11th Grade Contemporary Composition (Period 3)
Course Description
Contemporary Composition
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to explore ideas, issues, and themes from contemporary fiction, non-fiction, and informational material. Students will respond by writing essays that convey tightly reasoned arguments with well-defined perspectives.
In the process, students will read, think, speak and think about structure, style, content and purpose.
There is a concentrated emphasis on writing, using reflective and historical composition styles. Reflective compositions focus on personal experience while balancing individual impressions with an abstract idea. Historical compositions utilize primary and secondary sources to compare different points of view regarding a single historical event.
This course provides the opportunity to increase awareness of the audience, purpose and progression of stages of the writing process and writing conventions to produce narrative, persuasive, expository, and descriptive texts of at least 1500 words each, including timed writing.
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to explore ideas, issues, and themes from contemporary fiction, non-fiction, and informational material. Students will respond by writing essays that convey tightly reasoned arguments with well-defined perspectives.
In the process, students will read, think, speak and think about structure, style, content and purpose.
There is a concentrated emphasis on writing, using reflective and historical composition styles. Reflective compositions focus on personal experience while balancing individual impressions with an abstract idea. Historical compositions utilize primary and secondary sources to compare different points of view regarding a single historical event.
This course provides the opportunity to increase awareness of the audience, purpose and progression of stages of the writing process and writing conventions to produce narrative, persuasive, expository, and descriptive texts of at least 1500 words each, including timed writing.
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