Writing With Ease

An Integration of Skills

Writing 5th Grade

We Strengthen:
  • Sentence Structuring
  • Paragraph Writing
  • Organization
  • Spelling
  • Grammar and Syntax
  • Editing
  • Expository Writing & Creative Writing

To write well, you have to read well, spell well, have a clear understanding of what you are writing about, and be able to clearly communicate that understanding. The Reading Clinic's writing program fuses the elements in our other programs to help students develop and strengthen comprehension, verbal expression, organization and structure. Because there is a wide variety of strengths and weaknesses in the students who enroll in this program, one-to-one tutoring is critical in working toward a student's best writing.

Like our other programs, students begin at a level where they have success and then build on that success. First, a student demonstrates the ability to read and comprehend written material and to conceptually image their understanding. Then, step by step, students move into list writing, constructing sentences in a variety of forms, note taking, and paragraph writing.

At the same time, students discover the structure of sentences in the elements of grammar and syntax. They become aware of the writing process, how to approach it on a step-by-step basis, and how to monitor progress and make necessary adjustments as they edit their work.

As they begin to evolve as independent writers, our students move from single paragraphs to longer and more complex pieces. Looking at this accumulated evidence of their achievements, they see they have the ability to conceptualize, organize and execute written work independently.

Academic Writing Classes

We have added a new, exciting program called Ace Academics.  With particular emphasis on basic Language Arts concepts, Ace Academics takes the written and spoken word to a higher level. Our combination of ultra-small writing classes and one-on-one instruction promotes competent, confident self-expression across the curriculum.  We coach students in all forms of writing, including narrative, expository, persuasive and responsive.

Students in all grade levels are expected to become proficient in four types of writing: narrative, expository, persuasive, and responding to literature.  Narrative writing (also called descriptive writing) takes the form of stories, biographies, and autobiographies.  Expository writing (also called explanatory or summary writing) is represented by analytical essays and research papers.  Persuasive writing is meant to present and defend a claim.  Responding to literature is a form of persuasive writing in which a thesis is presented for consideration and supported by detail from the text.
Writing tasks differ at each grade level.  Younger students learn to express their ideas clearly and attend to paragraph structure.  Upper elementary level students begin to craft multi-paragraph essays and provide supporting detail for well-developed topics.  Middle and high school students master more complex and in-depth papers, writing at length on a particular topic and citing their sources carefully.

 

 

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