Online Programs

What we'll do

We’ll participate in three writing workshops and complete four writing projects over 10 units that each include two lessons, a formative writing exercise, and a summative writing assignment. Your instructor will provide feedback that you’ll practice applying to your writing.

What we’ll learn

• Qualities of narrative storytelling
• How to effectively craft and support an argument
• Freewriting, drafting, and revising strategies
• How to write effectively for a variety of audiences

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences
• Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence
• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
• Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing
• Acquire and accurately use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression
• Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences

How we'll measure learning

Instructors evaluate student work using marking guides and provide constructive feedback on writing assignments. The course is aligned to ELA Common Core standards for grade 7.