Overview

Literature for Early Readers-Hear Ye, Hear Ye!  Come One, Come All to this enchanting course where we will have fun playing with Fairy Tales. Topics covered: key ideas, details, story structure, and story writing.  A work sample opportunity will be provided. Recommended for grades TK-1, but all students are welcome.

Course Time

Wednesdays, 9 AM

8/28, 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25

Course Syllabus & Materials 

Once your student is registered, you will be emailed a registration confirmation that includes the Course Syllabus & Materials document.  It will include the Zoom link, state standards, expectations, and the materials that your student should have ready for class for each week.  After the class concludes, the slide presentations will be added to this document. 

Overview

 Literature, Figurative Language, and Fable Writing- Authors and writers like to play with words using figurative language and this course will help students learn to understand the deeper meanings in the stories they read. A work sample opportunity will be provided. Recommended for grades 2 and 3, but all students are welcome. 

Course Time

Wednesdays at 9 AM

  8/28, 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25

Course Syllabus & Materials 

Once your student is registered, you will be emailed a registration confirmation that includes the Course Syllabus & Materials document.  It will include the Zoom link, state standards, expectations, and the materials that your student should have ready for class for each week.  After the class concludes, the slide presentations will be added to this document.

Overview

 Exploring Informational Text- Help your student build better reading skills with this fun, interactive course all about analyzing the structure of informational/nonfiction texts. This is all about Reading to learn and strengthening comprehension skills. A work sample opportunity will be provided. This class is intended for grades 4 and 5, but all students are welcome.

Course Time

Wednesdays at 9 AM

 8/28, 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25

Course Syllabus & Materials 

Once your student is registered, you will be emailed a registration confirmation that includes the Course Syllabus & Materials document.  It will include the Zoom link, state standards, expectations, and the materials that your student should have ready for class for each week.  After the class concludes, the slide presentations will be added to this document. 

Overview

Join us as we explore the elements of argumentation! In this course, we will start off with the basics of MLA formatting, work through a different rhetorical appeal (i.e. ethos, logos, pathos) each week, and also explore different rhetorical fallacies. We hope you join us and learn not only how to identify these elements in the world around you, but in your own work as well! A work sample opportunity will be provided. Recommended for grades 6-12, but all students are welcome.

Course Time

Wednesday, 9AM

8/28, 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25

Course Syllabus & Materials 

Once your student is registered, you will be emailed a registration confirmation that includes the Course Syllabus & Materials document.  It will include the Zoom link, state standards, expectations, and the materials that your student should have ready for class for each week.  After the class concludes, the slide presentations will be added to this document. 

Overview

Literature: comprehension and narrative writing- Children all over have enjoyed many of Eric Carle’s stories. From The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Mixed up Chameleon, The Grouchy Ladybug, and many others, Eric Carle has a unique style of story writing and art and his illustrations inspire readers to make more of their own! Let’s have some fun making colorful art like Eric Carle and writing our own story to go with it! Recommended for grades TK, 1 and 2, but all students are welcome.

 Course Time

Wednesdays at 9 AM

10/2, 10/9, 10/16,10/23, 10/30

 Course Syllabus & Materials 

Once your student is registered, you will be emailed a registration confirmation that includes the Course Syllabus & Materials document.  It will include the Zoom link, state standards, expectations, and the materials that your student should have ready for class for each week.  After the class concludes, the slide presentations will be added to this document. 

Overview

Read, write, and think like a detective! This course focuses on the genre of mysteries.  Students will practice reading comprehension skills including making inferences, understanding context clues, and story structure of mystery writing.  A work sample opportunity will be provided. This class is intended for grades 2 and 3, but all students are welcome.

Course Time

Wednesdays at 9 AM

 10/2, 10/9, 10/16,10/23, 10/30

Course Syllabus & Materials 

Once your student is registered, you will be emailed a registration confirmation that includes the Course Syllabus & Materials document.  It will include the Zoom link, state standards, expectations, and the materials that your student should have ready for class for each week.  After the class concludes, the slide presentations will be added to this document. 

Overview

 In this fun course, students will enjoy comparing and contrasting different stories, cultures, and authors’ points of view. Students will develop their comprehension skills and gain a deeper understanding of stories. A work sample opportunity will be provided. Recommended for grades 4 and 5, but all students are welcome. 

Course Time

Wednesdays at 9 AM

10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30

Course Syllabus & Materials 

Once your student is registered, you will be emailed a registration confirmation that includes the Course Syllabus & Materials document.  It will include the Zoom link, state standards, expectations, and the materials that your student should have ready for class for each week.  After the class concludes, the slide presentations will be added to this document. 

Overview

This course will dive deep into the skill of persuasive writing that all students have the opportunity to experience each year according to the California State Standards. We will work through each phase of the persuasive writing process - planning, drafting, revising - and the Workshop will culminate in each student writing a persuasive essay and presenting their topic in the last session as well to demonstrate speaking standards. A work sample opportunity will be provided. Recommended for grades 6-12, but all students are welcome.

Course Time

Wednesday, 9AM

10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30

Course Syllabus & Materials 

Once your student is registered, you will be emailed a registration confirmation that includes the Course Syllabus & Materials document.  It will include the Zoom link, state standards, expectations, and the materials that your student should have ready for class for each week.  After the class concludes, the slide presentations will be added to this document.