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Advanced Rhetoric & Writing 2: Research Writing - College Prep (HS 12-2) with Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA
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Writing ➤ 12 Series: College Prep Writing
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High School
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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 Access (optional grading support) for Unlimited Access families is available for this course for $154!
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Video Instructor: Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA
See the sidebar to the left for information on Instructor Access Teachers.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) with Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA
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Maureen Ryan, Mia Sayre, Reilly Starrett
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Recorded
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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, Rachel Maschke, MA, Sara Keefe, MA, Jacob Bowers, MA , Geralyn Rea, ME
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May 12th, 2021 at 12:00 AM ET
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Recorded, free with subscription
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10-1 and 10-2 Vocabulary and Writing
12-1 and 12-2 Advanced Rhetoric and Writing
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X-22 Story Writing: Journaling to Become a Better Writer and Storyteller
Special notes
Instructor Access (optional grading support) for Unlimited Access families is available for this course for $154!
See the sidebar to the left for signup information!
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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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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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.
Maureen Ryan
maureen.ryanhsc@gmail.com
About Maureen Ryan
Maureen Ryan, BA, is a professional writer with more than twenty-five years of experience writing articles and creating content for a wide variety of news outlets, magazines, websites, and book publishers. She has taught writing across grade levels in classrooms and online for more than twelve years. Mrs. Ryan has a Bachelor of Arts in English and studied interactive learning at Teachers College, Columbia University.
As the executive editor for Scholastic.com, she helped refine the educational publisher’s interactive teaching tools and web-based lesson plans for grades PreK-12 and relaunched the site’s online writing tutorials hosted by award-winning authors. In addition to writing and mentoring, Mrs. Ryan has homeschooled her three children for more than 12 years. Having graduated her oldest, she continues to teach her younger two.
“I feel extremely blessed,” says Mrs. Ryan, “to be able to combine my love for teaching and writing with an opportunity to serve homeschool families.”
Mrs. Ryan is the Instructor Access one-on-one mentor/grader for the 6/7 Series Foundational courses (6/7-1, 6/7-2, 6/73, and 6/7-4); the 12-1 and 12-2 Advanced Rhetoric and Writing; the 11-9 course, Business Writing 1: Professional Writing Essentials; and the COLL-1 Essay Test Mastery course.
She teaches the following courses live:
Mia Sayre
msayre.hsc@gmail.com
Mia Sayre
Mrs. Mia Sayre holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Ohio Christian University and has studied at Franciscan University of Steubenville and abroad in Austria. Aside from her role as the Aquinas Writing Advantage Pre-College Writing Support Specialist, she has been a university student grader, writing coach, and course developer for pre-college writing and college/scholarship essay writing. Mrs. Sayre also holds Professional Coach Certification from Duquesne University, guiding students in success achievement, coaching families, and supporting postpartum mothers.
At home in Ohio, Mrs. Sayre enjoys spending time outside with her children, playing classical piano, and baking anything with chocolate.
Reilly Starrett
rstarrett.hsc@gmail.com
About Mr. Starrett
Mr. Reilly Starrett is a proud graduate of a Catholic K-12 education and holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Philosophy and a minor in Anthropology from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. He has extensive experience working with ESL learners in Chinandega, Nicaragua (2008, 2009); Kathmandu, Nepal (2012); and Denver, Colorado (2015). Since 2019, Mr. Starrett has lived in Yokohama and Tokyo, Japan, as an English Conversation and Essay Writing teacher for students of all ages, from preschool through adult. He also helps English as a Second Language (ESL) students improve their proficiency in writing, reading, listening, and speaking. Additionally, Mr. Starrett guides students in preparing for English proficiency tests such as the TOEIC, Eiken, and IELTS. He has also been a teacher with Aquinas Writing Advantage in 2022-2024 and 2026. When not teaching, Mr. Starrett loves reading and spending time with his family. Mr. Reilly teaches as both an Instructor Access and LIVE course instructor for the 10 Series courses.