome to the Essay (middle)
  • HS1: Essay Writing (high)

Students with interest in writing for specific uses can choose from:

  • MS3: Writing Today (middle)
  • HS2: Writing for Standardized Tests (high)
  • HS3: Writing for Research Papers(high)

Weekly Objectives:

Story and Logic in a Narrative Essay – Unit 1 Students write a narrative essay using setting and chronological time order

Story and Logic in an Expository Essay – Unit 2 Students write an expository essay using logical, relevant facts and share their essay with their writing e-partner

Sentence Variety and Strong Vocabulary – Unit 3 Students use different sentence structures and colorful words to write either a narrative or an expository essay and then share feedback with their writing e-partner

Basics – Unit 4 Students use the basic fundamentals such as spelling, punctuation, capitalization and subject-verb agreement and then write an essay about their favorite hobby that is then shared with their writing e-partner

Writing to Persuade– Unit 5 Students use their writing voice to create a persuasive essay on a chosen topic for a specific audience and then share it with their writing e-partner

Writing to Inform – Unit 6 Students use the 5 W’s and the H (Who, What, When, Where, Why and How) to write a news article and then share it with their writing e-partner

Writing for the Internet – Unit 7 Students use the elements specific to internet writing to create their own homepage and share it with their writing e-partner

Script Writing – Unit 8 Students write a two-scene script using dialog and stage directions and then share it with their writing e-partner

 

  

 

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Quick FAQ
How much are the courses?

Our courses are $99.
While we would love to offer discounts for additional children, we are a human run organization with a very slim margin.

 

 

How do I know which course to choose?

 

 

 

What's the time commitment necessary for each course?

Approximately 2 hours per week for 8 weeks totaling 16 course hours

 

 

When does the next session start?

Many of our courses start every Monday.
Contact us for further details

 

 

How does communication with the teacher work?

Time4Writing has a messaging system that works much like IMs or email. All student communication with the teacher will be done via the messaging system or via forums (message boards) within the courses. Students with any questions can send their teacher a message whenever they need to.

Teachers will have parent email addresses and will send any necessary notes to parents via email. Teachers will send mid-course and end-of-course progress reports to the parents via email. Parents may request an email conference with the teacher via the messaging system as well.

 

 

 

  
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