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College Prep Writing

College Prep Writing (10th-12th grades)

​Live Online Wednesdays 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
Dates:  Aug. 24, 2022 - May 10, 2023
 
Instructor:  Renee Metcalf
 
Course Description:
This course is a year-long college prep level of advanced essay writing (including a research paper).  Students become competent writers through instruction, practice, feedback, and fine-tuning. Through a system of outlining and highlighting, they learn to structure papers that are easy for readers to follow.  Infused into the lessons is the writing of various types of poems.  Why poetry in an essay class?  Because endowing writing with a dash of creativity turns bland and dusty papers into something fresh and inspiring to read.  This course prepares students for the demands of college life and the business world by writing:  descriptive, persuasive, and expository essays, a business proposal, literary analysis, and a research paper.  The addition of a few works of classic literature helps students to further develop their reasoning skills and articulate their insights in writing.  This complete course propels students from beginning essay writers into those who have a command of the English language, which signals an educated person.

Tuition:  $75/month OR $270/semester

Texts:
The Write Foundation:  Essay Writing Student Worksheets
Note:  You do not need the teacher's manual
Silas Marner by George Eliot
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Patton
2-3 inch 3-ring binder for the worksheets
1 inch 3-ring binder for current lessons
6 highlighters in the following colors:  yellow, orange, green, blue, pink, purple

Goals and Objectives:
  • Learn to create original content
  • Learn to tightly organize essays
  • Learn literary techniques to enhance the quality of writing
  • Develop creativity through poetry that will infuse essays with life
  • Write clear, precise, and substantial thesis statements
  • Learn to write with a formal, academic voice
  • Write enticing introductions and satisfying conclusions
  • Respond with insight to literary texts
  • Learn the multiple steps of writing a research paper
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      • U.S. History-Based Writing
      • Intro. to Essay Writing
      • Intro. to Literary Analysis
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