Dialec­tic is the study of think­ing well, which does­n’t sound like writ­ing at all. How­ev­er, a dialec­tic stu­dent is start­ing to build the skills of com­mu­ni­cat­ing what they are think­ing about by learn­ing the basics of writing. 

Join Aman­da as she reviews the basics of writ­ing in this week­ly class. This class con­tains 3 units. Each unit focus­es on spe­cif­ic skills used in writ­ten com­mu­ni­ca­tion. This is course meets week­ly and includes month­ly writ­ing chal­lenges for stu­dents to work through build­ing their com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills. 

Mod­ule 1 : Inven­tion : focus­ing on what to write and how to come up with para­graph top­ics.  Spe­cif­ic writ­ing focus is on para­graph for­mat for sim­ple essays and sen­tence types. 

Mod­ule 2 : Arrange­ment : focus­ing on how to com­mu­ni­cate in writ­ten form for a spe­cif­ic pur­pose. Not all writ­ing is in essay for­mat, instead we some­times com­mu­ni­cate via fic­tion, research, per­sua­sive­ly, and informally. 

Mod­ule 3 : Style : focus­ing on how to make our writ­ing inter­est­ing by using phras­es, claus­es, strong verbs, and oth­er writ­ing tools.