Writing for Young Adults

$500

Do you have a son or daughter who loves to write but lacks quality instruction and individual attention? Does your child need help writing essays for school or college applications or simply for self-expression?

Description

Do you have a son or daughter who loves to write but lacks quality instruction and individual attention? Does your child need help writing essays for school or college applications or simply for self-expression?

If yes, consider signing up for this course, which provides expert, encouraging instruction in art of persuasive writing.

The short, targeted assignments include quick grammar exercises, keys to writing effective sentences and paragraphs, and longer assignments that illuminate the writing process, organization and composition. This class will help your child reach his or her potential–whether writing an essay for a high school or college or for personal growth.

Six assignments in all, including a persuasive essay and a personal essay or a college application essay.

  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • My Antonia by Willa Cather
  • Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
  • I Heard the Owl Call my Name by Margaret Craven
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  • In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway
  • Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
  • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
  • Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The Hobbit by J.R. Tolkien
  • Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain