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Writers' Workshop - Middle School Level
 
Amy Rockwell email
High School K215
9:00- 1:00pm 
Week 1: June 12 - June 16
Week 2: June 19- June 23

6, 7, 8 grades
Cost  $150 each week

Writers’ Workshop is for students entering the 6th, 7th and 8th grades. The goal of this course is to prepare students for advanced writing, reading, and discussion of non-fiction texts, literature and poetry. Students will learn proper paragraph formatting as taught by El Segundo Middle School Language & Literature instructors. Students will also review essay structure and organization, topic sentence creation, thesis creation, basic grammar, and sentence structure. In addition, students will read poetry and participate in peer editing sessions. This course is offered as two, one-week courses. Session 1 begins on June 12th and ends on June 16th. Session 2 begins on June 19th and ends on June 23rd. Students can attend one or both sessions as different material will be covered in each session. This class meets 9am - 1pm, Monday through Friday.

 
 
 
PLEASE NOTE - classes with low enrollment may be cancelled as late as June 10. Every effort will be made to avoid late cancellations.