Essay Preparation: The Hamburger Paragraph Self-Paced

Students will learn the 'hamburger' paragraph method (topic sentence, supporting details, and closing sentence).

Class 1: The Paragraph

Students will be introduced to the structure of writing a paragraph.

Students will practice identifying the different parts in a paragraph.

Students will select a prompt and submit their paragraph.

Class 2: The Essay

Students will learn how to structure an introduction and conclusion.

Introduction: (the hook/attention-getter) and writing a thesis statement.

Conclusion:  I will teach the 'upside-down' introduction method.

Students will learn about the basic outline format.

The students will be given three options for their writing prompt.

Students will complete and submit an essay.

All submitted work will be reviewed.

Course is for youth ages 9-14.