How can my child practice writing skills? What can I do to help my child improve? What writing exercises should I use? At Tutor Japan, we get these questions a lot, and so we have created a new course called Writing Camp! Writing Camp is designed to help students improve their reading skills, expand their vocabulary and practice different types of essay writing. Let’s find out more!
Course Curriculum
Writing Camp follows a curated writing curriculum, which includes:
- Warmup Exercise
- Reading and Analysis of Articles
- Independent Writing Practice
- Peer Feedback
Each lesson includes a warmup exercise that helps students understand different uses of writing, and how they writing changes to match the purpose of the writing. After finishing the warm-up exercise, students read through an article directly related to the essay topic in turns with the tutor. The articles are chosen to give new context to the sometimes simplistic essay statements, and to widen student’s perspectives. New and important vocabulary are bolded throughout the document, to open up conversations, and to encourage the use of new words in writing.
Then, students choose between two thesis statements to find a topic for their essay, which can be either argumentative or opinion-based, allowing them to build confidence by choosing their essay’s direction. Students spend around fifteen minutes writing their essays independently, and then share their writing with the teacher to receive feedback about each other’s work. The students will receive targeted feedback on their essays, including about spelling, grammar, organization, and transition words.
Benefits
By participating in the Writing Camp, students will develop their writing skills by analyzing news articles and expanding their vocabulary. Students will discuss and debate the articles with their tutor, and develop with persuasive arguments for their essays. With dedicated feedback from the tutor, students can understand their strengths and weaknesses better. Additionally, by providing feedback the tutor can adjust each lesson to focus on each student’s weaknesses ensure the student will hone their skills.
Who is the Writing Camp for?
The Writing Camp is open for students of ages 9+ with a focus on middle school students. We welcome all students that are motivated and curious about how to level up their writing skills. The classes can be taken online, or in-person at our office in Azabu-jūban, Tokyo. We also welcome students that are living abroad!
At Tutor Japan we offer a trial lesson to all students interested in the Writing Camp. Get to know first-hand what the lesson feels like, and how you can expect to increase your writing skills. Why not set a goal together with your tutor that you can work towards to achieving by the end of the course?
How to sign up!
Are you curious about Tutor Japan’s Writing Camp? Contact us by email, Line, or Whatsapp!