Grammar & Composition Print
Grammar and Composition is designed with the intent to adequately prepare students for more writing intensive English courses. The course provides students with detailed instruction on the basic rules and structure of the English language. Students will be tasked with learning standard paragraph structure and eventually will construct a traditional 5 paragraph essay. Students have the opportunity to learn about the importance of the writing process and what it entails, while employing their own creativity to produce quality writing. The end of the course also provides students with the process of public speaking and how to construct a speech and deliver it to the best of their ability.
SEMESTER 1
Unit 1: Introduction
- 1.1: Introduction
- 1.2: Course Design
- 1.3: Discussion
- 1.4: Diagnostic Assignment
- 1.5: Audience and Purpose
- 1.6: Reflection
Unit 2: Ideas
- 2.1: Ideas
- 2.2: Having Something to Say!
- 2.3: Looking at Student Writing Samples
- 2.4: Thinking Skills/Logic
- 2.5: The World of Universal Ideas
- 2.6: Using Words that Captivate your Reader
- 2.7: Technology and Writing
- 2.8: Semester Project
Unit 3: Organization
- 3.1: Organization
- 3.2: Choose How to Organize What You Want to Say
- 3.3: Looking at Samples
- 3.4: Logical Organizational Structures in Sentences, Paragraphs and Essays
- 3.5: Literature: Plot as an Organizational Device
- 3.6: Organizing a Sentence
- 3.7: Technology and Writing
- 3.8: Semester Project
Unit 4: Midterm Exam
Unit 5: Sentence Fluency
- 5.1: Sentence Fluency
- 5.2: The Importance of Sentence Fluency
- 5.3: Using Your Own Work as a Sample
- 5.4: Combining Sentences for Sentence Fluency
- 5.5: Literature
- 5.6: Sentence Errors Confuse Readers and Hinder Fluency
- 5.7: Project
Unit 6: Conventions
- 6.1: Conventions
- 6.2: Revising your diagnostic essay
- 6.3: Choosing When to Use the Formal Conventions of English
- 6.4: Avoiding Common Errors in Conventions
- 6.5: Revised Essay Review and Final Draft
- 6.6: Grammar in the Real World
- 6.7: Coming of Age
- 6.8: Review
Unit 7: Semester Exam
SEMESTER 2
Unit 1: Voice
- 1.1: Voice
- 1.2: The Importance of Developing Your Own Voice
- 1.3: Looking at Samples
- 1.4: Logic and Voice in Poetry
- 1.5: Literature: Voice in Essays
- 1.6: Oral Presentation
- 1.7: Technology - Logic and Voice on the World Wide Web
- 1.8: Semester Project
Unit 2: Word Choice
- 2.1: Word Choice
- 2.2: Improving Your Diction
- 2.3: Rubric and Samples
- 2.4: Strategies for Improving Word Choice
- 2.5: Literature
- 2.6: Creative Writing - Composing a Drama
- 2.7: Using Technology
- 2.8: Semester Project
Unit 3: Presentation
- 3.1: Presentation
- 3.2: Why Presentation of Written Material Matters
- 3.3: Tips and Practice for Effective Presentations
- 3.4: Logic in Advertising
- 3.5: Technical Writing
- 3.6: Review
Unit 4: Research
- 4.1: Research
- 4.2: Examples of Research
- 4.3: A Logical Process for your Research
- 4.4: Research
- 4.5: Research, Decision Making, and Drafting
- 4.6: Research and Literature
- 4.7: Teacher Guide to Research Unit
- 4.8: Literature
- 4.9: Unit Review
Unit 5: Biography
- 5.1: Biography
- 5.2: About Biographical and Autobiographical Writing
- 5.3: Examples of Classic Biography and Autobiography
- 5.4: Examples of Modern Biography and Autobiography
- 5.5: Thinking About Who We Really Are
- 5.6: Composition
- 5.7: Ethics in Biography and Autobiography
- 5.8: Review
Unit 6: Final Exam
- 6.1: Final Exam