Summer Plan: Boost Your Child’s Writing
Announcing Three Special Summer Writing Programs
If you’re looking for a way for your child to improve their writing over the summer, June Writers has three excellent new options. No need to enroll in a special writing summer camp. June Writers is compatible with your child’s already busy summer schedule. Watch our lesson videos and complete practices in the comfort of your own home before or after camp. We will assign practices with a due date to ensure your child stays on track and gets the most out of their precious summer hours.* Registration for our summer programs opens May 1st.
Summer Boost #1: Grammar & Punctuation Foundations
Complete 10 foundational grammar and punctuation lessons in 10 weeks. Your child will learn:
Foundational sentence grammar
Capitalization conventions
Plural & Possessive conventions
Contraction conventions
Beginning comma conventions
Advanced grammar concepts
Advanced commas conventions
Taming the Fuzzies (complicated verb tenses, the subjunctive, point of view switches, dangling participles, negatives, unnecessary fluff)
Dash, parentheses & ellipses conventions
Colon & semicolon conventions
This program is a fast-paced, in-depth tour of all key grammatical and punctuation issues that your child needs to learn to excel in school and beyond. The first half of the sequence is confined to writing sentences, and the second moves your child into writing longer, analytical and fiction texts. All students have access to our full program of extension practices, Live Help Hours, 24-hour feedback on their work, and weekly progress reports.
Summer Boost #2: How to Write an Argument: Paragraph to Essay
If your child has no problem with the mechanics of writing, and perhaps can even write long fiction stories, but can’t yet write arguments in paragraph or essay form, sign up for our basic argumentation program. In 10 weeks, your child will learn:
Brainstorming ideas and facts on a topic (lists)
Identifying the themes & reasoning for those themes in a list of ideas and facts
Writing argument sentences
Articulating the connections between your ideas
Organizing your argument
Writing arguments in paragraph form
Writing persuasive vs. expository arguments
Writing arguments in essay form
Expository essays
Persuasive essays
This program is a fast-paced, in-depth tour of foundational expository and persuasive writing. Our focus will be on argumentation, so students should already have a strong grasp of grammar, punctuation, and other writing mechanics. All students have access to our full program of extension practices, Live Help Hours, 24-hour feedback on their work, and weekly progress reports.
Summer Boost #3: Workshop your essays
Is your child getting ready for application season or more challenging courses in the year ahead? Sign up for our essay workshop summer boost. In 10 weeks, your child will:
Get one-on-one feedback on their essays (up to 10—supplied by your child)
Receive personalized help on their specific challenges. This may include:
General editing skills
Editing for audience
Editing for content using rhetorical analysis
Editing for words & flow
Specific grammar and punctuation conventions
Etc.
This program is designed for your child to get as much help on their essays as possible. Note that we cannot directly edit your child’s work, but our feedback and guidance will help them learn to make effective edits on their own so that they enter application season or next year’s courses in excellent shape. All students have access to our full program of extension practices, Live Help Hours, 24-hour feedback on their work, and weekly progress reports.
Ready to boost your child’s writing this summer? Registration opens May 1st!
* While we will do everything in our power to ensure that your child completes all their assigned work at the best possible level, we cannot guarantee that your child will meet our deadlines or complete all work in a program. Our weekly progress reports will let you know if your child has missed deadlines.
