Description
Writing ER Course Description
Writing ER is designed to help the older student fill in the grammatical holes and provide confidence in composing a variety of writing forms including academic essays.
This course will begin by strengthening paragraph writing. Students will then proceed to write expository and descriptive essays as well as a persuasive essay, a literary analysis essay, biographical reports, summaries, observation reports, and business forms such as letters. Some personal writing in the form of journals and autobiographical narrative is included to help students express themselves.
In the workbook, students develop and practice their skills by carefully analyzing and editing stories, letters, or articles that contain mechanical errors. Students will be ready for further composition and literature courses having completed this intense yet necessary year of study.
Grade Levels
- 9th – 12th grade
Prerequisites
- Student should be a fluid reader and have mastered the parts of speech.
Curriculum
- Editor in Chief, Level 3, published by The Critical Thinking Company (2014), ISBN: 978-1-60144-642-8
- (Recommended, not required) A Pocket Style Manual, Ninth Edition, by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers (2020), ISBN: 978-1-31916-954-1
Writing ER Course Outline
FALL SEMESTER
- Week 1 – Writing/Combining Sentences; Paragraph Structure
- Week 2 – Narrative Paragraph Writing
- Week 3 – Expository Writing
- Week 4 – Expository Writing
- Week 5 – Expository Writing
- Week 6 – Persuasive Writing
- Week 7 – Persuasive Writing
- Week 8 – Persuasive Writing
- Week 9 – Journal Writing
- Week 10 – Persuasive Writing
- Week 11 – Persuasive Essay
- Week 12 – Autobiographical Writing
- Week 13 – Autobiographical Writing
- Week 14 – Biographical Writing
- Week 15 – Biographical Writing/Grammar and Essay Review
SPRING SEMESTER
- Week 16 – Literary Analysis – “The Scarlet Ibis”
- Week 17 – Literary Analysis – “The Scarlet Ibis”
- Week 18 – Literary Analysis Essay
- Week 19 – Descriptive Writing
- Week 20 – Descriptive Writing
- Week 21 – Descriptive Essay
- Week 22 – Summary Writing – “The Most Dangerous Game”
- Week 23 – Summary Writing – “The Most Dangerous Game”
- Week 24 – Writing a Summary
- Week 25 – Research Writing
- Week 26 – Research Writing
- Week 27 – Research Writing
- Week 28 – Writing a Research Paper
- Week 29 – Writing a Business Letter/Writing for a prompt
- Week 30 – Writing: Various topics
Estimated Workload
- Varies; 30-60 minutes, 3-5 days a week
