Foundational
for All High School Students and Essential for College-Bound Students!
(click on course title to register)
NOTE: Class size is limited. If the course fills, a waiting list will be made available.
Class dates: Wednesdays, Sept. 5 to Nov. 7, 2012
Total classes: 10
Starting time: 2:00 pm Eastern (1:00 Central)
Duration: 1 hour
Prerequisite: Simplified
Writing for High School Students, Elements of Writing: Essential Punctuation
and Grammar for High School Students, or permission (information@homeschoolconnections.com)
Suggested grade level: 10th to 12th
Fee: $200 if you register on or before Aug. 1, 2012. $225 after Aug. 1 for
all 10 classes.
Instructor: E. B. Conroy, MA
Course description: This course content is known as a prerequisite for
many colleges for college-bound students. Designed to give the teen skills that
make writing strong and clear. Your student will learn methods of rhetoric and
how to use the skills in all of the main conventions of writing used in
college—including in-depth use of nine basic forms of rhetoric (rhetorical modes);
be able to identify and use major rhetorical strategies and figures of speech;
and pre-write, draft, and edit a comparison and contrast paper, including use
of the hook, thesis, introduction construction, conclusions, and rewriting with
specific, individual feedback from the instructor. Vocabulary related to
upper-level writing will be introduced and integrated into the learning.
Specific class time will be used to show how to edit and revise upper-level
work.
Course outline:
Class
1: The academic paper; advanced
academic writing with strong thesis construction, hooks, and introductions
Class
2: Rhetorical Mode 1: Narration;
rhetorical strategies and figures of speech (tropes, aposiopesis, apostrophe,
chiasmus, epithet)
Class
3: Rhetorical Mode 2: Comparison and
Contrast; creating a thesis and hook for your paper
Class
4: Rhetorical Mode 3: Illustration
and Exemplification; rhetorical strategies and figures of speech (litotes,
zeugma, euphemism, idiom)
Class
5: Rhetorical Mode 4: Description;
drafting your paper’s outline
Class
6: Rhetorical Mode 5: Process
Analysis; rhetorical strategies and figures of speech (hyperbole, metonymy,
metaphor, mixed metaphor, extended metaphor); prewriting for papers
Class
7: Rhetorical Mode 6: Definition;
rhetorical strategies and figures of speech (bathos, caricature, deus ex
machine, epiphany)
your paper’s rough draft
Class
8: Rhetorical Mode 7: Cause and
Effect; advanced methods of draft revision 1
Class
9: Rhetorical Mode 8: Division and
Classification; advanced methods of draft revision 2; formatting advanced
academic works (brief style guide introduction)
Class
10: Rhetorical Mode 9: Argumentation;
integrating rhetorical strategies into upper-level writing
Course materials: Word 2007 or later
version. The Essential English Language
and Composition Vocabulary Guide (by
E. B. Conroy), available online as a download for a discounted price or hard
copy on Amazon; all other materials provided FREE by the instructor.
Homework: Students will have weekly writing assignments and
direct feedback from Professor Brown Conroy, with an estimated four to five
hours per week for homework (outside of class time) that includes reading,
writing, and responding to feedback. Students should expect a 2-week turnaround on grading.
Foundational
for All High School Students and Essential for College-Bound Students!
(click on course title to register)
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