Sections [Enrolled students will be notified if teacher schedules change between course posting in April and the scheduled start of classes. Please see Tuition and Fees for refund policy.]
Classes meet from February 1, 2010 to May 31, 2010
Friday 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM ET
Tuition: $325.00
Website
There is currently no teacher website for this course.
Description
This class focuses on the elements of the craft of writing: rhetoric, grammar, and style. Students will study how to meet a rhetorical end through the effective use of words and their structural relationships (grammar), and through pleasing and clear arrangements of those words (style).
Meetings
This course meets once a week for discussion and review of assigned homework.
Homework
This course will include weekly reading and assignments, stylistic analyses, and writing. The writing includes one or two major papers and a final essay and exam.
Prerequisites
None.
Recommended background
Students in grade 8 may enroll only with the instructor's permission.
Instructor's Notes
This is a one-semester course. Textbook information to be added later.
Textbooks and Materials
Rhetorical Choices: A Reader for Writers (Edition: 2) Gilyard, Holdestein, Schuster
This text is required. ISBN: 0321444922 Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace (Edition: 8) Williams
This text is required. ISBN: 0321288319 Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
The Elements of Style Strunk and White
This text is recommended; purchase and use is optional. ISBN: 0205313426 Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore Other information: Any edition is acceptable.
