Expository Writing I

Full-year course. Building pre-rhetoric skills in organization, sentence structure, and research skills. Covers narrative summaries, chronological narratives, descriptions, biographical sketches, and sequences, plus beginning literary essays about both fiction and poetry; one- and two-level outlining; thesaurus use, note-taking, and documentation. Click here for an explanation of our writing and grammar curriculum, and sample course sequences.

Prerequisite: Students who need help with basic sentence and paragraph construction should register for Preparation for Expository Writing. For help in placement, see our writing assessment, which will be evaluated by Academy writing instructors.

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I have seen tremendous progress in my child’ writing ability after taking this course. I can see how he is more confident about not only his writing skills but also communication in general. - Parent Course Evaluation

"Most helpful class we signed up to take. Thrilled that my children could have this kind of teaching and core fundamentals of writing to prepare for high school next year. Thank you so much!!"
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Reading for the Logic Stage I

Full-year literature course for middle school students.

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Grammar I

One-semester language arts elective for middle or high school students.

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