Carraway Center
for Teaching & Learning
Writing Workshops
Dates:
Dates: July 15-19, 4:15-6:15pm
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Location: Carraway Center in Cahaba Heights
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*Can also schedule one-on-one sessions
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Cost: $350 week-long course
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Creative Writing Course
This workshop is designed to help develop students' creative writing. Students will learn how to craft a story arc, generate captivating introductions, develop character profiles, and express their ideas fluently and clearly in their writing.
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Dates: TBD
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Location: Carraway Center in Cahaba Heights
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Times:
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Rising 5th & 6th Graders: 8:00 - 10:00
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Rising 7th & 9th Graders: 10:30 - 12:30
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Rising 9th -12th Graders: *2:00 - 4:00
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*Can also schedule one-on-one sessions
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Cost: $350 week-long course
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**Students can register for one-on-one instruction for this course and parents can pick their own dates and put together their own small group of friends. Virtual options are available as well.
Dates:
Dates: July 15-19, 4:15-6:15pm
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Location: Carraway Center in Cahaba Heights
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*Can also schedule one-on-one sessions
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Cost: $350 week-long course
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High School: Writing Academic Essays with Evidence
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This workshop is designed to help students develop and fine-tune their skills in writing academic essays using evidence from various sources. This course will cover various types of academic essays and themes required in high school, such as explication, research, and analysis (theme, symbol, and character-based). Students will learn how to construct an outline template that will be useful for future essays and theme assignments.
Students will go over each step in the drafting and writing process:
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brainstorming
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thesis constructing
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outlining
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finding evidence to support each claim
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identifying relevant supporting details
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writing a draft
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using academic language & transition words
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revising the essay
Grammar for High School
Dates: July 30th and 31st​​
Times: 10:00 - 12:00
Location: Carraway Center
Cost: $220
High School Grammar Course
(Great for ACT English section Prep also)
The Grammar Course is designed to teach students the key concepts and grammar rules necessary for high school and standardized tests like the ACT and SAT. This class is appropriate for rising 9th -12th graders.
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This class is perfect for students trying to raise their scores on the English or Writing portion of the
ACT and SAT.
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Students will learn grammar concepts & rules for:
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identifying the parts of speech
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comma rules
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using colons, semi-colons, and dashes
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subject verb agreement
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parallelism
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appositives
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idioms
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using transition words appropriately
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wordiness & redundancy
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punctuation
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pronouns
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modifiers
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who vs whom
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that vs which
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and much more!