Introduction to Composition
High School Course
This course examines the fundamentals of composition. Beginning with sentence construction, you'll move on to paragraphs and essays, and read writing examples by both amateur and professional authors. During your study of the novel Animal Farm, you will learn about symbolism, propaganda, and how history and literature can be interrelated. Then, you'll explore ways to make your writing more interesting by extending your vocabulary and using literary devices.
This High School Course is also offered as part of the General Online Diploma program.
Credits: 1 Units
Course ID: ENG01
Course Area: English
Course Type: General
Study Method: Online
Course Outline:
- Unit 1:
- Lesson 1: Learning about a sentence
- Lesson 2: What makes a sentence?
- Lesson 3: Compound subjects and predicates
- Lesson 4: Fragments and run-ons
- Lesson 5: The paragraph
- Lesson 6: Similes and metaphors
- Lesson 7: Putting it together
- Lesson 8: Becoming a better reader and writer
- Lesson 9: Descriptive verbs and nouns
- Lesson 10: Be a better writer
- Unit 2:
- Lesson 11: Descriptive essays?
- Lesson 12: Writing a descriptive essay
- Lesson 13: Improving upon your own writing
- Lesson 14: Verb agreement
- Lesson 15: Using transitional words and phrases
- Lesson 16: Manipulating files and folders
- Lesson 17: Examples of narrative essays
- Lesson 18: Writing and editing your narrative essay
- Lesson 19: Noun plurals and possessives
- Lesson 20: Refresh and review
- Unit 3:
- Lesson 21: Rules of capitalization
- Lesson 22: Words often confused
- Lesson 23: Cause and effect
- Lesson 24: Cause and effect, part II
- Lesson 25: Writing and editing a cause and effect essay
- Lesson 26: Denotation and connotation of words
- Lesson 27: Persuasion and argument
- Lesson 28: Argument and persuasion, part II
- Lesson 29: Persuasion in Life
- Lesson 30: Researching to Better Understand Your Reading
- Unit 4:
- Lesson 31: Animal Farm, an allegory
- Lesson 32: Animal Farm
- Lesson 33: Animal Farm, Chapters 5 - 7
- Lesson 34: Animal Farm, Chapters 8 - 10
- Lesson 35: A Persuasive Paper
- Lesson 36: Past tense of verbs
- Lesson 37: Comparison and contrast
- Lesson 38: Comma commotion and semicolon surprise
- Lesson 39: Writing a comparison essay
- Lesson 40: Writing and editing a comparison essay
Items Provided by Students:
Books
- 40 Model Essays : A Portable Anthology
(Jane E. Aaron)
