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June 14-July 9
GRADES 6-9
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY AND WRITING STRUCTURES: GRADE 6*
Entering Grade 6 – This course offers students the opportunity to improve their writing skills and expand their academic vocabulary. They will carry out writing assignments based on readings from a variety of informational texts that are appropriate to the grade level. Students will learn to write a variety of sentence types and incorporate them into expository paragraphs and short essays. The class will also include focused grammar study. Students will learn to diagram sentences and will leave the course with a portfolio of their work.
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY AND WRITING STRUCTURES: GRADE 7*
Entering Grade 7 – This course offers students the opportunity to improve their writing skills and expand their academic vocabulary. They will carry out writing assignments based on readings from a variety of grade- appropriate informational texts. Students will learn to write different sentence types and incorporate them into expository paragraphs and short essays. The class will also include focused grammar study. Students will learn to diagram sentences and will leave the course with a portfolio of their work.
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INTRODUCTION TO BASIC HIGH SCHOOL WRITING STRUCTURES*
Entering Grades 8-9 – This course will teach students
to engage in writing as a process, with particular attention to diction, argumentation and thoughtful integration of evidence. Students will learn to craft a basic, five-paragraph essay – emphasizing structure, clarity and argument – in response to informational texts and fictional short stories. Students will also
learn to recognize and correct grammatical errors involving subject-verb agreement, verb form, verb tense, pronouns, modifiers, fragments, run-ons and basic punctuation. This highly interactive class includes peer review, drafting and workshops.
*Meets Common Core standards
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