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Effective Writing with SAT Essay

Honors Option

Wednesday, 1:50-2:50  |  Grades 8-12  |  Instructor: John Jenkins  |  Class meets 33 times

This honors-optional class (both JR and SR) teaches college and professional writing techniques that develop a student’s critical thinking, research and organizing skills, natural writing voice, and effective communication through essays. Class includes (JR High - an introduction) SAT timed essay preparation and practice. Students will learn how to: 1) research and select effective essay/paper topics, 2) organize, plan, and structure a paper, 3) understand and avoid plagiarism through documenting sources with footnotes, 4) write and rewrite a paper using accepted college formats, and 5) use techniques for developing original thinking so that every paper is written with purpose. This class can be taken as an honor’s class. Additional reading, research and writing required.

Effective Writing Prospectus

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Centreville Baptist Church
15100 Lee Highway
Centreville, VA 20120

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We are here to support homeschooling parents of seventh through twelfth grade students by providing classes to develop life skills and prepare students for college-level studies.