This course is created for students who have mastered basic writing skills and wish to continue to stretch and challenge themselves as writers. Writing styles to explore include memoir, literary nonfiction, essay, poetry, short story, and drama.
This composition course will introduce effective writing strategies for the college bound student. This course builds on the development of writing skills with major emphasis on the writing process: pre-writing, composing, revising, and proofreading. Writing experiences will include narrative, persuasive, descriptive, business writing, literary analysis and research. The writing process will focus upon the development of ideas, organization, voice, sentence fluency, word choice and grammar / mechanics. All writing (drafts, editing, final copies, rewrites, self-evaluations) will be kept in a portfolio.
The purpose of this course will be to improve one’s “soft skills” – attributes for success in the workplace. Focus will be on professional communications such as email, memo and letter writing, applications, resumes, and reports. Technical reading and writing will also be a focus. Students will also have further opportunity to practice communication skills in the form of interviews and workplace scenarios.
ACT AND COLLEGE PREP (Not NCAA eligible.) No. 1127 | Course Credit: 1 | Grade Level: 11 - 12
This course is appropriate for the student who has experienced average success in past English and language arts courses. The focus of this course is literature as we study short stories, drama, the novel, and informational text throughout the year. Students will learn and practice basic sentence, paragraph, and essay structures and will discover how to improve their writing through the six traits. Basic mechanics rules grammar, and ACT Prep vocabulary will be covered as they apply to writing.
This English language arts course offers students the opportunity to prepare for the three ACT English tests (English grammar and rhetoric, reading, and writing) through intensive, focused study. In addition to completing practice tests on the English and reading sections, students will learn and practice test-taking strategies for answering questions and managing time.
COLLEGE COMPOSITION I (Prerequisite: No. 3126 with a “B” or higher) No. 3136 | Course Credit: 1 (4 college credits) | Grade Level: 12 ACCUPLACER requirement: Score at least 250 in Reading
College Composition I is a college-level, writing-intensive course sponsored by Central Lakes College that prepares students for writing effectively in a variety of academic and professional situations. Participants will regularly engage in all steps of the writing process and will hone their ability to identify thesis, audience, tone, unity, coherence, and emphasis in various texts and in their own writing. Students will learn and employ a variety of rhetorical strategies, including (but not limited to) description, narration, exemplification, classification, process analysis, and comparison/contrast. In addition, students will complete a career unit, which includes developing a resume and cover letter as well as participating in a mock interview. Finally, the course will include a literature component to review basic terminology and foster critical thinking skills.
COLLEGE COMPOSITION II (Prerequisite: No. 3136 with a “C-”or higher) No. 3137 | Course Credit: 1 (4 college credits) | Grade Level: 12 ACCUPLACER requirement: Score at least 250 in Reading
Composition II focuses on research-based writing and information literacy. Students will learn the principles of the academic research process such as developing a topic, understanding and applying outside sources, and defining and supporting a critical lens. During that process, students will learn how to locate, access, evaluate, and synthesize traditional and online library resources. Throughout the course, students will demonstrate a command of the writing and revision processes and become skilled in the use of both the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Modern Language Association (MLA) formats. Students will demonstrate these skills through formal research papers of 7-12 pages. After completing the papers, each student will develop a 10-15 minute oral presentation for the class detailing their research findings. Additionally, students will write two essays and complete a creative group project.
COLLEGE COMPOSITION I SPLIT COLLEGE CALCULUS (Prerequisite: No. 3126, 1122/1123 or English teacher recommendation) No. 3138 | Course Credit: 1.5 (4 college credits) | 75 Minute Class | Grade Level: 12 ACCUPLACER requirement: Score at least 78 in Reading
College Composition I is a college-level, writing-intensive course sponsored by Central Lakes College in Brainerd that prepares students for writing effectively in a variety of academic and professional situations. Participants will regularly engage in all states of the writing process and will hone their ability to identify thesis, audience, tone, unity, coherence, and emphasis in their reading and writing. Students will learn and employ a variety of rhetorical strategies, including (but not limited to) description, narration, exemplification, classification, process analysis, and comparison/contrast. In addition, students will be asked to complete a career unit, which includes developing a resume and cover letter as well as participating in a mock interview. Finally, the course will include a literature component to review basic terminology and foster critical thinking skills.
COLLEGE COMPOSITION II SPLIT COLLEGE CALCULUS (Prerequisite: No. 3136) No. 3139 | Course Credit: 1.5 (4 college credits) | 75 Minute Class | Grade Level: 12 ACCUPLACER requirement: Score at least 78 in Reading
Composition II focuses on research-based writing and information literacy. Students will learn the principles of the academic research process such as developing a topic, understanding and applying outside sources, and defining and supporting a critical lens. During that process, students will learn how to locate, access, evaluate, and synthesize traditional and online library resources. Throughout the course, students will demonstrate a command of the writing and revision processes and the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Modern Language Association (MLA) formats. Students will demonstrate these skills through formal research papers of 7-12 pages. After completing the papers, each student will develop a 10-15 minute oral presentation for the class detailing the research findings. Additionally, students will write two essays and complete a creative group project.