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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC has taken Hon English and is in AP seminar. A grades across the board. DC is not a good writer! This is evident from their college essays. Spelling, grammar, punctuation, vocabulary are all fine. But sentence organization is off and many sentences don’t say anything. They are fillers. What can we do to help before college? [/quote]

Both kids are great writers. Their college essays were better than most adults. The aren’t just good at conveying information but they’re writing moves the reader.

It takes work. Yes, reading is vital to learning how to write well, but grit in this area matters. You have to be willing to edit, revise, lose your first draft completely, etc.

Our 1st had college professors in their freshman year comment on what a great writer they were. The thing is, great writing takes effort so they worked to make their papers and essays as good as they possibly could.

Their essays apparently impressed the college admissions folks according to the feedback. That was good to hear because they busted their butt trying to make them as great as possible.

(I lack their ability so no need to point that out.🤣[/quote]

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