Course Details

The Advanced Essay helps students find their voice and produce essays which match style and media. Today, students can get confused since they write one way for standardized tests, a different way for school essays, and yet another way when they are chatting with their friends. Students learn which type of writing suits the occasion through creative writing exercises.

Course contents:

• Unit 1 – Story and Logic in a Narrative Essay :- Students write a narrative essay using setting and chronological time order.
• Unit 2 – Story and Logic in an Expository Essay :- Students write an expository essay using logical, relevant facts.
• Unit 3 – Sentence Variety and Strong Vocabulary :- Students use different sentence structures and colorful words to write either a narrative or an expository essay.
• Unit 4 – Basics :- Students use the basic fundamentals such as spelling, punctuation, capitalization and subject-verb agreement and then write an essay about their favorite hobby.
• Unit 5 – Writing to Persuade :- Students use their writing voice to create a persuasive essay on a chosen topic for a specific audience.
• Unit 6 – Writing to Inform :- Students use the 5 W’s and the H (Who, What, When, Where, Why and How) to write a news article.
• Unit 7 – Writing for the Internet :- Students use the elements specific to internet writing to create their own homepage.
• Unit 8 – Script Writing :- Students write a two-scene script using dialog and stage directions.