Write Like a Boss (Spring 2021)
Grade Range: 7th-12th Grade
Dates: February 5 - April 30 (no classes on 4/2 spring break; 5/7 make up day in the event of a teacher absence)
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Fee: $265
Class description:
Words hold more power than gravity itself, and somehow wee earthlings have been entrusted with them. As verbal creatures, we have no choice but to speak and write. This course aims to make students better at being what they already are: communicators. Each weekly lesson and accompanying assignment is designed to help students hunt, corner, and kill crusty writing (thinking) habits while they simultaneously perform CPR on the wholesome habits that may have been previously learned but neglected. Students will also learn fresh methods of clearly communicating all the things their hearts could ever wish to blurt. Among the topics we’ll cover: Figures of Speech (metaphor, simile, personification, etc.), Showing instead of Telling, Killing Cliches, Writing in Active Voice, How to be Concise, and much more.
Lesson Schedule
- Week 1: Using Stronger Verbs: 250 Ways to say "Went
- Week 2: Metaphors and Similes
- Week 3: Onomatopoeia and other word-meaning connections
- Week 4: Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance: Ithaka Poem
- Week 5: Common student mistakes: Facing, then killing them
- Week 6: Descriptive Writing
- Week 7: Fun with Homophones, Homographs, and Heteronyms
- Week 8: Persuasive Writing
- Week 9: A Response to Beauty. What's your "Duende"?
- Week 10: Contrastive Writing (Love/Hate); Intro O'Henry Short Stories for next week
- Week 11: Inventive Writing, with a Twist: O'Henry Short Stories
- Week 12: Share "twist" stories; Review game
Maximum class size: 10
Instructor
Coach Jonathan Vince
Vendor
Home School Coaches (Abby Zabby LLC)
Ages/Grades
7th to 12th Grade
Dates
February 5 - April 30 (12 Weeks)
Days
Fridays
Time
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Duration of Lesson
60 Minutes
Location
Online
Class Fee
$265
Number of Lessons
12
Coach Email
jonnyvince@gmail.com
Full Name of Class
Write Like a Boss - [06]