CAPITAL
COACHING & MENTORING
ACADEMIC WRITING SPECIALIST
Years 7/8 - Tue 6:10
Structure & Style
Course Description
Course content: Approximately 60% essay writing, 20% creative writing, and 20% assessment support. Target level/skills: This writing class is customised for students who require consolidation of the structural requirements necessary for secondary level academic writing. Students in this class will be coached on how to explore and organise ideas/points/arguments in an efficient academic manner. Further, students will be coached on how to adopt a more academic tone/style (shifting away from more informal tones/styles previously allowed). Students will be assigned weekly homework to consolidate their understanding of the content covered in class. Please note: While the writing skills do target the necessary skills set out by the NSW English curriculum, the specific themes/topics/texts covered in this course may not directly reflect or overlap with individual school content. Outcome: Students should have a more consolidated understanding of how to compose structured paragraphs in a sustained academic tone. A review test will be conducted to monitor the termly progress of the students.
Administration
/ Schedule: 2025 Term 4 starts on Monday 13th OCTOBER and ends on Friday 19th DECEMBER (10 weeks/sessions). / Cooling-off period: Students may withdraw from the course immediately after the first session; before the second session. / Cancellations: No sessions in part or in whole may be cancelled after the cooling-off period. / Rescheduling: No sessions in part or in whole may be rescheduled. If a student misses a class, they may sit another class of the same level in the same week. Otherwise, the student will be emailed the class content to catch up on. / Communication (holidays): 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM are teaching hours during the holidays. 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM are consulting hours. Please contact during consulting hours for any enquiries or concerns. / Communication (term weeks): 3:30 PM - 10:00 PM are teaching hours during the term. 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM are consulting hours. Please contact during consulting hours for any enquiries or concerns.