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Class schedule &
registration
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Summer 2008 Class Schedule and
Registration
Session
Begins June 2nd
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
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| 8
a.m. PST 10 a.m. CST 11 a.m. EST |
Expository Writing ages 14 and up |
Beginning
Creative Writing ages 10 and up |
Beginning
Creative Writing ages 10 and up |
Presentation class ages 13 and up |
| Newspaper
Writing ages 11 and up |
Paragraph Writing ages 13 and up |
Elementary Writing 1 ages 9 and up |
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9 a.m. PST 11 a.m. CST noon EST |
Poetry Project ages 11 and up |
Subordinates
and Commas (Treating Subordinates Well) ages 12 and up |
Elementary Writing 2 ages 9 and up |
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ages 10
and up
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Report Writing ages 10 and up |
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Elementary Writing 1 ages 9 and up |
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Class Descriptions and Class Meeting Dates
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Paragraph Writing Instructor: Eileen Ages: 13 and up Length of Class: 6 weeks Dates and times of Online Meetings: Tuesdays 8 a.m. Pacific (10 a.m. Central, 11a.m. Eastern) Week 1: June 3 Week 2: June 10 Week 3: June 17 Week 4: June 24 Week 5: July 8 Week 6: July 15 Time required: Approximately 4 hours per lesson, plus 1-hour online class times as indicated. Although meetings are scheduled as shown, in order to accommodate a more relaxed summer schedule, students will have until July 31st to complete all work. Description: Students will work on writing different styles of paragraphs and focus on sentence structure, and grammar, and development of the understanding of a topic sentence and details within the paragraph. Students will learn to write a descriptive paragraph, compare-contrast paragraph, characterization paragraph, narrative paragraph, process paragraph, and expository paragraph. This challenging class is highly suitable for all ages from 13 through high school. Method: Students will download and print weekly lessons from a passworded website. We will “meet” as a class online as scheduled to discuss the lesson and share any questions or ideas. Assignments will be typed in Microsoft Word and will be sent via e-mail attachment. I will make edits and return to students for revisions, and they will then return them to me again. Prerequisites: Ability to type using Microsoft Word and good understanding AND application of grammar, complete sentences, and punctuation – especially proper comma usage (elements taught in Elementary 1, Elementary 2, Narrative, Elementary Report Writing). Click for Enrollment Form Treating Subordinates Well! Comma Long with Me! Instructor: Eileen Ages: 12 and up Length of Class: 6 weeks Dates and times of Online Meetings: Tuesdays 9 a.m. Pacific (11 a.m. Central, noon Eastern) Week 1: June 3 Week 2: June 10 Week 3: June 17 Week 4: June 24 Week 5: July 8 Week 6: July 15 Time required: Approximately 2-3 hours per lesson, plus 1-hour online class times as indicated. . Although meetings are scheduled as shown, in order to accommodate a more relaxed summer schedule, students will have until July 31st to complete all work. Description: Are you struggling with comma usage? Are you hoping to move forward in the classes we offer, but punctuation and grammar are holding you back? Recognizing subordinate and independent clauses will solve your problems! In this class we will focus on each type of clause and how to punctuate. We will overcome that punctuation problem which holds up so many students from progressing to further classes Method: Students will download and print weekly lessons from a passworded website. We will “meet” as a class online as scheduled to discuss the lesson and share any questions or ideas. Assignments will be typed in Microsoft Word and will be sent via e-mail attachment. I will make edits and return to students for revisions, and they will then return them to me again. Prerequisites: Ability to type using Microsoft Word and basic understanding of writing sentences and expressing ideas. Click for Enrollment Form Expository Writing (Research Essay) Instructor: Eileen Ages: 14 and up Length of Class: 6 weeks Dates and times of Online Meetings: Mondays 8 a.m. Pacific (noon Central, 1 pm Eastern) Week 1: June 2 Week 2: June 9 Week 3 & 4: June 16 Week 5&6: July 7 Time required: Approximately 4 hours per lesson, plus 1-hour online class times as indicated. . Although meetings are scheduled as shown, in order to accommodate a more relaxed summer schedule, students will have until July 31st to complete all work. Description: Students will learn to write a research essay. Concepts covered and learned through writing one essay include: punctuation and paragraphing; choosing and narrowing a topic; choosing, documenting and citing resources in parenthetical references; choosing 3 or more main points (subtopics); note taking; using and documenting quotes; writing a thesis statement; writing topic sentences; MLA Format; writing supporting paragraphs; transition sentences; writing an opening paragraph; and writing a closing paragraph. It is recommended that this class be repeated more than once, especially for high school level students. Method: Students will download and print weekly lessons from a passworded website. We will “meet” as a class online as scheduled to discuss the lesson and share any questions or ideas. Assignments will be typed in Microsoft Word and will be sent via e-mail attachment. I will make edits and return to students for revisions, and they will then return them to me again. Prerequisites: Ability to type using Microsoft Word and strong understanding AND application of grammar, complete sentences, and punctuation. Paragraph Writing and Writing About Books required. Click for Enrollment Form Presentation Class Instructor: Sherry Ann Ages: 13 and up Length of Class: 6 weeks Dates and times of Online Meetings Thursdays 8 a.m. Pacific (10 a.m. Central, 11 a.m. Eastern) Week 1: June 5 Week 2: June 12 Week 3: June 19 Week 4: June 26 Week 5: July 3 Week 6: July 10 Time Required: Approximately 3 hours per week, plus 1-hour weekly online class time. Although meetings are scheduled as shown, in order to accommodate a more relaxed summer schedule, students will have until July 31st to complete all work. Description: Did you know that high school and college classes require the ability to create presentation slide shows for various projects? The program is easy and very fun to use! Students will use the presentation software, Impress (which is the free equivalent of PowerPoint), to create a presentation slide show to display their understanding of the different patterns of development, mainly compare-contrast. They will apply skills that have been learned in both the Paragraph Writing and Elementary Report Writing classes. Method: Students will download and print weekly lessons from a passworded website. We will “meet” as a class online once a week to discuss the lesson and share any questions or ideas. Assignments will be typed in Microsoft Word and OpenOffice Impress and will be sent via e-mail attachment. I will make edits and return to students for revisions, and they will then return them to me again. Prerequisites: Ability to type using Microsoft Word and strong understanding AND application of grammar, complete sentences, and punctuation. Paragraph Writing required as prerequisite. Click for Enrollment Form Elementary Writing 1 Ages: 9 and up Length of Class: 6 weeks Dates and times of Online Meetings Tuesdays 9 a.m. Pacific (11 a.m. Central, noon Eastern) Week 1: June 3 Week 2: June 10 Week 3: June 17 Week 4: June 24 Week 5: July 1 Week 6: July 8 OR Wednesdays 8 a.m. Pacific (10 a.m. Central, 11 a.m. Eastern) Week 1: June 4 Week 2: June 11 Week 3: June 18 Week 4: June 25 Week 5: July 9 Week 6: July 16 Time Required: Approximately 2-3 hours per lesson, plus 1-hour online class times as indicated. Although meetings are scheduled as shown, in order to accommodate a more relaxed summer schedule, students will have until July 31st to complete all work. Description: Students will gain the ability to develop purpose, consider audience, and write clear and coherent sentences and paragraphs that develop a central idea. This class will also help the student to become knowledgeable and comfortable with using their computer so that it may be used as a valuable tool in their education. Students will be learning spelling rules, vocabulary skills and how to use reference materials, sentence structure and parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, basic grammar, writing a complete, coherent, and interesting paragraph that has purpose and considers audience. Method: Students will download and print weekly lessons from a passworded website. We will “meet” as a class online as scheduled to discuss the lesson and share any questions or ideas. Assignments will be typed in Microsoft Word and will be sent via e-mail attachment. I will make edits and return to students for revisions, and they will then return them to me again. Prerequisites: None Click for Enrollment Form Elementary Writing 2 Instructor: Brianna Ages: 9 and up Length of Class: 6 weeks Dates and times of Online Meetings: Wednesdays (Brianna) 9 a.m. Pacific (11 a.m. Central, noon Eastern) Week 1: June 4 Week 2: June 11 Week 3: June 18 Week 4: June 25 Week 5: July 9 Week 6: July 16 Time Required: Approximately 2-3 hours per lesson, plus 1-hour online class times as indicated.. Although meetings are scheduled as shown, in order to accommodate a more relaxed summer schedule, students will have until July 31st to complete all work. Description: A continuation of Elementary Writing 1. Students will gain the ability to develop purpose, consider audience, and write clear and coherent sentences and paragraphs that develop a central idea. This class will also help the student to become knowledgeable and comfortable with using their computer so that it may be used as a valuable tool in their education. Students will continue to expand their abilities with spelling rules, vocabulary skills and how to use reference materials, sentence structure and parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, basic grammar, writing a complete, coherent, and interesting paragraph that has purpose and considers audience. Method: Students will download and print weekly lessons from a passworded website. We will “meet” as a class online as scheduled to discuss the lesson and share any questions or ideas. Assignments will be typed in Microsoft Word and will be sent via e-mail attachment. I will make edits and return to students for revisions, and they will then return them to me again. Narrative Writing Instructor: Sherry Ann Ages: 9 and up Length
of Class: 6 weeks Dates and times of Online Meetings: Tuesdays Time
Required: Approximately 2-3 hours per week, plus 1-hour
weekly
online class time. Description: Students will
learn personal event journaling techniques
which will
generate ideas for writing a short autobiographical account of an
event. They will also learn how to write simple interview
questions, conduct a short interview, and write a short biographical
account of their interviewee. Included will also be instruction
on how to write a friendly letter and address a letter.
Journaling of daily reading of a book of the student's choice will be
an ongoing part of the class. Focus will continue to be on
setting up a paragraph, including topic sentences, details and closing
sentences, as well as basic grammar, punctuation and spelling Method: Students will download and print weekly lessons from a passworded website. We will “meet” as a class online once a week to discuss the lesson and share any questions or ideas. Assignments will be typed in Microsoft Word and will be sent via e-mail attachment. I will make edits and return to students for revisions, and they will then return them to me again. Prerequisites: Elementary Writing 1 and 2 or the skills taught in those classes (and teacher recommendation).Click for Enrollment Form Report Writing Ages: 10 and up Length of Class: 6 weeks Dates and times of Online Meetings: Wednesdays Time
Required: Approximately 3+ hours per week, plus 1-hour
weekly
online class time. Description:
Students will gain the ability to do simple research and develop
purpose, consider audience, and write clear and coherent sentences and
paragraphs into a report that develops and supports a central topic. Students will continue to expand their
abilities with spelling rules, vocabulary skills and how to use
reference materials, sentence structure and parts of speech,
punctuation, capitalization, and basic grammar. Method: Students will download and print weekly lessons from a passworded website. We will “meet” as a class online once a week to discuss the lesson and share any questions or ideas. Assignments will be typed in Microsoft Word and will be sent via e-mail attachment. I will make edits and return to students for revisions, and they will then return them to me again. Prerequisites: Narrative Writing and teacher recommendation.Click for Enrollment Form Beginning Creative Writing Instructor: Therese Ages: 10 and up Length of Class: 6 weeks Dates and times of Online Meetings: Tuesdays 8 a.m. Pacific (10 a.m. Central, 11 a.m. Eastern) Week 1: June 3 Week 2: June 10 Week 3: June 17 Week 4: June 24 Week 5: July 8 Week 6: July 15 OR Wednesdays 8 a.m. Pacific (10 a.m. Central, 11 a.m. Eastern) Week 1: June 4 Week 2: June 11 Week 3: June 18 Week 4: June 25 Week 5: July 9 Week 6: July 16 Time Required: Approximately 2-3 hours per lesson, plus 1-hour online class times as indicated. Although meetings are scheduled as shown, in order to accommodate a more relaxed summer schedule, students will have until July 31st to complete all work. Description: Students will learn the basics of creative writing, including the study of specific settings, plots, and characters. Emphasis is placed on descriptive writing, varied sentence structure, thesaurus use, and learning to self-edit. Method: Students will download and print weekly lessons from a passworded website. We will “meet” as a class online as scheduled to discuss the lesson and share any questions or ideas. Assignments will be typed in Microsoft Word and will be sent via e-mail attachment. I will make edits and return to students for revisions, and they will then return them to me again. Prerequisites: Minimum of Elementary 1, Elementary 2, and Narrative Writing. Click for Enrollment Form Newspaper Writing Instructor: Elizabeth Ages: 11 -18 Length of class: 6 weeks Dates and times of Online Meetings: Mondays 8 am Pacific (10 am Central, 11 am Eastern) Week 1: June 2 Week 2: June 9 Week 3: June 16 Week 4: June 23 Week 5: July 7 Week 6: July 14 Time Required: Approximately 2 hours per lesson, plus 1-hour online class times as indicated. Although meetings are scheduled as shown, in order to accommodate a more relaxed summer schedule, students will have until July 31st to complete all work. Description: Have you ever wanted to write your own article for a newspaper—or create your very own newsletter or newspaper? Curious about journalistic writing and how it differs from the other kinds of writing? The Newspaper Writing class will introduce students to basic newswriting and provide an overview of the different styles of writing for a newspaper. The students in the class will form the newspaper staff, serving as the reporters and editors. Learn the various types of news stories, how to interview properly, and how to write both objective stories and opinion pieces. By the end of class, we will produce our very own class newspaper! This class is appropriate for students ages 11-18. Method: Lessons will be e-mailed. We will have “staff meetings” online as scheduled to discuss the lesson, assign stories, and collaborate on newspaper sections. Story assignments will be typed in Microsoft Word and will be submitted via e-mail attachment. As usual, edits will be required for most stories. Section editors will be responsible for layout on their section, and I will compile the final newspaper and share it with the class. Prerequisites: Ability to type using Microsoft Word and basic understanding of grammar, complete sentences, and punctuation (such as those elements taught in Elementary 1, Elementary 2, and Narrative). Click for Enrollment Form Poetry Project Instructor: Elizabeth Ages: 11-18 Length of class: 6 weeks Dates and times of Online Meetings: Mondays 9 am Pacific (11 am Central, 12 noon Eastern) Week 1: June 2 Week 2: June 9 Week 3: June 16 Week 4: June 23 Week 5: July 7 Week 6: July 14 Time Required: Approximately 2 hours per lesson, plus 1-hour online class times as indicated. Although meetings are scheduled as shown, in order to accommodate a more relaxed summer schedule, students will have until July 31st to complete all work. Description: Are you a budding poet? Are you curious about the various kinds of poems? Or, are you interested in learning some of the basics but not ready for the upper-level Poetry class? If so, then Poetry Project is for you! This class will serve as an introductory overview unit of poetry and will teach some of the basic poetry forms. You also will read and write poetry. As you practice writing poems in these forms, you will be building your own booklet of poetry. By the end of the summer, you will have created a poetry project portfolio. This class is appropriate for all ages and levels of expertise, as you will be required to include only the basics but can make your project as complex as you wish. Method: Lessons will be e-mailed. We will meet online as scheduled to review the lesson, share and discuss poems, and work on the mechanics of writing poems. Assignments will be typed in Microsoft Word and will be submitted via e-mail attachment. To help ensure poems are in the proper form, edits will be required as needed. Since you will be compiling a portfolio for the poetry project, the final assignment will necessitate some layout (inclusion of pictures or clipart, formatting, etc.) as well. Prerequisites: Ability to type using Microsoft Word and ability to follow assignment guidelines requiring specific formats for the various kinds of poems. Click for Enrollment Form |
| SUMMER Tuition Rates |
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| one student |
$75 |
| each additional student |
$70 |
| no other discounts offered for summer classes | |
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