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.
Office: (703) 753-1901
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
Centreville Baptist Church
15100 Lee Highway
Centreville, VA 20120
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.