*Online Resources for Home School Writers: state writing assessments, writers' markets, more *

* What's New (Blog):  Online Expository and Narrative Writing Course 
                                
                   
Welcome to Tote Bag Teaching Homeschool Support.  I'm Karen, and I bring more than a decade of experience teaching students from pre-k to college, both homeschooled and traditionally schooled.  I have been a classroom teacher, a tutor, a scorer and scoring supervisor on rubric-based writing assessment projects.  From the Urdu-speaking kindergartner to the sixth grader preparing for Catholic school entrance, it has always been a pleasure to work with homeschooled children.  I am in Seattle and now also online, offering support for all levels of composition and creative writing, as well as for general elementary subjects. 

Some resources are free: You are welcome to download lesson plans or check out tutoring ideas or curricula reviews.  Other services, like individualized writing coaching, are available for a fee (after an initial free trial). Support is customized: You may find it helpful to start with your child's own work: You may upload essays and content-area writing samples in order to receive rubric-based evaluation and teaching strategies.   If your homeschooled child would benefit from individual writing tutoring, I have 'virtual classroom' space at two online tutoring sites.   Tote Bag Teaching also offers a literature-based online writing course for intermediate grade students who enjoy crafting their own stories. 

I believe that the way to build an internet clientel is by helping people.  Everyone is part of a network -- even those that may not be in the market for a lot of tutoring just now.  And so I'm offering an introductory special for online homeschooling families: two free tutoring or coaching sessions.  Further sessions may be scheduled as needed.  If you live in Washington State, I can also provide end-of-the-year evaluation and other services to help you stay in compliance with Washington State homeschooling laws.  

Send me questions at karen@totebagteaching.org.   And thanks for stopping in!