How WriteAtHome Works:

WriteAtHome offers a variety of writing courses using internet technology. The instruction is asynchronous, meaning that there are no fixed class meeting times. Students and their parents* can access lessons, assignments, and student work from our web site at their convenience. Assignments have set due dates, but students can work on them off-line when it fits into their weekly schedule.

All participating families are provided a username and password with which they can access course material, student work, and writing coach responses. A once-a-week visit to our site is all that is necessary.

On an assigned day of each week, known as the class exchange day, a new lesson and assignment will be made accessible in the student's Student Area. The student's previously submitted work will also be available for download and will include detailed comments from his or her Writing Coach.

Student work is also submitted by the student in their Student Area. Simply click the Submit button, and follow the instructions to upload the paper from its location on your computer.

Our paper exchange system is easy to use and ensures an efficient transfer of papers to and from your writing coach. It also allows us to accommodate any common word processing program. 

Writing coaches are also available throughout the week via e-mail to answer questions and provide help.

* We ask parents to supervise the paper exchange and monitor the communication between student and Coach. See our FAQ page for more information on our commitment to internet safety.

How Do the Writing Coaches
Respond to Student Writing?

Coaches use Adobe Acrobat to provide feedback on student work. All parents/students will need is the free Acrobat Reader to access all writing coach comments.

Using this software, writing coaches are able to insert comments into a student's paper. No more red ink scribbling, Writing coach comments are clear, colorful, and legible!