From the Brain
From the Brain is designed to help students summarize topics of information that come from the brain, not a textual source. In essence it is a stepping stone to the 5-paragraph essay model covered in The Basic Essay. Students will write four 1-paragraph essays on topics of their choice.
Skills
The course teaches students how to form topic sentences and support them with details and “story”. Students will also practice the fundamentals of outlining, drafting, revising, style, grammar, and punctuation. This course will meet the needs of students who have completed a Writing Summaries Course and are working their way towards The Basic Essay Course.
Topic Choices (choose 4 on the registration form)
(These are very broad and general areas. Ms. B. will help students narrow and define a specific focus within these topics.)
an activity
a book
a dream
an event
a favorite place
a fear
a friend
a group
the happiest day
something you hate
a hobby
an issue
a memory
a model
a passion/obsession
a pet
a project
a season
a show
skill/talent
a sport
a superpower
something you are thankful for
Age Level/Prerequisite
Great for Ages 10 and up with recent experience of any Online Writing Summaries Course or Live Writing Foundations I Class.
If your student has not had Writing Foundations experience within the recent year, start with Writing Summaries first.
Cost
$225 (Credit card payments accepted)
Register
Follow the Registration Link to the left.
Shortly after receiving confirmation, you will receive a slew of emails from Ms. B. about top-secret documents to download, how to set up a notebook, how to submit assignments, and your student’s very first lesson about banned words.