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Your child will advance in school and life with the help of a Sylvan writing tutor.
Like most high school students, your teenager is probably adept at text messaging or chatting via instant messenger. Unfortunately these skills don't get students very far on schoolwork or college entrance exams. Strong writing skills are essential — it's not uncommon to read a news story linking written communication skills with academic and professional success.
Working with a Sylvan writing tutor, your child will take on the toughest writing assignments – in schoolwork or on standardized tests, like the SAT* or ACT® – with enthusiasm, confidence and success.
When enrolling your high school student in Sylvan's writing tutoring program, you can relax knowing your child will:
- Learn an organized process for writing:
- Prewriting
- Drafting
- Revising
- Editing
- Publishing
- Apply composition techniques to new and existing class writing assignments, especially the formulation of these critical aspects:
- Thesis Statements
- Topic Sentences
- Organized Details
- Transitions
- Gain an understanding of different types of composition and essay assignments:
- Descriptive
- Illustrative
- Compare and Contrast
- Cause and Effect
- Persuasive
- Learn from a variety of text–based projects commonly assigned to high school students:
- Analyzing Long Passages
- Outlining Main Ideas
- Writing Summaries
- Knowing the Requirements for a Major Research Paper
It all starts with a Sylvan Skills Assessment® — a diagnostic test that isolates the exact skills on which the Sylvan writing tutor and your child need to focus. This ensures your child moves on in life with a complete foundation of winning writing strategies for all audiences and assignments. All of Sylvan's high school writing tutoring programs were developed in concert with standards set by the National Council of Teachers of English.
Visit the tutoring programs section for more information on other subjects offered by Sylvan.
A Sylvan writing tutor will help your child write with enthusiasm and confidence. Call 1-888-EDUCATE now.
Contact your local Sylvan for program availability. High school courses for credit are also available at participating Sylvans. Call for complete details.
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“Before Sylvan, I was scared. Now I'm confident. I'm psyched and I want to do well. I'm going to go to college and do the best I can and I'm going to succeed.”
- Andrea, Sylvan Student
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