This workshop is open to students entering grades 9–12. It is particularly well-suited for students who will be writing research papers or extended essays in the coming school year, including students enrolled in AP or IB humanities courses with a significant writing component.
What to Expect
Academic writing is a skill, not a talent. It’s also one that most students aren't explicitly taught until the expectations are already high. The gap between knowing your subject and making a clear, well-sourced argument in writing is real, and this workshop bridges it.
Students will learn how to identify and evaluate credible sources, build an argument from evidence rather than assertion, structure a paper with clarity and purpose, and write with the precision that upper-level English and humanities courses demand. The session focuses on the underlying principles that apply across subjects — not the formatting rules of any particular citation style, but the reasoning that makes a paper worth reading.
Students leave with a clear framework for approaching any research writing assignment, a better understanding of what instructors are actually looking for, and the confidence to put a strong argument on the page.
Key Benefits
Limited to 12 students for a focused, workshop-style session
Strategies for finding and evaluating credible sources
Frameworks for constructing evidence-based arguments
Instruction on clear academic prose and paragraph structure
Directly applicable to AP and IB written components
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, August 13 | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PDT) | Group Workshop (Session 1) |