Teacher: Saman Ihsan

Paragraph Writing ( Grade 5/6)

The goal of this 8‑week course is to help students construct well‑organized, thoughtful, and stylistically strong paragraphs. This session builds on the skills taught in the fall and winter courses, but new students are absolutely welcome — all lessons are taught with guided modelling and step‑by‑step support.

What Students Will Learn

• Sentence Fluency & Word Choice: Students practice creating smooth, varied sentences and choosing precise, effective words.

• Crafting a Clear Topic Sentence: They learn to introduce the main idea in a focused and engaging way.

• Developing Ideas with Writing Techniques: Students explore techniques such as developing a single moment in time, exploding an idea, zooming in, and using slow motion to add depth and detail.

• Writing a Concluding Sentence: They learn to end their paragraph with a sentence that feels complete and purposeful.

• Grammar & Punctuation Review: Key rules are reinforced to support stronger, more accurate writing.

• Replacing Weak Words: Students learn to replace weight nouns with specific nouns and weak verbs with strong, vivid verbs.

• Adding Figurative Language: They enhance their writing with metaphors, similes, and descriptive phrases.

• Sentence Combining Techniques: Students practice combining short or choppy sentences to improve flow and sophistication.

Refund Policy

If you choose to withdraw from the course, please see below:

March 10th:  90% refund

March 20th: 50% refund

After the first class:  50% credit or 25% refund