WRITERS' WORKSHOP

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides opportunities to improve fluency, control, and proficiency. It emphasizes writing as a process with instruction in grammar, mechanics, and usage. This class is designed to accommodate students who have failed one or more English classes.

  1. WRITING
    1. Review of paragraph development
      1. Narrative
      2. Descriptive
      3. Expository
      4. Persuasive
    2. Essay organization
      1. Topic selection
      2. Audience
      3. Outline
      4. Drafting
      5. Revising
    3. Essay development
      1. Thesis
      2. Body
      3. Conclusion
    4. Types of essays
      1. Comparison/contrast
      2. Description
      3. Persuasion
      4. Exposition
      5. Literary analysis
    5. Business related writing
      1. Resume
      2. Business letters
      3. Applications
    6. Creative and Imaginative Writing
      1. Poems
      2. Short stories

  2. READING/LITERATURE
    1. Study of major literary genres
    2. Review of literary terms

  3. USAGE/GRAMMAR
    1. Review of capitalization rules
    1. Review of punctuation rules
    2. Usage rules
    3. Sentence structure as dictated by needs in writing
  1. LANGUAGE/VOCABULARY
    1. Content clues
    2. Analogies
    3. SAT vocabulary lists
  1. RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY
    1. Topic Search
    2. Works cited
    3. Paraphrasing
    4. Reference sources

  2. SPEAKING/LISTENING
    1. Oral presentations
    2. Class discussions
    3. Group discussions/presentations
    4. Notetaking
    5. Oral reading

 

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