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Session: Writing for Contests: Grades 5-6 (Focus Learning Academic Centre)


Writing for Contests: Grades 5-6

By: Focus Learning Academic Centre


About this Program:

  • Virtual Program
  • Age 10 - 11 (Coed)
  • Specialized in Academic/Tutoring (multi) and Writing, offers 8 activities
  • 0 session dates to choose from
  • Cost starting from $720
  • Special needs support not available

About this course

Writing for Contests is a creative and transactional writing course where the in-class activities and projects are written to participate in writing contests from all over the world. Students will write short stories, poetry, essays and articles with the chance of winning prizes and being published in renowned publications!

What you'll learn

By the end of this course, students will review and practice literary techniques to prepare them for several unique writing contests. Students will learn about literary fiction (story structure, character- and world-building, vocabulary and voice), transactional nonfiction (writing to purpose, paragraphing and formatting), and poetry (imagery, figurative language, theme). Students will have participated in 4 writing contests:  

January: The New York Times Profile Contest

February: The New York Times STEM Writing Contest

March: The New York Times Editorial Contest

April: Poem In Your Pocket Day

May & June: TBD

Each lesson will begin with a five-minute warmup to situate the students with the main ideas of the lesson. Throughout the following hour and a half, the students will be given a variety of resources, examples, lectures and activities to help them accomplish their main project for the month. As this is a writing course, a significant amount of time, usually toward the end of the lesson, is used for independent writing tasks with a review and a discussion of their progress to close.   

Materials & Homework

  • All students should be fully literate in the English language at the appropriate curriculum level for their current academic year.
  • All students must use a word processor such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs and be able to submit their homework in .doc or .docx format to Teams.


Character Development: This program helps build the following traits

  • Interpersonal skills: Ability to understand the emotions and behaviours of others, and to respond accordingly. Ability to compromise and listen. Communication skills. Leadership.
  • Curiosity: Love of learning. Intellectual engagement. Enthusiasm for experiencing the world. Proclivity to develop passions and interests.


Session Dates and Rates:

Date TBD
Virtual Program,
Online

Time TBD
Cost TBD
2022-02-05720


Activities:

Recreational       Instructional       Intense or Competitive

Creative writing
Instructor lead (group)
Instructor lead (one on one)
Journalism
Language Instruction
Public Speaking
Reading
Writing
Recreational       Instructional       Intense or Competitive



Learn skills to enter in writing contests
Learn techniques and skills necessary to participate in writing contests with the chance of being published or winning prizes

 

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Writing for Contests: Grades 5-6
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Shelly Zheng

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