Instructor: Mary Anne Cheraz, DBA Lessons By Design
Semester Pricing: $300, $353 (HSC)
Thursdays: 10:30-11:30
Grades: 6th-8th Grade
Semester Dates: Fall - 8/31/26-12/14/26, Spring - 1/25/27-5/20/27
Writing Foundations
This class will focus on the 'nuts and bolts' of writing for older elementary and middle school students who need a slower pace to solidify their basic writing skills.
Emphasis will first be placed on creating solid paragraphs early in the year leading up to five paragraph papers by the end.
Students will start with the hamburger
paragraph style and move into T-E-A-R paragraph model.(Topic-Evidence-Analysis-Return To Topic).
The pacing will then follow the students' abilities. When they master the basic skills, students will be advanced to multiple paragraphs later in the year.
A variety of writing genre to be covered with an emphasis on how to think about, organize, and plan writing. Writing genre to include informative, narrative, and persuasive.
We will have one CAASP Writing test prep assignment per semester.
There will not be a grammar component in this class. If desired, please go to Tuesday’s Middle School Grammar class.
Some weeks students will have homework to complete at home, some weeks we will be completing work in class.
Required Texts:
No text needed. Some downloads may be required
Supplies:
1. 3-Ring Binder 1 1/2" (can contain multiple subjects with dividers).
2. Lined Paper
3. Plastic sleeve protector for syllabus
4. Pencils and Pens
5. Colored Pencils
6. Highlighter
7. Glue Stick
8. Ruler
9. Blunt scissors
10. There may be some papers to download
Semester Dates: Fall - 8/31/26-12/14/26, Spring - 1/25/27-5/20/27
Self Pay: $300 (Contact teacher directly for payment info)
Directly Vendored Charters as Lessons by Design - $300
- Blue Ridge
- Sage Oak
- Granite Mountain
- Sky Mountain
- Excel
- Innovations Learning Academy
- Aveson
- Compass
- Cabrillo Point
Other Charters: $353
- Homeschool Coaches: Coach Mary Cheraz
