Summer 2024 In-Person High School Writing & College Essay Workshops
Dates of Summer Classes:
Two Week Courses July 29th-August 9th,
*Monday through Friday
Writing Workshops for 9th and 10th graders
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The purpose of this 3-week course is to help students learn to read critically and write effectively. The focus is on historical and contemporary non-fiction and persuasive texts. By the end of the course, students should be able to read from a variety of historical periods and disciplines; identify audience, purpose and strategies in texts; analyze the types of arguments that writers use; and write analytical and argumentative essays. Vocabulary and grammar will also be incorporated.
College Essay Writing
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College Application Essay 2-Week Course
Over the course of two weeks, students will brainstorm, analyze, and draft college entrance essays. We will start by discussing the overall purpose of the essays: what admissions officers are looking for and hoping to learn about students that the rest of an application does not reveal. We will also discuss effective writing strategies and techniques to capture and keep their attention. During the first week, we will brainstorm topics within the following categories: defining moments, influential people, traits and talents. Students will analyze essay examples, then draft their own. By the end of the first week, students will have three essay drafts. During week two, students will choose prompts from the Common App and UC Personal Insights, revise the essays they wrote in week one accordingly, and choose one additional prompt not yet addressed. By the end of the two-week course, students will have four completed essays.
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