It’s true!
Every course is available for you in an easily-accessed recorded format — with ALL the course materials laid out week by week — including the teaching videos, readings, resources, assignments, and more.

And the best news is this:
The cost of the entire writing program — and 400+ MORE courses in all subject areas, for every single student in your family — is just $34.97 a month. For a fraction of the cost of most writing programs (and even the cost of many single online courses), you get Unlimited Access to all of the Aquinas Writing Advantage writing courses — and more.

That’s every academic course, middle through high school, including punctuation and grammar, strong sentence and paragraph writing, vocabulary and writing, essay writing, rhetoric and writing, writing thesis statements and papers, argumentative and college prep writing — and every specialty course from fiction writing through poetry, screenwriting, comedy writing, journalism, business writing — all accessed from anywhere, at any time, with a single click.

• Join Unlimited Access through Homeschool Connections. You’ll receive login instructions and everything you need to begin right away.
• Once in the Learning Management System, click on the classes you want to take — and go directly to the course page (that has everything you need).
• Follow each week’s complete, easy-to-access course materials from top to bottom — including watching the expert writing instructor on video and completing readings, learning resources, videos, and more.
• Complete weekly homework that’s graded by the parent — or get one-on-one Instructor Access tutoring and mentoring, for “outside” feedback and help, to free up your time and give your student high-level one-on-one instruction.
• If you have any questions at any time, the staff at Homeschool Connections is ready to help via a Toll-Free number or [email protected].

Easy Click-In Access
You and your student receive a link to access the entire bank of courses “housed” in a single, easy-to-access online Learning Management System (LMS) called “Moodle.” With one click, you’re “in the course” (in a course’s web page) and can see and access everything in Week 1, Week 2, and so on.

Learning with 24/7 Freedom
Access any course at any time from anywhere with an Internet connection. Your student “goes to class” through a simple click of a link. Courses are viewable on any laptop or desktop computer, tablet, or smartphone — and you can take as much time as you need on each week’s materials — or accelerate learning, if that’s what your student enjoys. Whatever works best for you, Unlimited Access gives you learning freedom while giving your student the teaching expertise of professional writers.

On-the-Go Learning
Especially if your family is “on the go” — and if your student is involved in high-skill activities like sports, the creative arts, competitive speech or debate, or anything that takes extra time and commitment — the Unlimited Access courses are perfect fit for learning flexibility.

Homework Included
After watching the learning video, students complete the coursework and assignments listed in Moodle. Parents can grade the uploading completed assignments — or you can choose to get a professional writer and instructor to give one-on-one feedback and grading with Instructor Access. Click here to find out how to get Instructor Access.

Yes — all assignments can be graded and kept for transcripts. Students have access to automatically-graded quizzes and written assignments that are assigned grades by either the parent or Instructor Access mentor and tutor. Parents can access Homeschool Connections’ free resources, to keep track of grades.

Because students often “do better” with outside writing help — and writing is one of those subjects with “unique compositions” that need individualized feedback — “outside grading” with Instructor Access is always available for you.

Most reading materials are FREE within the course — and if a book is required, the cost is usually only $15 to $30 and are available on Amazon or other booksellers. Simply look in the course, to find the title(s) and link(s) that go directly to where to get a textbook online.

There is absolutely no extra cost for accessing each individual course in Unlimited Access. Every single course is included in your $34.97 monthly subscription, and you can cancel at any time.

Absolutely yes — and many students do!

Recorded courses allow your student to focus, taking extra time on each week, if needed — to master the content at the student’s pace. If your student needs or wants to take time on learning a subject, he or she can do just that. And if your student wants to take more courses faster — to move ahead more quickly — then he or she can do that, too!

Especially if your student has any kind of learning challenge or is “gifted” and can grasp and master information faster, the individual pacing of Unlimited Access courses is a perfect fit.

If your student is a competent independent learner — and flexible learning works best for your schedule — and the low cost of $34.97 a month for all courses is what you and your student prefer — then recorded courses are for you.

If you want the flexibility and low cost of Unlimited Access — but you want your teen to get specific guidance to increase his or her writing skills with a professional writer and instructor’s feedback — then the optional grading service called Instructor Access is for you.

• Join Unlimited Access through Homeschool Connections. You’ll receive login instructions and everything you need to begin right away.
• Once in the Learning Management System, click on the class you want to take and go directly to the course page with everything you need.
• On the page at the top, find the Instructor Access information and button.
• Click on the button to sign up. You’ll be taken directly to PayPal.
• Your one-on-one professional Instructor will contact you within 24 hours on email with instructions on how to begin.
• Follow each week’s complete, easy-to-access course materials from top to bottom — including watching the expert writing instructor on video and completing readings, learning resources, videos, and more.
• Ask any questions of your Instructor via email, to clarify the learning materials, get more information and ideas, and answer questions on the materials and homework.
• Send completed weekly homework to the Instructor via email. The Instructor will send your assignment back to you within seven (7) days with specific feedback to help your student. If you have any questions on the feedback, you can email your instructor again for more information, clarification, and ideas.
• During the week, if your student has a question about how to complete the assignment, he or she can email — the instructor is here for you!

Especially with writing, students tend to accept feedback better from someone other than a parent — someone who’s outside of the family and not “close” to the student.

That’s because writing can be personal. Even though writing feedback is healthy and shared for improvement, teens, in particular, can be sensitive to what can often feel like criticism. Simply because of the emotions and personal nature of writing, having an outside instructor grade the student’s work is almost always less emotional — and less stressful — for a teen.

Also, developmentally, teens are in the stage of testing their independence from parents. So homeschooling parents’ great feedback is often “taken wrong.” It’s not you, mom and dad; it’s simply the developmental space where the teen resides!

Having a professional writer and writing instructor who isn’t a parent can be liberating and a more joyful experience for everyone. Because of this dynamic, even parents who are professional writers and English teachers have used Aquinas Writing Advantage’s Instructor Access — and it might be the perfect answer for you, too.

Yes — all assignments are graded. Parents can access Homeschool Connections’ free resources page, to get forms and documents that help you to keep track of grades.

The cost of Instructor Access varies. Each course’s Instructor Access cost is based on the length of course, the length of assignments in the course, and the difficulty of the assignments’ grading. Instructor Access costs are listed on each course’s page.

Your Unlimited Access monthly subscription cost for access to all 450+ courses at Homeschool Connections stays the same. Each individual course’s Instructor Access cost is paid “on top of” your monthly subscription. When you begin a course, the click of a button that takes you directly to PayPal, and your Instructor Access begins within 48 hours (or whenever you and the instructor decide together to begin).

Because Instructor Access begins with an Unlimited Access subscription, go ahead and read about Unlimited Access above. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us — we’re happy to help!

All of the benefits of using Unlimited Access (above) apply — and the one-on-one instructor feedback gives you more specific, targeted help with a professional writer and instructor who is focused on your student’s exact needs. Writing composition needs individual feedback, and Instructor Access gives you that feedback from a professional writer who is up-to-date on what your student needs to succeed in middle school, high school, college, and beyond.

Especially if your student has any kind of learning challenge or is “gifted” and wants to master the information at a higher level, the individualized nature of Instructor Access is a perfect fit.

If your student is a competent independent learner — and flexible learning works best for your schedule — and the Unlimited Access low cost of $34.97 fits your family’s needs — and you and your student prefer to have someone else grade the work — then Instructor Access is for you.