CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
For those wishing a private or semi-private writing course without having to drive to my classroom, a correspondence class may be just the answer!
In a correspondence course, I will establish an email relationship with parent and student. Each week I will email an assignment from my book A Composition Cache and ask the student to complete it within one week. After I receive the completed assignment, I will respond within 24 hours with comments and suggestions regarding the assignment, and then either ask for a rewrite, or give the student a new assignment.
Correspondence classes are best suited for high school or junior high students with good typing and computer skills; however, I have had elementary students succeed in this course with parent help.
Fees for this course are based on the student receiving and completing four writing assignments per month. Parents and students may correspond with me as much as they like and/or need to, though.
Required text: A Composition Cache by Kim Baumgaertel, $25 plus tax and shipping (if shipping is necessary). Tuition: $20/month, due by the first Tuesday of each month.
To register for a correspondence course, contact me at
kimbaum@writinghome.org.