Academics · Grades 7–8

Writing Workshop 8

Write the piece you would actually enter — and study the ones that won.

Course overview

What you’ll learn

Competition

Scholastic Entry

A category chosen, its requirements read closely, and a piece developed to meet them.

Models

Study of Winners

Previous entrants' work read as craft: what the successful pieces actually do.

Analysis

Expository Essay

Rhetorical technique and figurative language, written up to support analysis and reflection.

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