Online Courses
Professional tutoring right in your own home!
Online Courses offer personalized tutoring at your student’s own pace via email! All you need is a computer, an email address, a web browser, a decent grasp of word processing and attachments, and Adobe Reader.
Each online course provides the assignments, instruction, specifically designed handouts that create a writing textbook, constructive editing, and encouraging feedback! All assignments are personally read, edited, and responded to by Ms. B., a veteran writing teacher of 25 years and an accredited IEW instructor at the Accomplished Level. Students can even earn a $5 gift card by playing the WOW Game!
After registration and payment, students can begin the course whenever they are ready and complete each lesson at their own pace. There is no time limit for completion, but most students who send assignments on a daily basis complete a course in 3 to 4 months. Younger students who have parental assistance (reading the handouts together, keeping papers organized, proofreading assignments) progress through the courses faster and more skillfully than those who work independently.
Writing Foundations offers a variety of courses. New writers should progress through at least one course from each of the units in the order shown below. Older students or those who have completed at least one year of live Writing Foundations classes or have had experience with IEW’s curriculum may start with a Writing Summaries Course. Starting with a more advanced course is not recommended as the skills covered in later courses build on the courses before it. If you have questions regarding your student’s situation, contact Ms. B. via the Contact tab.
Writing Basics covers the foundational elements of fictional writing such as creativity, outlining, narrating, drafting, style, editing, revising, as well as grammar and punctuation. The course will meet the needs of average writers as well as students who have little or no writing experience.
Writing Summaries covers the foundational skills that students need to write strong essays and research reports. The course includes elements such as comprehension, topic sentences, concluding sentences, outlining, narrating, drafting, style, editing, revising, as well as grammar and punctuation. The course will meet the needs of lightly experienced and average writers.
NEW! From the Brain teaches students the first steps of writing essays “from the brain”, without a pre-written outside source of information. Students will choose 4 topics on which to write 4 different mini-essays. This course will meet the needs of students who have completed an Online Writing Summaries Course and are working toward the Basic Essay Course.
The Basic Essay is designed to equip students with the skills to tackle any essay using a basic 5-paragraph structure. The course includes instruction in brainstorming, critical thinking, outlining, drafting, revising, writing style, grammar, and more. The course will meet the needs of experienced writers ages 12 and up.
Coming Soon! Fall 2010! Fusion 101 will teach students the essential skill of “fusing” information together in order to write focused paragraphs for a research report. The course includes instruction in crafting a thesis, narrowing topics, topic sentences, choosing facts, outlining, narrating, drafting, revising, and stylistic techniques. It will meet the needs of students ages 12 and up who have previously completed the Online Writing Summaries Course or a Live Writing Foundations Course.
Essays On Demand offers writers who have completed The Basic Essay or Writing Foundations I a concentrated journey through the world of timed essays. In five basic steps, EOD addresses critical thinking, thesis statements, supportive reasoning, drafting, timing and scoring.
Student Editing Services For those who have completed a series of Writing Foundations or IEW courses and are simply in need of an independent editor, Student Editing Services is just the ticket. Ms. B. will edit your student’s papers for spelling, typos, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, clarity, word choices, redundancy, organizational inconsistencies, and style. SES includes complementary access to all of Ms. B’s online writing aids.