This Wednesday-morning tutorial takes place outdoors whenever weather permits. New ExploreMyWriting students will occasionally find themselves wandering around our ever-changing Ferntop, honing their powers of observation and description.  They’ll get plenty of practice spotting, identifying, and using a variety of fundamental structures in their own writing.  They regularly read out loud, periodically share in class, and get constant feedback from the EXPLOREMYWRITING app designed by George to get students asking questions earlier in the writing process.  All EMW students read at least 20 total minutes every day, including the four novels we’ll read together through the year, and they complete several short writing assignments each week.  In addition to various creative writing pieces, students will get plenty of practice writing about what they read, learning to organize sentences and paragraphs, vary their writing, and support their points convincingly.

Returning ExploreMyWriting students will build upon their fundamental successes of last year, reading and discussing four new novels, bringing to their writing increasing variety, sophistication, and polish, and entering some of their work into writing competitions.  They’ll dig even deeper into what makes writing tick and may also be challenged to share bits of what they’ve learned with newer students.
 

This is an academic course that fulfills a year-long English requirement.  There will be a required parent meeting for interested families prior to registration. Email george.rietz@gmail.com for date/time information.