College Success Begins with Elementary School!
Invest in Their Future: Do you envision your child attending the most prestigious universities? Our workshops are not just about writing; they're an investment for a brighter future. Give your child the gift of superior writing skills. Welcome to our exclusive Writing Workshops, where we empower young minds from grades 3 to 12 to prepare their way to college success!
Competitive Edge: In the fiercely competitive world, every advantage counts. Our workshops give your child a competitive edge, a foundation steeped in solid writing skills, analytical thinking, creativity and originality. Are you ready to equip them with the skills to shine brighter ?
Build a Winning Portfolio: Our workshops help students build impressive writing portfolios, showcasing their unique voice, storytelling prowess, and analytical thinking.
Diverse Perspectives: We embrace diversity and encourages students to explore their cultural backgrounds, experiences, and dreams which is pivotal to building self-esteem and self-confidence.
Our Process: Our aspiring elementary and middle school authors use an interactive, multi-sensory, peer-review based approach. Rooted in child development research, our multi-sensory approach is scientifically guaranteed to have results. It also makes writing fun and the craft of writing easily learned.
- Students strengthen critical thinking and writing skills
- Students work on critical analysis, comprehension, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, spelling, word choice, line-by-line editing skills and critical thinking skills.
- Pen book or movie reviews, write essays and stories, and even gain a sense of civic responsibility by writing letters to the editor, or participating in letter writing campaigns for Amnesty International.
- Select writing is submitted for potential publication.
High school is all about writing. The more you do it, the better you get.
- Essay based approach.
- Students work on critical analysis, comprehension, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, spelling, word choice, line-by-line editing skills and critical thinking skills.
- Critique each other’s work, honing their own skills in the process.
- Creative writing, persuasive and personal essays included.
- Students build an impressive portfolio, create their own blogs and contribute their best work for competitions.
Why Attend Writers Studio Workshops?
“The more you get students involved in activities where they are writing for a real audience and with a real purpose, the more they will see writing as an activity that is necessary, purposeful, and enjoyable,” says Sandhya Nankani, former Supervising Editor, Scholastic Education. “A weekly structure that involves fun writing activities might help students understand and enjoy the social benefits of writing such as sharing stories and learning from Persuasive Writing & Analytical Thinking.”
Awards & Our Published Little Authors
(Not So Fun) Facts
"Writing skills continue to decline in schools" - LA Times, Jan 2020
1. "If a student writes one paper per quarter, four papers a year, in ninth through 12th grades, that totals 16 papers in one’s high school career. But more often than not, students receive even less writing practice than that. "
2. In 2011, a nationwide test found that only 24 percent of students in eighth and 12th grades were proficient in writing, and just 3 percent were advanced. - Washington Post
3. "40% of those who took the ACT writing exam in the high school class of 2016 lacked the reading and writing skills necessary to complete successfully a college-level composition class…” - New York Times, 2017
And there are our Young Authors. From gifted students to those struggling to put pen to paper, our blossoming writers make us so proud. Take a look at their writing!
Writing Workshops
#1 Descriptive Writing & Public Speaking ( Grades 3 -12)
Each workshop comprises 4 sessions (one hour 15 minutes each).
SAT. JAN 6 to 27, 2024 (GRADES 3-8)
SUN. JAN 7 to 28, 2024 (HIGH SCHOOL)
Grades 3 - 5 (Saturday) 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. CT
Middle School (Saturday)11: 20 a.m. to 12:35 pm
High School (Sunday) 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. CT
Cost: $250/ student
Class size - 4 students max
Critical Thinking, Comprehension and Analysis. Students will deconstruct published works to identify the use of the five senses and the word choices that contribute to making a well-written piece.
- Writing - They will incorporate what they learn into their own first person narrative essay. They will learn how to enrich and enliven their own writing with details.
- Overcoming Writers Block - Students will learn how to overcome writer’s block when they don’t know what to write or where to begin
- Punctuation, Editing, Proofreading - Students will workshop their writing together to transform their draft into a final version.
- Blogging - Students will create a blog or contribute to an existing one during the workshop.
- Alternatively, we will explore elements of public speaking
- Potentially contribute writing for contests and publication
#2 Letters to the Editor/ New York Times Contests & Public Speaking Workshop
Each workshop comprises 4 sessions (one hour 15 minutes each).
SATURDAY FEB 3 to FEB 24, 2024 ( GRADES 3 - 8)
SUNDAY FEB 4 to FEB 25, 2024 (HIGH SCHOOL)
Grades 3 - 5 (Saturday) 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. CT
Middle School (Saturday) 11: 20 a.m. to 12:35 pm
High School (Sunday) 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. CT
Cost: $250/ student
Class size - 4 students max
Contest only open to middle and high schoolers. Qualifying younger student entries will be published on Medium.com
- Comprehension and writing workshop - Using a topic of current interest, students write Letters to the Editors and/or Op-Eds honing reasoning, writing, editing and civic engagement skills. Students learn to convey an opinion concisely.
- Overcoming Writers Block - Students will learn how to overcome writer’s block when they don’t know what to write or where to begin
- Editing, Proofreading - Students will workshop their writing together to transform their draft into a final version.
- Blogging - Students will create a blog or contribute to one they have during the workshop.
#3 Creative Writing/ Narrative Non-Fiction
Each workshop comprises 4 sessions (one hour 15 minutes each).
SATURDAY MARCH 2 to 23, 2024 (GRADES 3 - 12)
SUN. MARCH 3 to MARCH 24, 2024 (HIGH SCHOOL )
Grades 3 - 5 (Saturday) 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. CT
Middle School (Saturday) 11: 45 a.m. to 1:00 pm CT
High School (Sunday) 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. CT
Cost: $250/ student
Class size - 4 students max
- Critical Thinking and Analysis - Students will learn to use the five senses and make word choices that contribute to making a well-written piece.
- Writing - They will learn how to enrich and enliven their own story with details.
- Overcoming Writers Block - Students will learn how to overcome writer’s block when they don’t know what to write or where to begin
- Punctuation, Editing, Proofreading - Students will workshop their writing together to transform their draft into a final version.
- Blogging - Students will create a blog/blog posts during the workshop.
- Explore elements of public speaking and being an engaging speaker.
- Potentially contribute writing for contests and publication
Text: Secrets at Sea, Trumpet of the Swan, The Splendid Journey, Charlotte’s Web
Required: A pdf that can be printed or a book they can mark up. Siblings require their own copies. Colored pencils or highlighters.
#4 Persuasive Writing
Each workshop comprises 4 sessions (one hour 15 minutes each).
SATURDAY MARCH 30 to APRIL 20, 2024 (GRADES 3 - 8)
SUNDAY MARCH 30 to APRIL 20, 2024 (HIGH SCHOOL)
Grades 3 - 5 (Saturday) 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. CT
Middle School (Saturday) 11: 45 a.m. to 1:00 pm CT
High School (Sunday) 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. CT
Cost: $250/ student
Class size - 4 students max
Students strengthen comprehension, critical thinking, critical analysis and comprehension skills.
- Format: Students learn the persuasive essay format and use a topic of current interest to write a persuasive essay. Students learn how persuasive essays differ from first person narratives.
- Research: Students learn research skills and learn how to distinguish between sources of information.
- Overcoming Writers Block - Students will learn how to overcome writer’s block when they don’t know what to write or where to begin
- Punctuation, Editing, Proof Reading - Students will workshop their writing together to transform their draft into a final version.
- Blogging - Students will create a blog or contribute to one they have during the workshop.
- Potentially contribute writing for publication or contest
Contact Us
Ready to take the next step? Contact us today to learn more about our services and how we can help you achieve your goals. We look forward to hearing from you!
Proficiency in Writing, as in Sports, Requires Practice
Fun Facts
- At age 14, Writers Studio CEO, Naazish YarKhan first published a series of essays as a columnist for Teen Scene in the Indian Post newspaper. At age 18, she published her first series of feature articles.
- Writing Coach, Taskeen Khan, was first published at age 6, in Chicago Parent magazine. At age 9, she won her first award, coming 2nd place in the Dunham International Poetry Contest.
- Writing Coach, Yousuf Khan, was selected as one of 10 Time for Kid reporters from a nationwide competition in 8th grade, at age 12. He was also first published as a features writer in the two international magazines, Halal Consumer and Islamic Horizons, at age 12.
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