Writing I: Grammar and Sentences (grades 5-7) - Winter 2021

Grammar is the secret to achieving clear and powerful writing!

Course Description:  In this online course, students will learn to strengthen and polish their writing by learning common grammar rules and sentence structures. This highly interactive, small group class focuses on the parts of speech and how they work in a sentence.  We will also cover the different types of sentences, learning when and how to use each one, creating writing that sparkles! 

Writing II: More Grammar, More Sentences and on to Paragraphs (grades 5-7) - Spring 2021

Does your child have great ideas but difficulty with school writing assignments? If your student has taken a writing class with us before, they may be ready to take this next course! If your student is not continuing on from Writing Skills 1, s/he can complete a writing skills prescreen to determine if Writing Skills II is appropriate for him/her.

Course Description: In this online course, students will continue to expand, strengthen, and polish their writing by learning more grammar rules and higher-level sentence structures. This highly interactive, small group class focuses on reviewing and completing the parts of speech and how they work in a sentence.  We will also cover more on punctuation, capitalization, and frequently confused words.  Paragraph development will be taught, emphasizing the importance of using vivid sentences, accomplished through edits and revision , always striving to create writing that sparkles! There is no prior class prerequisite for Writing 2.

This class meets for 8 weeks on Mondays ONLINE from 4 - 5pm.

Spring 2021 Course dates are: April 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24

Registration closes Wednesday, March 17, 2021!

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Upon registering for this class, please complete our parent and student packet and return to The Reading Center two weeks prior to the start of class. You will receive this packet via email a few days after registering.