Many educators have noted that there is a direct correlation between college success and writing ability, despite the major that someone pursues. Members of the Homeschool Crew have had the opportunity to review College-Ready Writing Essentials™ from BetterRhetor.
BetterRhetorwas the founded by William Bryant, PhD. He has over thirty years of experience as a writer, editor and educator. Based on this experience, and his ten years working in ACT, Inc. test development as the Director of Writing Assessments, he developed College-Ready Writing Essentials™. (CRWE)
The target audience is for high school juniors and seniors. Since I happen to have a high school senior, reviewing CRWE made sense. CRWE can also be used with high school freshman and sophomores with the recommendation to repeat the course when they are seniors.
What Does College-Ready Writing Essentials™ Teach?
CRWE was originally written to be completed in 5 weeks, completing one lesson per day, five days per week, however homeschoolers are encouraged to “follow the instruction and develop their essay at whatever speed they wish.” The lessons are delivered through the Teachable Platform which makes it very user friendly.
The course is divided into four sections: Planning, Drafting, Revising, and Finalizing. The Planning section consists of the first eleven lessons, while the Drafting section is eight lessons long. Revising is broken into four lessons and Finalizing is two lessons in length.
Brock and Adisyn have both been working through the course, Brock as a senior and Adisyn as a sophomore. I would not say that this has been a favorite course for them but as they have worked through the course independently I have seen improvement in their writing.
I really like how the information is presented throughout CRWE! Below is a screenshot from within the course on Understanding the Culture of College Academics. The course truly encourages students to take their learning into their hands to make the best of it. This is one of my favorite aspects of homeschooling! I LOVE that my children get to be indivduals and help determine much of what they study and learn about. Now for sure there are courses that I say they are going to learn (CRWE might have been one of them. Ha) But one of my main goals as a home educator is helping them learn to love learning. I’m really not sure how many of the kids will go to college or even what they might major in, but if they can love to learn and can write well they will be successful no matter what field they chose (even if it doesn’t include college courses.)
I like that we’ve been able to adapt College-Ready Writing Essentials™ to their schedule. I also really like how they are taught to work through the writing process to create a thoroughly researched and thought out essay.
I hope you will read reviews from other members of the Crew who also reviewed College-Ready Writing Essentials™ Full Package as well as the Premium Package.
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Blessings,
Jennifer
