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SAT – WRITING AND LANGUAGE,
READING AND ESSAY
(3 hours)
Entering Grades 9-12 – This course will help each student prepare an individualized plan for SAT preparation, while providing extensive opportunities
to practice for the Writing and Language, Reading
and Essay sections of the test. Students will learn and practice strategies for all types of questions they may encounter. The class also covers planning for vocabulary enhancement and provides class time for skills development, including evidence-based interpretation, applying context in analysis, and understanding organization and structure for sentences, passages and essays. An SAT prep book is provided.
WRITING, READING and VOCABULARY
EXPOSITORY READING AND WRITING ★ Entering Grades 9-12 – Expository reading and writing skills will help students excel on the reading and writing portions of standardized tests, while also developing lifelong literacy and college readiness. In this course, students will learn to read critically, make predictions about texts, analyze content and rhetorical structures, and properly use materials from texts to support their own written arguments. Readings will be enhanced through expository writing, most often through timed essays. Students will learn to organize ideas and construct persuasive arguments that advance their own ideas with a developed voice.
★ Meets Common Core standards
INTRODUCTION TO BASIC
HIGH SCHOOL WRITING STRUCTURES ★
Entering Grades 9-10 – 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.
PERSUASIVE WRITING AND
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ARGUMENT ★
Entering Grades 9-12 – This course emphasizes rhetorical study and evidence-based analytics and argumentation in clear and efficient writing. Students will analyze and discuss literary, historical and expository texts, while learning about the creation of a clear
and arguable thesis, interesting introductions and conclusions, thoughtful outlining and correct mechanics. Students will also practice writing persuasive essays that employ rhetorical strategies and sound principles
of argument. The course is designed to help students develop the depth and scope of their writing, while improving their research skills.
Register at deanza.edu/academy 408.864.8817 • communityeducation@deanza.edu
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July 13-31
GRADES 9-12
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS