Looking for a little extra help in grammar? Love creative writing? Want to work on your college admissions essays with a professional? Think you need some additional practice with writing thesis essays? Our Workshops are exactly what you are looking for!
These classes are offered to students in all school settings looking for additional support in a specific area. All classes last 4 weeks and begin the first Monday of each month. Class assignments take 2-3 hours per week and are due every Friday at midnight EST. Personalized instructor feedback is given every week.
Grammar
Introduces students to the basics of grammar. Weekly topics include: parts of speech, clauses & phrases, building a sentence, and paragraph structure. Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 6-12.
$99
Helps students get a handle on all types of punctuation. Topics include: commas, semicolons, apostrophes, and dialogue punctuation. Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 6-12.
$99
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Academic Writing
Helps students practice thesis writing, develop strong outlines, and create full length essays. Starts the first Monday of every month.
For grades 6-12.
$125
Introduces the concepts of high school essay writing, including how to respond to fiction and nonfiction in essay form, properly form a thesis. and fully develop support from a text. Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 9-12.
$125
Learn how to do literary analysis, including literary devices, plot structures, characters and settings. Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 9-12.
$125
Learn how to recognize bias, analyze fallacies, and understand the parts of persuasion. Starts the first Monday of every month.
For grades 9-12.
$125
Prepares students for the structure and organization of a research paper. Topics in this course include thesis statement development, outlining, creating well-developed paragraphs, and understanding how to paraphrase. It also introduces the ideas of voice and utilizing description to create an engaging paper.
Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 6-12.
$125
Research Writing I is intended to help students in the first stage of writing a research paper: finding sources and preparing citations. Skills include finding a topic, gathering information effectively, use quotations, and create citations in a paper. By the end of this class, they will have all the skills they need to create a quality research paper, either independently or in the Research Writing II class. All of their research will be completed and they will be ready to write! Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 9-12.
$125
Research Writing II is all about writing the research project! This class helps students create a multi-genre research project. This project will include a traditional research section as well as additional genres of writing that bring the research to life. Students will walk step-by-step in each of these segments and will end the class with a research paper of at least 10-20 pages that includes elements of technology and visual interest. Students will use the research and preparations they completed in Research Writing I to create this project. Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 6-12.
$125
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College Prep
One of the most important strategies a student can learn in high school is how to read and analyze effectively. These types of papers are required in most college classes. This workshop teaches students how to read closely, how to pre-read effectively, and how to summarize and paraphrase for the purpose of analysis or research. Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 9-12.
$150
Helps students applying for scholarships and college admissions write a high quality essay--bring us the prompts, and we will help you get it written! Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 10-12.
$150
Focusing on the Common Application Essay, this class helps students produce a high quality essay for their application. Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 10-12.
$150
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Business and Practical Writing
Learn how to create a resume and compose professional cover letters. This workshop will teach the principles of resume writing and help each student complete a resume and collect references, fully ready to send to potential employers by the end of the class. It will also introduce letter styles and students will practice doing a job search and preparing a cover letter. Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 9-12.
$125
Professional business writing in job and entrepreneurial situations is the focus of this workshop. Topics covered include: types of business writing, composing emails for specific business situations, writing formal business letters, and professional social media etiquette. Students will learn how to create business proposals for entrepreneurial endeavors. Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 9-12.
$125
Helping students understand our communication online is important to their life skills as well as their writing ability. Topics covered include: types of online communication and the privacy standards of each type, composing emails, technical skills such as attachments and converting documents, and social media safety. Students will learn how to select what they write online and how style differs depending on the audience. Students will NOT be encouraged to create any social media accounts--discussing these choices with parents is stressed. All practice for online communication occurs in our monitored, protected classroom, and parents can view all the information as well. Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 6-12
$125
Practical writing is writing that occurs out in the world, and we often take those skills for granted. It's important to hone the skills that will never go away, no matter how digital our society gets. Topics covered include: writing thank you notes, creating to-do lists, writing and sending properly addressed letters, writing to businesses or government agencies, and other everyday tasks like recording a recipe. Students will learn how to adjust their tone and style for audience and purpose. Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 6-12.
$125
Introduction to Journalism focuses on the principles and style of journalistic writing. Topics include journalistic ethics and the freedom of the press, the purpose and style of various types of journalism (news, features, editorials, etc), and be introduced to proper interview techniques. Students will learn the purpose of journalism and complete one article including an interview. Starts the first Monday of every month. For grades 6-12
$125
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Creative Writing
Focuses on the basics of finding your voice and making your writing come alive. Each week will look at a different technique such as descriptive details, inner thoughts, and dialogue. This class can be used as a prerequisite for all our other creative writing workshops. Starts the first Monday of every month.
For grades 6-12.
$125
Helps students understand the role of point of view in writing and encourages them to explore different types of narrators. Activities will include writing pieces with unreliable narrators, animal or narrators, and first person narrators. Prerequisite: Creative Writing Voice Basics OR any of our annual classes. Starts the first Monday of every month.
For grades 6-12.
$125
Helps students learn about different types of poetry and practice writing their own poems.Each week, students will write four poems with a focus on word choice, sound quality, and structure. Poems are eligible to be entered into several contests. Starts the first Monday of every month.
For grades 6-12.
$125
Introduces students to more styles of poetry with increased focus on structure, rhythm, and word choice. Each week, students will write four poems. All poems are eligible to be entered into several contests. Starts the first Monday of every month.
For Grades 6-12
$125
NOTE: This is a SEMESTER-LONG class. It runs for 3 months, not just one. Students in Annual Classes do NOT need to take this class. This class is only for those who have independent pieces they wish to submit to the Scholastic contest. This semester elective will help students prepare several entries for the Scholastic Art & Writing contest. Choose session: Fall (Sept-Nov) or Summer (Jun-Aug).
For grades 9-12.
$350
This class is for those who have additional pieces they wish to submit to the Scholastic contest. This 4-week workshop will help students revise several entries for the Scholastic Art & Writing contest.
For grades 9-12.
$125
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