Essay training made simple

Finally, a program written for teens, to teens!

Delivered in our private, easy-to-use online classroom space!

Help for High School: Year One is a self-directed academic writing program.

This year-long program teaches rhetorical thinking and the essay formats most commonly assigned in high school and college.

Class Overview

Made With You in Mind

Included in this program:

  • Nine month-long modules of writing instruction
  • Exercises that build critical thinking and argumentative writing skills
  • Semester projects featuring two key essay formats
    • Narrative Essay
    • Informative Essay
  • Instruction in examining multiple perspectives and conducting research
  • Lessons on how to incorporate various rhetorical techniques
  • Samples and models for feedback are included

Modules are released once a month, beginning with Module One, available on August 15, 2026. 

Purchase now to be ready for September!

Help for High School: Year One teaches teens how to think, argue, and create their own powerful writing style at the same time.
 

Your teen will build the following skills:

  • developing a command of language
  • adapting writing for particular audiences
  • utilizing persuasive techniques in arguments
  • creating a supported argument
  • fostering a rhetorical imagination
  • comparing and contrasting viewpoints
  • discovering the role of narrative writing in academic formats
  • conducting research using credible sources
  • understanding viewpoint, bias, perspective, and facts
  • creating in-line citations and works cited
  • editing and revising for clarity and impact

This program is great for kids who are no longer struggling with writing. If your student has not written a report or finds it difficult to freewrite, start with the Building Confidence program. Learning those skills first will make Help for High School a much more successful experience.
 

Available in our custom-designed classroom. Students access each module in our online classroom where they move through the material at their own pace, independently. They can post writing in the classroom and comment on the posts of other students working through the program alongside them.

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There is no live instructor associated with the Help for High School classroom. Your teens move at their own pace and set deadlines that work for them!

Note: Help for High School: Year One is one part of the High School Writers Bundle. 

Help for High School: Year One contains some material from the former Help for High School manual, but has been expanded into a year-long program.

Week by Week

Week One

Module One: Writing Voice

To begin, you'll work on finding and molding your writing voice to serve varied writing situations and audiences.

Week Two

Module Two: Find the Angles

Uncover the ways your identity and worldview impact how you perceive and interact with the world and how the perspective of others can influence what you read and write.

Week Three

Module Three: Vivid Detail

Zoom in on particular experiences, memories, and scenes to engage and orient the reader using vivid detail and in-the-moment descriptions. 

Week Four

Module Four:  Narrative Essay—Semester Project

You'll apply the skills practiced in earlier Modules to analyze narrative essay techniques and then draft, revise, and edit an original work. 

Week Five

Module Five: Curious Research

Follow the spark of your curiosity as you research a complex topic. You'll use the strategies employed by professional fact-checkers as you widen the net to find credible sources and multiple perspectives on your topic.

Week Six

Module Six: Level up Language

Utilize precise language, domain-specific vocabulary, and rhetorical devices to engage readers and make ideas memorable. You'll practice these skills in argumentative writing.

Week Seven

Module Seven: Surprise!

You'll dive into the most overlooked yet most powerful literary device: the element of surprise in writing. You'll discover the impact of surprise as a way to engage a reader and subvert expectations. 

Week Eight

Module Eight: Hooks and Clinchers

Effectively introduce a topic to compel a reader to read more, and examine the role of the conclusion as a call to action, solution to a problem, or statement of relevance of the topic. 

Week Eight

Module Nine: Informative Essay—Semester Project

You'll apply the skills practiced in earlier Modules to analyze informational writing techniques and then draft, revise, and edit an original work. 

Registration Details

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Tuition:
$XX
Recommended Ages:

13-18

Class Type:
  • Student Interaction Course

There are currently no upcoming sessions scheduled for this class.

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