Mastering the Five Paragraph Essay: Part II Self-Paced

Students will learn how to write a five paragraph essay in this prerecorded, self-paced course.  **This is a continuation from Part I which is mandatory to enroll in Part II.

The essays in Part II include: Classification, Personal Narrative, Research, Cause and Effect

Each lesson will begin with a mini-lecture and practice.

Week 1: Introduction to Writing and Classification Essay

Objective: Student will learn how to develop a detailed outline.  Part 1 focused on the basic outline structure.

Student will practice structuring paragraphs (topic sentence, main idea, thesis statements, concluding/transitional sentences, and the upside down conclusion).

Student will learn how to develop and write a classification essay.

Week 2: Personal narrative

Objective: Students will develop and write a personal narrative based on Common Application prompts.

Week 3: Research Paper

Objective:  Student will learn to support claims through research.

Week 4: Cause and Effect Essay

Objective:  Student will learn develop and write a cause/effect paper with at least three solutions.

A total of four essays will be written.

Feedback will be provided on all work that is submitted.

Please note, if accommodations or modifications are needed for any class, send a message to determine what would be the best fit for your child.