They review editing techniques, grammar, punctuation, and structure and develop the ability to revise and edit material. They learn the MLA Stylesheet format for research papers. Students write frequently and practice revising and editing a variety of formats. Creative Writing Class Number 046 Students write personal narratives based on their own experience and short fiction drawn from their imaginations. Students read major translated works published since the Renaissance representing various world regions and study major themes of world literature, such as truth, justice, fate and freewill, good and evil, alienation, and appearance and reality.
Students write literary formal essays in addition to informal, reactive, or creative papers.
A major goal of this course is to to help students identify and appreciate the great ideas with which people, regardless of culture, have struggled. Outside reading is expected. Students study the various kinds of writing used in mass communication today, along with legal and ethical considerations involved. Successful completion of this course may require some after-school work. Practical Writing Class Number 049 Students will practice using controlling ideas, topic sentences, and thesis statements.