387 rd locust grove, ok 74352 does your child have sat and college application essays looming around the corner? are scholarship essays out there as another upcoming hurdle? i know my son worries about the sat essay in particular. Whether you have used institute for excellence in writing materials before or not, the high school essay intensive might be exactly what your student needs to gain some confidence before facing the above mentioned obstacles. We chose to follow the included plan to complete the entire seminar in six sessions of roughly one hour each, which we did at a pace of one session per week. Essentially, all he accomplished in the 25 minute writing session was to create an outline, without a single complete sentence ending up on the page. By the end of the fourth session, he was at least getting to the point of giving himself a 3 on the essays, which is a definite improvement. My son didn't enjoy this portion nearly as much, primarily because college application still seems so far away so this didn't seem as critical.

His statement to me was, i think this will be beneficial, but right now it just doesn't seem to be. We discussed how these concepts also would apply to scholarship application essays, however, and that seemed to get his attention, though he still thinks these sessions were less worthwhile. This student book also contains lessons for essays on demand by patsy brekke. Since we didn't explore the essays on demand portion before starting the 6 session plan, we were not aware that this part also includes watching the seminar on discs 1 4. Talking it over with my high schooler, he thought it would be an excellent idea to watch the material again. We decided to wait a couple months, and start essays on demand at that point. This plan has you watching the seminar over four sessions, with the remaining ten sessions focusing on actual writing practice.

My son doesn't particularly enjoy this practice, but he admits, it is effective, mom, and we should continue. He did pick up on different things when watching the seminar portion a second time. The bonus disc also includes some general sat preparation advice, including a session by julie walker that you can watch as a power point presentation, or listen to as an mp3 along with a pdf of the slides. This presentation included loads of great advice about far more than just the sat. If your teen is already familiar with the iew methodology, there will be some parts of the seminar that will sound similar. This program does stand on its own, though, and you do not need to have used any other institute for excellence in writing materials before.

Like other products from iew, this is something you can use with all of your children. High school essay intensive new! this seminar on four dvds presents tools and tips for tackling the timed essay as currently included in the sat exam, and introduces strategies for writing a well done ldquo personal essay rdquo for a college application. Recorded live at biola university, this full day class fills four dvd discs, with handouts on one cd rom for ease of use with multiple students. Previous experience with the iew program is helpful, but not required the content is significantly different from any of our other courses. Additionally, there are 14 lessons included on the cd rom for extra essay practice. This course can be used to fill an 18 week semester 4 weeks to watch the seminar at one disc per week and 14 weeks from the lesson plans. Students write two entire 25 minute essays a ldquo before rdquo and ldquo after rdquo , review grading criteria from the college board, complete several types of outlines, and learn how to continue practicing for the test.

Part two discusses typical questions for college and university application ldquo personal rdquo essays, helps students determine structure based on length, and shows a concrete process for developing ideas. Participants write out one complete ldquo triac rdquo paragraph, and work on a full outline for a real personal essay. The cd rom contains the.pdf files for both seminar handouts, and several bonus files text.

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disc 1 and 2 part one x2022 analysis of samples x2022 the common application x2022 organizational strategies x2022 stylistic considerations x2022 writing a notable essay x2022 planning a draft exercise cd rom includes: x2022 all the handouts necessary for the seminar x2022 patsy brekke rsquo s ldquo essays on demand rdquo lesson plans, a 14 week program with complete prompts and instructions to practice sat type essays. X2022 an sat preparation lecture on mp3 by julie walker of biola youth academics complete with power point slides. r estriction: narrow the focus i llustration: give examples/evidence a nalysis: show value, significance, problems, or impact c lincher: repeat or reflect topic testimonies from the live class: i really didn't want to come, but my mom made me, and i am so glad i did. It's really going to help me, and i'm not so worried about the sat essay any more. I took the sat last spring and did okay, but i'm going to do it again and go for a better score. I especially loved the strategies for quickly planning and outlining a short essay, and the advice about how to formulate an opinion and just go for it, even if you're a little undecided about the question.