High School Essay Intensive - 2 Days
High School Essay Intensive –
Text Analysis & College Application Essays
A seminar for high school students and teachers
Download the event flyer here.
Please note: Because this workshop will be video recorded, we are limiting access to enrolled children only. Please make other arrangements for non-enrolled children. Parents will be required to sign a photo/video release.
Tuesday & Wednesday, September 13-14, 2016 8:30AM*– 3:30PM with breaks for lunch**.
*Please arrive 20 minutes early. Enrollment limited to 50 students.
**Students may bring a lunch, or go out and return promptly.
Location
7777 S Garnett Rd.,
Broken Arrow, OK 74012
US
Contact Info
IEW
Cost: $50.00/participant (accompanying adult, $25.00)
Presented by IEW’s humorous and engaging director and master teacher, Andrew Pudewa, the High School Essay Intensive class provides immediate experience and inside tips toward high school essay writing, including
Text analysis: Students will learn to employ strategies required in many college entrance exams or in response-to-literature prompts, including how to
- thoughtfully read the provided text
- evaluate the ideas presented
- select facts or examples to support an author’s claims
- identify stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, which add power to the ideas
The college application personal essay: Students will choose the question, create the outline, and polish a final version. Participants will leave with
- a clear concept of the task
- their own outline for an actual personal essay
- several new tricks and techniques to add to their repertoire
Open to all students regardless of their experience with IEW courses or methodology, this seminar also offers tools and tips for general composition skills. Come prepared to write a great deal during this class.
Parents are welcome to attend at a reduced cost.
