Mini Reports

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How Classes Work

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Brave Writer’s Online Classroom

Winter Dates:

March 5 - March 30

Spring Dates:

April 30 - May 25

Instructor:

Christine Gable

Tuition:

$179.00

Class Size:

25 students per session

Ages:

8-15 years old

How can you capture all that factual detail your smart kids spout while you cook dinner? What writing format best helps young kids prepare for academic writing later in their educational lives?

The Brave Writer Mini Report class is designed to turn your children’s facts into meaningful writing projects—whether you are working on a “book report,” a lapbook, a brochure, a mail order catalog, a trivial pursuit game or a simple several-paragraph piece of writing. If you’re feeling a bit stymied for ideas or need outside support to help you keep the project on task, Christine Gable, your instructor, will support you through the process. Christine offers warm, supportive, creative feedback that will walk you and your kids through the four-week writing process for the project of your choice. You get to pick the non-fiction writing project that suits you (750 word limit, please) and she will support you in helping your child succeed at completing it. The end results will amaze and delight you both!

The structure of the class is as follows

  • Week One: Choosing the project/Research
  • Week Two: Freewriting/Drafting
  • Week Three: Narrowing and Expanding
  • Week Four: Publishing and Finding Readers

Get off to a great start in the new year. Create accountability for yourself by enrolling in this class. You’ll feel good knowing you’ve completed one writing project from start to finish, with feedback that gives you a solid sense of your child’s current developmental stage of writing. You’ll also sharpen your tool set for future writing projects so that you become a more and more skilled writing coach in your child’s life.

Possible mini report projects are:

  • A book report in the form of a novel’s dust jacket
  • A lapbook
  • A newspaper article
  • A brochure
  • A “Who, What, Where, When, Why and How” piece
  • A “How-to” report
  • A one page narration (with stylistic suggestions)
  • A trivial pursuit game
  • A mail order catalog with descriptions
  • A fact book

Click here for an example of a Mini Report on the Andromeda Constellation Chain.

You may enroll in one or both of these class sessions. If you take both sessions, you can enroll a different student, choose a new project and work with different factual material, if you like! Enroll in both sessions for only $299.00!

Discover how to take the drudgery of “reporting” and turn it into meaningful writing projects that will cause your young writers to grow as writers and researchers.

For more information about how the classes are run, please read about online classes.