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Classes often fill quickly. Register now!
Teaching Hints
Each lesson or session can be a positive experience if you remember the following
- Be organized
- Communicate clearly
- Respect the student's temperament
- Set the learning pace according to where the student is today
- Always believe in yourself and the student
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Wordsmith Class (Grades 3 - 6; prepares student for Writeshop classes)
The class will learn to write strong, concrete sentences and paragraphs that will prepare them for the WriteShop I course workbook. Class project: Year-end newspaper. Highly recommended by WriteShop authors Kim Kautzer and Debra Oldar.
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Poway |
Fallbrook |
Vista |
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
none scheduled |
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1:00 - 2:00 |
11:00 - 11:45 (tutoring) |
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Oct 2, 2007 |
Oct 3, 2007 |
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27 classes |
27 classes |
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6-12 |
6-12 |
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$ 385* |
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>>>Registration forms are being accepted for Fall 2007 classes that are listed
Beginning Writeshop Class (Grades 6-9)
The class will include grammar, sentence variations, basic outlining, poetry, and descriptive, informative, journalistic, and narrative writing.
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Poway |
Fallbrook |
Vista |
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none scheduled |
Wednesday |
none scheduled |
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2:00 - 3:00 |
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Oct. 3, 2007 |
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27 classes |
27 classes |
27 classes |
| Class Size: |
6-12 |
6-12 |
6-12 |
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Thursday |
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12:45 - 1:45 |
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Oct 3, 2007 |
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>>>Registration forms being accepted for Fall 2007 classes that are listed
Intermediate Writeshop Class (Grades 7-10)
This course will include a grammar review, first and third person points of view, personification, tense agreement, past participles, descriptive writing, short stories, and poetry. Suggested: Beginning Writeshop
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Poway |
Fallbrook |
Vista |
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
none scheduled |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
12:00 - 1:15 |
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Oct 2, 2007 |
Oct 3, 2007 |
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27 classes |
27 classes |
27 classes |
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6-12 |
6-12 |
6-12 |
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$ 385* |
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Advanced Writeshop Class (Grades 10 - 12)
This course will include grammar review, narrative voice, outlining, opinion essay, letters to the editor, parallelism, compare or contrast essay, description essay, and definition essay. The first lesson begins in WriteShop II Red Workbook, Lesson 23. Required: Intermediate Writeshop
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Poway |
Fallbrook |
Vista |
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none scheduled |
Thursday |
none scheduled |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
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Oct 11, 2007 |
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27 classes |
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6-12 |
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Research Paper Class: (Grades 9 - 12)
Students will learn to research, take notes, outline, write, edit, revise, and rewrite on a topic of their choice. The class will take a field trip to Kellogg Library at CSUSM. Students will present their papers to the class at the end of the course. The class will be taught by writer Karen Colterman, writing instructor Peggy Pfingsten, and the Kellogg Outreach Librarian. TOPIC LIST
(to be scheduled Spring 2008)
Click here for printable itinerary
>>>Registration forms being accepted for Research classes that are listed
Tutoring:
All grades. Tailored to your student's level and needs. Contact Mrs. Pfingsten for more information.
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Poway |
Fallbrook |
Vista |
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only in Fallbrook |
Wednesday |
only in Fallbrook |
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3:15 - 5:00 (45 min. ea) |
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Oct. 3, 2007 |
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as needed |
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$25 per student per session
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* $40 non-refundable deposit at registration; $172.50 due at first class of each semester
** $40 non-refundable deposit at registration; $145 due at first class
Charter School participants, please contact Mrs. Pfingsten.
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What Parents Think
"Thank you so much for making my life easier these past months!
It was so comforting and reassuring knowing you were teaching the writing skills and styles my children needed.
I have such confidence in you and have seen such growth in my kid's writing ability. My husband and I are
very grateful! See you next school year. KS, 5/05"
Words of Wisdom
"The secret of happy life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do."
Anon.
"It is only a moment here and a moment there that the greatest writer has."
Robert Frost, 1916
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