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Advanced Rhetoric & Writing 2: Research Writing - College Prep (HS 12-2) Thursdays at 10:00 AM ET
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Writing ➤ 12 Series: College Prep Writing
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High School
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Spring 2027
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Jan 14, 2027
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Thu
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Join Part Two of this top-level college-prep writing course and learn how to master advanced argumentative writing and the skills needed to craft research papers. Includes style guide knowledge, how to research, and the upper-level rhetoric required for college writing success.
Instructor: Vania Kent, PhD, ABD
Course Description: Would you like to be completely prepared for college writing? When you take this college prep course, you’ll learn advanced research and writing techniques for argumentative research writing, how to craft an advanced research paper, and understand style guides (APA, CMS/Turabian, MLA, AP) — and become comfortable with the writing skills you’ll use in college-level writing. A bibliography and research paper will be written during the course, and students will learn how to cite sources, use advanced methods of outlining, and master revising, editing, and final draft completion for upper-level academic papers.
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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.- Course name
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Advanced Rhetoric & Writing 2: Research Writing - College Prep (HS 12-2) Thursdays at 10:00 AM ET
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Vania Kent, PhD, ABD
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Spring 2027
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Thursday
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Writing ➤ 12 Series: College Prep Writing
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High School
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Aubrey Heki, Sharon Hamric-Weis, Bonnie Donlon, Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA, Donna Graziose, Sara Keefe, MA, Geralyn Rea, ME
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January 14th, 2027 at 10:00 AM ET
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Live
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$289
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14 seats available
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11 seats remaining
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Special notes
Special Notes: This is the second of a 2-part series. The 12-series courses are foundational for all high school students and essential for college-bound students. Franciscan University of Steubenville recommends completion of this course before taking their dual-enrollment courses (www.franciscan.edu/homeschoolconnections).
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Students are required to have registered for Advanced Rhetoric & Writing 1: Rhetoric, Figures of Speech, Essays, & Papers (HS 12-1). 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.
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Outline
Course Outline:
Class 1: What is research writing: terms and methods
Class 2: Advanced research methods: using libraries and the Internet
Class 3: Style guides and citations: how-to skills
Class 4: Creating a bibliography
Class 5: Creating your outline and thesis: advanced methods
Class 6: Prewriting: styles and completeness
Class 7: Outline with rough-cut proofs
Class 8: The rough draft
Class 9: Revising and editing for excellence
Class 10: Mastering the final draft
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Homework
LIVE course and Instructor Access students will have weekly writing assignments with grading and direct feedback from the instructor (parents will grade Recorded students' work), with an estimated four (4) to five (5) hours per week for homework outside of class time that includes researching, reading, writing, and responding to feedback.
Fees
Fee: $269 if you register on or before November 15. $289 after November 15 for all 10 classes. (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.)
Vania Kent, PhD, ABD
ms.kent.hsc@gmail.com
Vania Kent, MA is an experienced writer and editor with a history of publication that includes drafting, rewriting, and reformatting; preparing texts for publication (editing for accuracy, clarity, spelling, grammar, consistency, format, and punctuation); and ensuring that all writing meets research and style guide standards, including Chicago/Turabian, MLA, and Harvard styles. Ms. Kent has contributed to many articles, conference papers, and books with her writing and editing expertise.
Ms. Kent earned a Bachelor of Arts and Humanities with Specialisms in Religious Studies and German, an MA in Christian Spirituality with a Research Concentration, and she is currently working on her PhD in Theology in the Catholic faculty at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
Ms. Kent also serves as a substitute teacher for middle school students, including 6th to 8th grade critical thinking, science, and mathematics. While most of her time is spent analyzing the texts of the 13th-century mystics of Helfta, she also enjoys reading historical novels, baking sourdough, crocheting, and tending to her absurd number of houseplants. She, her spouse, their two precious children, and two naughty but impossibly adorable dogs live in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.