Lansing Area Homeschool Academy Writing Courses

Writing 1 - 2 Course Description

Writing 1 - 2 is a complete course teaching dictation, narration, poetry, composition, and all parts of speech with punctuation usage. On occasion, students will be given an opportunity for informal experience in public speaking. Students will be challenged in an age-appropriate instructional method which includes review of concepts, hands-on activities, and memory work.  Manuscript handwriting will be included in this writing course.  Students will complete a poetry book and present their work in the 2nd semester at the annual Day of Authors.

Writing 3 - 4 Course Description

Writing 3 - 4 is a complete course teaching narration, dictation, poetry memorization, creative writing and all parts of speech with punctuation usage and sentence diagrams.  Students are challenged in an age-appropriate instructional method which includes review of concepts through lecture and hands-on practice, memory work and oral presentation. Manuscript and/or cursive handwriting is included in this writing course.  Students will complete an original fictional story and present their work in the 2nd semester at the annual Day of Authors.