Elementary School Writing

The elementary writing program is typically geared towards grades four through six, in which sentence and paragraph structure begin to become key to their learning and development. Your child will learn the following:

The five steps of the writing process

  • Pre-writing
  • Drafting
  • Revising
  • Editing
  • Publishing

Gramar

  • Understanding parts of speech
  • Maintaining subject-verb agreement
  • Avoiding fragments, comma splices and run-ons
  • Punctuating properly

Your child may already show proficiency in some of these skills, but might be lacking in others. Our diagnostic assessment will reveal the specific writing weakness(es) your child has. We’ll then be able to target exactly those skills that need improvement to help your child become the best writing student.

Middle School Writing

During this transition from childhood into adolescence, student’s begin learning how to formulate their own ideas and opinions through longer, more in-depth writing assignments and projects. We offer a number of language development programs, including:

Learning how to organize the writing process

  • Pre-writing
  • Drafting
  • Revising
  • Editing
  • Publishing

Learning from a variety of text–based projects.

  • Outlining main ideas and supporting details
  • Analyzing short passages
  • Writing summaries

Other writing skills

  • Essay writing
  • Paragraph structure and development
  • Grammar
  • Vocabulary
  • Spelling

Applying composition techniques

  • Topic sentences
  • Details
  • Transitions

Understanding the different types of grade–appropriate composition assignments

Doubtless, your child already has some of these skills mastered, but falls short on others. This is where My Kid’s Tutoring diagnostic testing can exactly target your child’s strengths and weaknesses. This enables us to create a customized writing program for your child.

High School Writing

Like most high school students, your teenager is probably great at text messaging and instant messenger. Unfortunately, these skills don’t get students very far on schoolwork or college entrance exams. Strong writing skills are essential for your student’s academic success. We offer students a variety of programs to take care of the following:

Applying composition techniques to new and existing class writing assignments, especially the formulation of these critical aspects:

  • Thesis Statements
  • Topic Sentences
  • Organized Details
  • Transitions

Learning how to organize the writing process

  • Pre-writing
  • Drafting
  • Revising
  • Editing
  • Publishing

Gain an understanding of different types of composition and essay assignments:

  • Descriptive
  • Illustrative
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Cause and Effect
  • Persuasive

Learning from a variety of text–based projects.

  • Analyzing Long Passages
  • Outlining Main Ideas
  • Writing Summaries
  • Requirements for a Major Research Paper

It all starts with a diagnostic test that isolates the exact skills your child needs to learn. This ensures that your child moves on in life with a complete foundation of winning writing strategies for all audiences and assignments.