Essay Writing for Everyone! - G10-12 Booking form
Essay Writing for Everyone!
Designed for the needs of students in Grades 10-12
What students will discover:
The basic five-paragraph essay format is used for so many assignments including articles, business letters, book reports, reviews, fun essays, and more. All lessons will be grade-specific and include helpful hints to make essays not only easy but fun!
Outcomes:
- Students will familiarize themselves with the five main types of five-paragraph essays,
Persuasive essay
Comparison and Contrast Essay
Expository essay,
Evaluation essay
Narrative essay/Personal Narrative
- Learn to plan, research, and organize an essay, as well as keep track of their sources,
- Find out what a thesis statement is and how to use it.
- Explore acceptable grammar, reference formatting, citations, footnotes, hooks, statistics, anecdotes, and other ways of engaging your readers.
- Finally, students can learn other ways essays are used in the larger world and what they can do with an essay they particularly liked.
Curriculum Touch Points:
Grades 10-12
- Learn to plan and execute research by forming a research plan, selecting strategies for inquiry, and gathering information from appropriate sources.
- Logically organize information, including documenting and evaluating research sources for accuracy, appropriateness, and bias to draw conclusions on texts and assess the effectiveness of inquiry.
- Consider contexts such as audience and purpose and develop strategies for effective communication.
- Take ownership of academic text creation by selecting a concept or topic, establishing scope and focus, developing content appropriate to the form and purpose, and maintaining cohesion throughout, while additionally using effective strategies for revising and correcting issues where present.
- Appreciate the diversity of thought and expression, and learn to recognize the influence of underlying assumptions held by oneself and others including literary and historical thinking that have led to (mis)interpretations and continue to influence common assumptions.
Cost for schools
This program is best taught as a single session or half-day program. Multiple classes can experience this workshop over a day.
- $350.00 a session (60-90 minutes)
- $650.00 half-day session (morning or afternoon)
- $1200.00 for a full day
Save money by booking multiple classes!
For example: For the single full-day fee, you can book two single sessions in the morning and a half-day session in the afternoon.
Not in the Calgary area? Contact us about getting a remote instructor.
School on a tight budget. Let's chat. We may be able to work something out.
