Page 9 - De Anza College Summer Academy Catalog 2023

These classes will be taught at Cupertino Middle School and Hyde Middle School.
WRITING
*Meets Common Core Standards
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY, READING AND
WRITING: GRADE 5*
Entering Grade 5 – This course will emphasize the fundamentals of expository and informational writing. Students will acquire the skills to write well-organized paragraphs, summaries and essays. The class will also cover “pre-writing” techniques, along with syntax, word choice, grammar, punctuation and revision. Students will learn to engage in writing as a process, paying particular attention to diction and structure. This highly interactive class includes peer review, writing workshops and a final portfolio that students can take home to demonstrate their progress.
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY, READING AND WRITING: 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.
INTRODUCTION TO BASIC HIGH SCHOOL WRITING STRUCTURES*
Entering Grades 7-9 – 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.
Register at deanza.edu/academy 408.864.8817 • communityeducation@deanza.edu
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June 20-July 28
GRADES 5-9
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS