Top 3 Reasons To Use An Online Writing Course.

Have you ever thought about doing an online writing course or using online tutoring in writing?

I am learning there are all kinds of benefits to doing taking an online writing course or even using an online tutor for writing.

The top three reasons I have come up with are…

1. Someone else is teaching. Yes, I know I homeschool. It is the choice I make. But sometimes there are just some subjects that need an outside person to show my child a different way of doing things. I am okay with that. I still get to be part of the process.
2. Fresh perspective on what is being written. Sometimes my child gets into a rut of writing a certain way. With a writing course/tutor he is challenged more to step out of his comfort zone in his writing style. 
3. Feedback is amazing. To get feedback from someone other then "mom" is a wonderful thing. It teaches my child to accept criticism from an outside source. This will help him in his future being in the working world. 

Have you ever used an online writing course/tutor? Have you ever used a in person writing tutor? Share your experience in the comments below. 

Lil Momma Strouse

Time4Writing.com High School Writing

With school starting there are all kinds of classes homeschoolers are looking to take. I want to tell you about one that will come in handy for your high schooler.

Time4writing.com has a Essay Writing course that will help with essay writing for standardized test or for collage applications.

Time4writing.com has a total of 5 classes offered to high schoolers. I have listed them below.

• HS – High School Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
• HSp – High School Paragraphs
• HS1 – High School Essay Writing
• HS2 – Essay Writing for the SAT
• HS5 – Writing Research Papers

Lil Momma Strouse

Essays

I am not a big fan of write an essay.  Teaching a child to write an essay is not a picnic for me either. My son, Biggun, has tried over the past two years or so to really improve on this.  In the fall he took a writing course at the co-op we went to.  I was so relieved to have someone else try to teach him how to write an essay.  Mrs. Betty did a great job. She got better results from him in 11 weeks then I had in the past few years. It could also have been having someone else is expecting greatness from my son instead of just plain ole mom. Then a few weeks ago Mrs. Betty assigned another paper for my son.  This time he had to go research things out. The assignment was to write a 2 page paper. (front and back)

• Laws on damaging public property
• Consequences for damaging public property
• What does God think about this
• What has he learned

He had one week to write this paper. He did not wait till the last minute. He got right to it. He (with a little, very little me) found the laws and consequences online for our area. The next day he looked all through the Bible for what God thinks about this. I was so impressed he found a great verse. (I did not help at all) and he shared what he had learned by doing this paper. All of it was done in very neat hand writing and 2 pages (front and back).  Even Mrs. Betty said it was the best paper he had ever written for her. I am so proud of him. I think I might ask Mrs. Betty to assign him a writing assignment once a month. I know that sounds mean. But if I can get him to write, I don't care who he writes for. Or maybe get him a writing tutor. 

(This assignment writing assignment was just that a writing assignment and NOT due to anything my son did.)


Lil Momma Strouse