Trial-Scholastic Pre Program

Description

USTAR SCHOLASTIC PREP PROGRAM

This program focuses on the ten writing categories students will compete in.
Program length: 25 lessons Per Session, 1 hour per lesson
Highlight: Sessions can be repeated for students to learn more than one Scholastic writing categories!

How will Ustar help you?
★   highly experienced advanced writing teachers
★   Meticulously graded assignment
★   The real-world medal winner essay studies
★   Step-by-step teacher guidance
★   Detailed explanations for every essay and writing tips

Learning Pace: Total of 25 lessons for each session

 

Please note: for optimal learning outcomes, we combine teachers’ feedback and students’ personal writing interest to finalize what writing category students will be working on.

 

L1: Dramatic Script:

Teacher breaks down rubrics of dramatic script and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several practice dramatic scripts.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of dramatic script for students to complete.

 

L2: Poetry:

Teacher breaks down rubrics of poetry and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several practice poetries.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of poetry for students to complete.

 

L3: short story:

Teacher breaks down the rubrics of short story and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several short story practice.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of short story for students to complete.

 

L4: Humor:

Teacher breaks down the rubrics of humor and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several humor practice.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of humor for students to complete.

 

L5: Science fiction :

Teacher breaks down the rubrics of Science fiction and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several Science fiction practices.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of Science fiction for students to complete.

L6: fantasy :
Teacher breaks down the rubrics of fantasy and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several fantasy practices.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of fantasy for students to complete.

 

L7: Personal essay:
Teacher breaks down the rubrics of Personal essays and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several Personal essay practices.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of Personal essay for students to complete.

 

L8: memoir:
Teacher breaks down the rubrics of memoir and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several memoir practices.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of memoir for students to complete.

 

L9: Journalism

Teacher breaks down the rubrics of Journalism and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several Journalism practices.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of Journalism for students to complete.

 

L10: Flash Fiction

Teacher breaks down the rubrics of Flash Fiction and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several Flash Fiction practices.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of Flash Fiction  for students to complete.

 

L11: Critical Essay PART I

Teacher breaks down the rubrics of Critical Essay and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several Critical Essay practices.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of Critical Essay for students to complete.

 

L12: Critical Essay PART II

Teacher continues explaining the rubrics of Critical Essay and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several Critical Essay practices.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of Critical Essay for students to complete.

 

L13: Critical Essay PART III

Teacher continues explaining the rubrics of Critical Essay and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several Critical Essay practices.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of Critical Essay for students to complete.

 

L14: Novel writing  PART I

Teacher breaks down the rubrics of Novel writing and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several Novel writing practices.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of Novel writing for students to complete.

 

L15: Novel writing  PART II

Teacher continues explaining the rubrics of Novel writing and goes over award winning writings.

Classwork: Teacher prompts students to write several Novel writing practices.

Homework: Teacher assigns a type of Novel writing for students to complete.

 

L16: Pick your best writing category

Note: Teacher gives feedback on all the writing categories students have practiced and suggests one to work on as the potential competing essay.

Classwork: Focused training on the settled category. (topic, ideas)

Homework: Teacher assigns settled category draft 1.

 

L17: working with words (nouns, verbs, adjectives)

Homework: Teacher assigns settled category draft 2.

 

L18: working with words (adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions)

Homework: Teacher assigns settled category draft 3.

 

L19: working with sentences (sentence styles, combining sentences,sentence problems)

Homework: Teacher assigns settled category draft 4.

 

L20: working with paragraphs (parts of paragraphs, organization)

Homework: Teacher assigns settled category draft 5.

 

L21: Proofreading (punctuations,mechanics)

Homework: Teacher assigns settled category draft 6.

 

L22: Proofreading (using the right words,spelling)

Homework: Teacher assigns settled category draft 7.

 

L23: Proofreading (punctuations,mechanics)

Homework: Teacher assigns settled category draft 8.

 

L24: Proofreading (parts of speech)

Homework: Teacher assigns settled category draft 9

 

 

L25: Finalizing (adding/deleting final thoughts,teacher thoroughly go through draft 9 and gives final advice and edits) OFFLINE