Required: Registered for Writing Essentials 1: Essential Punctuation and Grammar I (HS 9-1) High School Simplified Writing 1: Strong Foundational Writing Skills (HS 9-2). Because courses in the program are sequential, for your student’s success, it is required that your student take the 9-1 and 9-2 courses before enrolling in this course. Students will be held accountable for all content taught in the previous courses. If your student is unable to take the previous courses LIVE, then at a minimum, he or she can watch the recordings on Unlimited Access before taking this course. An alternative to the prerequisite: a passing assessment from the Aquinas Writing Advantage Assessment service. Please contact homeschoolconnections@gmail.com for any questions on permissions.

Course Outline:
Class 1:
•Writing well-crafted sentences using strong nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions for clarity
•Perfecting higher-level capitalization, punctuation, and the use of quotation marks in dialogue in academic writing
Class 2:
•Perfecting linear writing, transitions, and connectives in sentence and paragraph writing for cohesion
•Using the PEAS academic paragraph structure for high-level high school (and college) writing
Class 3:
•Writing with Summary and Paraphrase, Part 1
Class 4:
•Writing with Summary and Paraphrase, Part 2
Class 5:
•Essay Structure, Form, and Content
Class 6:
•Answering essay questions: structure, form, and content

• Simplified Writing 101: Top Secrets for College Success, by Erin Brown Conroy: Buy the hard copy of the book here:  http://amzn.to/2FMCose OR, buy the Kindle version of the book here (Download the FREE Kindle app to easily read on your computer, tablet, or mobile device): www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00B7AB90W/catholictreas-20

  Microsoft Word or the ability to convert a document to a Word-compatible document is required. If you do not own Microsoft Word, you can use a system such as Google Docs that converts to Word documents FREE

LIVE and Instructor Access students will have weekly writing assignments with grading and direct feedback from the instructor (parents will grade Recorded students’ work). Expect an estimated two (2) to four (4) hours per week for homework outside of class time, depending on the student’s ability; homework includes reading, writing, and responding to feedback.

Fee: For all 6 classes: $159 on or before November 15. $179 after November 15. if you register after November 15. (Registration closes one week before the first day of class. After that date, registrations are not guaranteed. There is a $25 surcharge for late enrollments after the course is closed.)