Writing Boot Camp (Grades 7-8)
This two
week summer writing course focuses on three critical writing skills:
planning and organizing an essay; writing style; mechanics and usage.
Students will learn how to formulate a position on an issue, develop
compelling arguments, organize them in a clear, concise and convincing
way, and critique and edit their own work. Students will learn how to
express themselves in a clear and engaging way by understanding their
audience, using colorful and expressive language, and conveying passion
and enthusiasm in what they write. Students will learn proper writing
mechanics such as: organizing paragraphs into topic sentences, support
sentences and transition/conclusion sentences; correct sentence
structure; correct grammar and use of idioms; correct spelling and
punctuation.
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