Improving Writing Using a "Sentence Composing Approach" with Don Killgallon, Ed '78 & Jenny Killgallon, A&S '75 (MLA)

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Lifelong Learning LogoCourse Title: Improving Writing Using a "Sentence Composing Approach"

Instructor:  Don Killgallon, Ed '78 & Jenny Killgallon, A&S '75 (MLA)

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March 3, 2025 - March 31, 2025 (5 Sessions)  

Monday,  6:30PM ET - 8:00PM ET  

Virtual via Zoom 

 

 

Course Description: An alternative to a writing workshop where participants critique each other’s writing, this course is a practicum focusing on sentence-level improvement. Using a method the co-instructors developed called “the sentence-composing approach,” participants practice sentence strategies used by authors ranging from J. R. R. Tolkien to J. K. Rowling. In building better sentences, participants learn to do what successful authors do, and will leave each session with sentence-building tools applicable to virtually any kind of writing: academic, business, literary, or personal.

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ABOUT DON & JENNY KILLGALLON

The instructors are widely recognized as innovators in teaching writing through sentence-level improvement. As co-authors, they have written many textbooks used by teachers within and beyond the United States, all featuring their sentence-composing approach.

 

Don Killgallon, M.A. (University of Maryland), M.L.A. and M.Ed. (Johns Hopkins University), is a veteran English and writing teacher, and the originator of the sentence- composing approach.
 

Jenny Killgallon, M.L.A. (Johns Hopkins University), taught secondary English in public and private schools and was a writing improvement specialist for the Maryland State Department of Education and for the English Division of Baltimore County Public Schools.

 

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 Event Date
Starts:
Monday, March 3, 2025
6:30pm EST

Ends:
Monday, March 31, 2025
8:00pm EST

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