Essay Writing

The Essay Writing course is designed for students who need to improve their writing skills to succeed in high school, college, in their careers, and in their daily lives. Lessons will lead students through the writing process from brainstorming to prewriting to drafting and then publishing. Students will learn language and syntax techniques to write effectively to achieve a specific purpose for a specific audience. Students will examine five different essay patterns and how to adapt them when answering essay exam questions. Students will write five essays over the course of fifteen weeks. Since the writing process lends itself to collaboration, this course uses small peer writing groups where students collaboratively brainstorm, test their rough drafts, and help with editing.

Essential Questions:

How can we write effectively to achieve a specific purpose for a specific audience?
How does organization and diction help us to achieve that specific purpose in our expository writing?
How do language usage and syntactical techniques help us to achieve that specific purpose?

Acknowledgements

Please Note: This course contains an end-of-course proctored exam. Instructions for students to identify an appropriate adult proctor are included in the course lessons.

Course Objectives

To identify and write different types of essays to match audience and purpose.
To improve organization and word choice when writing for a specific audience and purpose.
To use language and syntax to produce an effective essay that addresses their subject, audience, and purpose.