The Advanced Essay helps students find their voice and produce essays that match style and media.  Today, students can get confused since they write one way for standardized tests, a different way for school essays, and yet another way when they are chatting with their friends.

Week 1 – Story and Logic in a Narrative Essay

Students write a narrative essay using setting and chronological time order

Week 2 – Story and Logic in an Expository Essay

Students write an expository essay using logical, relevant facts

Week 3 – Sentence Variety and Strong Vocabulary

Students use different sentence structures and colorful words to write either a narrative or an expository essay

Week 4 – Basics

Students use the basic fundamentals such as spelling, punctuation, capitalization and subject-verb agreement and then write an essay about their favorite hobby

Week 5 – Writing to Persuade

Students use their writing voice to create a persuasive essay on a chosen topic for a specific audience

Week 6 – Writing to Inform

Students use the 5 W’s and the H (Who, What, When, Where, Why and How) to write a news article

Week 7 – Writing for the Internet

Students use the elements specific to internet writing to create their own homepage

Week 8 – Script Writing

Students write a two-scene script using dialog and stage directions