Improving Writing Through a Sentence-Composing Approach with Don Killgallon, Ed, ‘78 (M.ED) and Jenny Killgallon, A&S, ‘78 (MLA)

Lifelong Learning Logo Course Title: Improving Writing Through a Sentence-Composing Approach

Instructor: Don Killgallon, Ed, ‘78 (M.ED) and Jenny Killgallon, A&S, ‘78 (MLA)

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March 24, 2026 - April 21, 2026 (5 Sessions)

Mondays, 6:30PM ET - 8:00PM ET

Virtual via Zoom

Course Description: Master the sentence-level approach, a fresh alternative to traditional writing workshops, drawing inspiration from authors like J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling. Practice techniques to strengthen any kind of writing—academic, business, creative, or personal—and leave with practical tools after each session.

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ABOUT Don Killgallon (A&S '78)
Author

A graduate of King’s College (B.A.), University of Maryland (M.A.), Johns Hopkins University (M.L.A. and M. Ed.), Don spent most of his teaching career in the public schools of Baltimore County Maryland, where he taught all ability levels of high school English.

During his first year of teaching, Barry, a student in his 10th grade English class, inadvertently helped Don discover the sentence-composing approach to writing improvement. Click here for Barry’s story.

Since then, Don, with his wife Jenny, researched, developed, tested, and expanded the sentence-composing approach and published numerous acclaimed texts and other educational materials featuring that approach.

Don has taught at a variety of high schools and colleges in the Baltimore area, including Johns Hopkins University, where he and his wife Jenny currently teach sentence composing for adults.

ABOUT Jenny Killgallon (A&S '75)
Author

A graduate of Towson University (B.A.), Johns Hopkins University (M.L.A.), Jenny spent most of her teaching career in the public schools of Baltimore County Maryland, where she taught all ability levels of middle and high school English.

During Jenny’s first year of teaching, Don taught her the sentence-composing approach, and it worked so well that she married him!

Since then, Jenny and husband Don, researched, developed, tested, and expanded the sentence-composing approach, and then published numerous acclaimed texts and other educational materials featuring that approach.

Jenny has taught at a variety of middle and high schools and colleges in the Baltimore area, including Johns Hopkins University, where she and her husband Don currently teach sentence composing for adults.

Event Date
Starts:
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
6:30pm EDT

Ends:
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
8:00pm EDT

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Improving Writing Through a Sentence-Composing Approach with Don Killgallon, Ed, ‘78 (M.ED) and Jenny Killgallon, A&S, ‘78 (MLA)

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Johns Hopkins Tuition Remission Policies

Johns Hopkins Hospitals and Medical Institutions: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/human-resources/benefits/tuition-assistance

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Johns Hopkins Hospitals and Medical Institutions: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/human-resources/benefits/tuition-assistance

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory: https://www.jhuapl.edu/careers/professional-development

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100% refund: Prior to the start of the course and after the first class.

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For single-session courses:100% refundable within two (2) business days of the event.

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