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Online Writing Classes for Middlers

Brave Writer Classes for Middlers

“I didn’t know writing could be this fun.” Elliott, age 12

Sandwiched between early childhood and adolescence, middle schoolers are rapidly changing, exploring, and learning about the world—and how they fit into it. It can be a challenging time.

No worries! Brave Writer’s got you covered!

Our online middle school classes:

  • Introduce students to formatted writing in an open way. They get to pick from a variety of projects types, like a fact book, a narration, or a PowerPoint presentation.
  • Allow your kids to choose topics of interest. This choice sets them up with fuel for writing and a sense of ownership over their work.
  • Keep writing assignments short and manageable. We know growth takes time and happens unevenly. We make sure we’re catching your child’s best moments—no burnout, breakdowns, or boredom!
  • Offer plenty of support! Our writing coaches offer keen interest in every child and will guide them to a finished product. Parents are encouraged to partner with their middle schoolers, because they need you as their writing ally!
  • Cultivate writer’s voice. We don’t squash enthusiasm with clunky formats and mechanics—we teach students how to reveal their quirky minds on the page. That focus is at the heart of all good writing!
  • Get them curious and asking questions to ignite their love for learning. Your middle schooler is wading into the academic world one tide pool at a time. Academia is based on inquiry—and it is FUN!

We’re always thrilled at how much participation and enthusiasm we get from students in our middle school classes. Students who would never raise their hand in a classroom setting will write reams from the comfort of their bedrooms!

Online Writing Classes for Middlers (ages 9-13):

Book Club Arrow
Book Club Pouch
Groovy Grammar Workshop
Journaling Jumpstart
Middle School Writing Projects
Movie Discussion Club
Nature Journaling
Passion for Fiction
Penning the Past
Playing with Poetry: Discovery
Playing with Poetry: Exploration
Shakespeare Family Workshop
Skip into Science
Spinning a Folktale
Brave Writer 101
Writing a Greek Myth
Write for Fun: Dream Big
Write for Fun: Go Wild
Write for Fun: Fly High

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Online Writing Classes for Youngsters

Brave Writer Online Classes for Youngsters

Thinking that your kids have a long way to go until they can write? Figuring they require full mastery of grammar, handwriting, and spelling first?

It’s a myth that elementary-age children are not equipped to be writers because their mechanical skills are still developing. Why would we wait until their penmanship is perfect to capture the treasure trove of creative ideas and delightful scenarios! Wild plots, crazy characters, and surreal elements abound! Vivid descriptions and zany comparisons come out of their mouths everyday! These are the very best years to write.

Good news—your young student can benefit from our writing resources and classes NOW!

Our goal at Brave Writer is to provide a gentle, flexible framework to open your children’s minds to their writing potential. Our online classes give them age-appropriate opportunities to write, without severing the connection they still need with their homeschool parent – you! We know that with the right experience, even very young children can enjoy writing, setting them up for success in their future writing lives.

With our elementary-age classes you’ll get the chance to

  • Take courses suited to your child’s natural stage of growth in writing
  • Identify literary elements
  • Discuss how stories are crafted
  • Get an introduction to techniques such as list-making, freewriting, revision strategies and editing
  • Experience writing activities that are flexible
  • Control the content your kids are exposed to
  • Play with different forms like poetry, before kids feel intimidated
  • Practice the ability to narrate

Online Writing Classes for Youngsters

For littler writers:

Story Switcheroo (ages 5-8)

Write original stories and scenes from the building blocks of traditional fairy tales.

Telling Tales (7-10)

Partner with your child to explore tall tales, ancient myths, and favorite legends as you uncover the common elements in these classic tales.

For ages 9-up:

Note: Though the classes below are recommended for ages nine and above, these are all classes where the parent is directly involved. If you have a young child eager to try a class, choose one where you can actively participate alongside, providing writing support as needed. 

Groovy Grammar Workshop (9-14)
Nature Journaling (9 and up)
Playing with Poetry: Discovery (9 and up)
Playing with Poetry: Exploration (9 and up)
Brave Writer 101 (9-14)

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Playing with Poetry: Exploration

Playing with Poetry: Exploration

Is that September curriculum feeling stale? Are you desperate for a break, but “can’t afford” to take time off? Feel like you’ve tried everything with your unconventional learner?

Shake things up and embark on an adventure while never leaving the hallowed grounds of home education with (drum roll, please)…

POETRY!

Yes, poetry! Stay with me.

Playing with poetry offers the whole family (you included!) a chance to experiment with writing in a low-risk, yet totally new and exciting environment.

MYSTERY and ADVENTURE are essential embers that light a love for learning. Fan those embers into flames with our popular online writing class: Playing with Poetry: Exploration!

What you can expect:

  • Friendly feedback & partnership from writing coach Susanne Barrett (MA in Poetry).
  • No assumptions: you don’t need know anything about poetry or even like it! We’ve got you covered.
  • Hand-picked poems and resources sure to trigger delight.
  • A month off from writing assignment planning. (Yay!) It’s all done for you!
  • A paradigm shift between you and your kids as you learn together!

Did you know: students who struggle with writing often find their stride with poetry (especially kids with dysgraphia and dyslexia)!


What parents are saying about Playing with Poetry:

I thought that poetry writing was hard to teach. [T]urning in the basic assignments and reading Susanne’s feedback was enough to produce a life changing experience. — Elizabeth

All the kids in the family are working on the same thing, regardless of age, and it is such a treat to be a student with them, rather than a teacher. This class has been a great kick-start for me in realizing how much more fun we all have when we write together. — Deanna

It really helped me get some of the inspiration and connection back into learning with my children that I had lost. Seriously, by focusing only on one aspect in depth (poetry), we’ve covered some math, social studies, history, writing, spelling, computer and internet skills. — Anne


 Academic benefits of studying poetry include:

  • Encouraging linguistic dexterity
  • Development of an intuitive ear for nuanced language
  • Appealing to the senses
  • Experimentation in learning

Does poetry feel a little risky, like you’re standing with your toes hanging off the edge of the pool diving board? We invite you to dive into the poetry pool—the water’s fine!

Playing with Poetry: Exploration

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The Driver’s Ed of Essay Writing: Brave Writer’s Essay Prep Classes

The Driver's Ed of Essay Writing: Brave Writer's Essay Prep Series

Would you toss the car keys to your teen who has never driven before? I hope not! Driving requires familiarity with a car and the rules of the road.

Likewise, essay writing depends on familiarity with essays and the characteristics of good expository writing. Yet most high school students have never read an essay before being asked to write one!

Our Essay Prep series (for ages 13 – 18) is the driver’s ed of essay writing. 

Let Brave Writer introduce your teen to the essay form: reading essays, examining them, playing with essay skills and tools BEFORE careening down the highway of academic discourse.

Classes can be taken in any order:

ESSAY PREP: READING THE ESSAY

Essay Prep: Reading the Essay

Reading the Essay provides a roadmap to essay writing. This class gives students a chance to see what essays are like—before they have to write one! We share some of our favorite essays in this class and discuss the elements that make them successful. Students interact with the texts and with each other!

Students will:

  • find the “angle of vision” in the essays they read
  • write about a topic from different points of view
  • give a surprising view or debunk commonly held beliefs
  • reflect on personal experiences in writing
  • use writing voice to strengthen an argument
  • discover bias or slant in persuasive writing
  • develop reasoned arguments that form the foundation of persuasive essays

ESSAY PREP: DYNAMIC THINKING

Essay Prep: Dynamic Thinking

Dynamic Thinking class is our unique, revolutionary class that grows your teens into critical thinkers. Great essays are built from great insight. To generate that insight, teens need to consider multiple points of view simultaneously and dispassionately. Deep thinking, right? This class takes your teen beyond snap judgments and puts gas in their tank for writing.

Students will:

  • learn to think about the controversial nature of a topic for writing
  • powerfully associate ideas using metaphor and analogy
  • identify their true perspective about a topic to aid thesis development
  • believe and doubt the same argument, to grow their minds
  • create a collage of writing (a final project synthesizing writing from the class)

ESSAY PREP: RESEARCH & CITATION

Essay Prep: Research and Citation

Research & Citation: Once upon a time, students got their information from books at the library, not the Internet. One thing’s for sure, the academic terrain has shifted from when we were in school. This class teaches your kids how to find reliable, essay-worthy information on the Internet. We also tackle the nitty-gritty when it comes to current expectations on how to format an essay and cite sources(so teens can avoid inadvertently plagiarizing!).

Students engage in the following activities:

  • keenly observing and examining an idea
  • using inquiry as the basis for writing
  • researching with search engines and local library databases
  • evaluating the credibility of a source
  • taking efficient notes
  • summarizing, quoting, and paraphrasing
  • planning and writing a research project
  • citing sources using MLA format

These three classes comprise the ‘driver’s manual’ to prepare your teens for the solo drive of essay-writing.

Buckle up, because Brave Writer has all three essay prep classes available this spring!

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Boomerang Book Club: March 2019

Brave Writer Boomerang Book Club

Brave Writer’s Boomerang Book Club is the place to be in March!

Johannah Bogart, Julie’s 28 year old homeschooled daughter, will guide students in provocative discussion of the Boomerang books. These discussions are intended to teach your kids literary analysis without the burden of essay writing. All the Big Juicy Conversations about the books will lead to that special brain development—rhetorical insight—that leads to effective essay writing later.

Plus a FREE digital copy of our language arts guide based on the book selection for the month is provided.


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March’s selection for the Boomerang Book Club (ages 13-18) is Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk.

In Wolf Hollow, a heartwarming and heartbreaking coming of age story, Annabelle finds the courage to stand up to the new girl in town and learns you cannot help everyone, no matter how much you care. Set in rural Pennsylvania during WWII, this is a tale of resilience, strength, and compassion in the face of injustice. Available as an audiobook read by Emily Rankin.

Purchase the novel.

Homeschool students especially need the chance to talk about what they read—yet the busy mother-of-many doesn’t always have time to read those lengthy dense books, let alone discuss them in depth! And that’s where we come in. Teenagers are invited to join our virtual book discussion club, conducted entirely online in the Brave Writer classroom.

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Caveat: Please remember that you’re the parent. If you have doubts about the content of a particular book, please check the reviews of the novel or read it for yourself first. Pouch and Boomerang books in particular may include sexuality, graphic language, and mature themes.


Also starting in March are our Arrow and Pouch Book Clubs.

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