Writing Programs

Writing is key to success in school and beyond. Kaplan's Writing programs focus on three steps to writing success.

1. Assess Writing Skills
   We start by understanding your child's writing strengths and weaknesses. Your family's Kaplan-certified writing tutor assesses your child's writing for idea development, organization, grammar, word choice and writing style to target challenging areas for instruction.
2. Target
   Strong writers can write well in many genres, but skills in each genre need to be practiced before they can be mastered. That's why your child will focus on each genre of writing in succession, becoming a strong, confident writer in each genre before moving on to the next.
3. Develop Writing Skills & Writing Style
   Studies show that kids learn to write best when they practice the writing process within various time constraints. That's why your child will practice writing in all of the contexts that students are asked to write for school assignments and on the New York state writing test:
   
   • Start-to-finish essay writing and story writing
   • Targeted practice exercises
   • Timed writing sessions

Kaplan Writing students become strong writers in the following areas: