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Course Objectives
The student will demonstrate competency in composing, revising, and evaluating
his or her own 500 word essays.
The student will demonstrate progress in mastering mechanical skills in writing.
The student will demonstrate the ability to judge and rate his or her own writing
and to articulate his or her judgments.
The student will demonstrate the ability to evaluate others writing in ways that
help others improve.
The student will demonstrate the ability to research, organize, compose, and
revise a traditional research paper.
The student will demonstrate the ability to research, organize, compose, and
revise a multi-genre research paper.
The student will demonstrate the ability to read and understand a Shakespearean
play and be able to write and speak intelligently about it.
Overview of Year
Part I: Writing about Yourself: The Five Paragraph Personal Essay
Grammar (Spread throughout the writing units)
Parts of Speech
Basic Sentence Parts
Phrases and Clauses
Common Sentence Errors
Active & Passive Verbs
Pronoun Case
Punctuation Usage
Dissecting the Parts of an Essay
Thesis Statements
TEEW Paragraphs
Introductions
Conclusions
Formatting & MLA Style
Textbooks
Prentice Hall Grammar & Composition
Hamlet by William Shakespeare