Merit Workplace skills such as communications and problem solving are related to literature and applied through conversations, meetings, memos, charts, and graphs. This course is offered at Catoctin and Frederick high schools. Merit 131410 Directed 131800 Individual Education Plan Emphasis is on composition, including the development of explanatory, narrative, descriptive, and persuasive techniques.
Students study appropriate organizational patterns and methods of support.
Grammar and usage skills are studied through the writing process. In addition to composition, students examine literary works with an emphasis on setting, plot, and character as they relate to theme. Directed 132800 Individual Education Plan Emphasis is on the study of American literature. Elements of literary works are analyzed for their contribution to meaning. Grammar and usage continue to be studied through the writing process.