AdvancedWriting

Senior Course (14 yrs and up), $325, 14 week course – Prerequisite: Intro to High School Writing or Mastering the Essay

This course is a sequel to the prerequisite courses. Like Intro to High School Writing and Mastering the Essay, it is a practical course designed to help the students improve their writing skills by expanding their writing experience through a diverse collection of styles. Students will delve deeper into specific writing genres, such as critique, allegory, persuasion, and tragedy, and continue to hone their writing abilities in preparation for any post-secondary choices. In this high school level writing course, the writing study will be enriched by pertinent selections for discussion from classic literature.  This course includes a weekly private tutorial time in addition to the weekly assignment.

Extra private 30 minute tutorials are available upon request. (Cost: $25/tutorial)
Please contact Nicole Noster to receive more information or to book additional tutorials: nicole@wisdomhomeschooling.com

All lessons and readings are provided to students in an online format below.


Week 1: Descriptive Writing

Week 2: Critiquing, Evaluating, & Judging

Week 3: Metaphor & Simile

Week 4: Verse

Week 5: Allegory, Parable & Fable

Week 6: Logical Argument

Week 7: Persuasive Writing: Logos

Week 8: Persuasive Writing: Pathos

Week 9: Persuasive Writing: Ethos

Week 10: Dialogue

Week  11: Tragedy

Week 12: Comedy and Reading 2

Week 13: Film Script: Part I

Week 14: Film Script: Part II

 
 
 
 
Part of The Gilbertine Institute