Resource person: McGuire, Nicole

Location: 203

Description:

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Complete Volunteer Forms prior to registering. Every child must have a membership in order to receive a tuition discount on tuition. 

New class!

Using the Institute for Excellence in Writing’s (IEW) Structure and Style method, this class will introduce the principal skills you need to craft coherent writing assignments. We will discuss such skills as using correct grammar and standard punctuation, developing effective topic and supporting sentences, organizing main points, creating keyword outlines from source documents, grabbing readers’ attention with interesting introductions. varying sentence openers and sentence structures, proofreading and editing writing samples for common errors, and creating memorable endings. 

Textbook needed: IEW’s U.S. History-Based Writing Lessons (one per family)

Families provide spiral notebook (one per student), access to Microsoft Word or Google Docs, colored highlighters or pens 

Estimated homework: 2-3 hours per week 

Tuition: $120/$87.60 for volunteers   

Supply fee: $6

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Available spots: Full

Price: $120.00 Taxes waived

Required age: 13 - 19 years old as of 8/30/2023

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