CHSEL Writing

 CHSEL offers an in depth writing opportunity for students at several ability levels. 

Hi! I am Veronica Pedraza, a lab provider at CHSEL. While my degreee is in Mass Communications with an emphassis in Journalism, I am also a Certified IEW writing instructor and have had experience as a UIL judge for writing and prose. For the past 28 years, I have been homeschooling my eight children, six of which have gone on to do well in university and college studies. Over the past 19 years, I have taught numerous year-long writing labs in the co-op format. Including teaching introductory writing, I have taught high school writers most of that time. Not only do I teach the structure of various compositions along with enhancement and style options, but I also grade, edit and critique writing at all levels, including college-level composition. IEW curriculum is used almost exclusively for primary grades, but is integrated into a more formal and expansive writing instruction for upper high school level. Included in my offerings for 2021-2022 are a High School Essay and Public Speaking Intensive and IEW levels A, B and C.  I offer my services through the ministry of CHSEL because here we have established a venue where writing instruction is affordable and attainable to every family, including those whose finances and/or time might limit them otherwise. At CHSEL, elementary level writing currently costs only $27/mo and middle and high school writing labs are only $32 per month (requires full year registration) and include weekly instruction, lecture, editing practice, writing opportunities at the venue, vocabulary and grammar help as well as graded evaluations, notebook organization and peer reviews. All this is completed over a 28 - 30 week plan that has been implemented many times with success.   Many of my previous students have gone on to college-level writing, requiring little transition from my final high school course to do well in their first and second year in college or university. 

New this year:  We will be offering a number of subjects on Tuesday, including a writing session that follows Friday's assignments. This is a class day in which students will work to complete the writing assignments along with help from me to aid with completion.

Don't forget to check out all the labs offered through CHSEL, which will include some new STEM labs along with our other Apologia or Berean Builders science labs taught by experienced, qualified, homeschool moms!

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