Syllabus+and+Guidelines+for+Advanced+Composition

** Course Description ** : The advanced composition course is designed to provide an opportunity for the able, motivated student to develop a strong voice and a clear writing style incorporating rhetorical devices, syntactical variety, and an appropriate audience. Students will be required to keep a portfolio which demonstrates the ability to write in a variety of modes. Readings from current publications and the literary canon provide models of analysis and springboards for writing both in practice and assessment. A writer’s portfolio will serve as both the formative and summative assessments for this course. The portfolio will include both works in progress and polished, completed works. The portfolio will be divided into sections determined by class study. ** Required Course Materials ** : Spiral Binder, minimum 70 pages 3-ring Binder, 1 ½” Blue or Black Ink Introductory · Why do we write? · How will my voice be heard? Writing Process · How does writing communicate ideas and deeper understanding? · How does one effectively plan, present, and critique written information and persuasive arguments? OR How does following the writing process help a writer craft an effective piece of writing? Audience and Purpose · How do writers vary their writing for different purposes and audiences? Creative Writing · Why is creative writing a powerful form of expression of ideas and emotions? Style and Strategies ·  How do authors use the resources of language to impact an audience? · How do writing strategies help develop strong interpretations of texts? <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> What do we learn from the “masters” about how to write well? <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">How can we use rhetorical strategies to make our writing “masterful”? <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">How does style affect meaning? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Mechanical/Revision <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">How does good sentence structure improve the clarity of writing? <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">How does revision strengthen ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions? <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">How does the absence of proper grammar detract from the audience’s enjoyment and understanding of a work? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Merits <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">How does writing develop reflective abilities and metacognition? <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">How does writing make thinking visible and clarify understanding? <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> How do effective writers hook and hold their readers? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Persuasive <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">How do we develop personal interpretations in a persuasive analysis? <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">How do persuasive pieces serve as a vehicle for social change? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Narrative <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">In what ways are narratives influenced by bias and perspective? <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">How does understanding of an audience and voice help in writing a personal narrative? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Schedule of Instruction: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø **  Narrative Writing  ** Standards to be addressed include: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.1** Write in a variety of modes (e.g., a summary; an explanation; a description; a creative expression; a literary analysis, informational, research, or argumentative essay). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.4** Use a variety of strategies when appropriate (e.g., comparisons, anecdotes, detailed descriptions) to provide facts, details, reasons, and examples that support the thesis. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.6** Include relevant, specific, and compelling details. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.7** Employ organizational structures and support, and incorporate multiple patterns when appropriate (e.g., combine question-answer and comparison-contrast and utilize cause-and-effect as one example of comparison). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.9** Use transitions to signal organizational patterns and to connect and contrast ideas. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.11** Use compelling verbs and a variety of figurative language (e.g., irony, caricature, symbols, allusions) to address the needs of audience and purpose. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.12** Use clear sentence structure in developing increasingly complex syntax. (e.g., combining short sentences, varying sentence beginnings, using a variety of sentence types, incorporating parallel structures). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.13** Employ grammar, usage, and mechanics as rhetorical tools, using incorrect structures as appropriate for effect (e.g., utilize short sentences or fragments for effect or have a single-sentence paragraph for effect). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.17** Edit writing for mechanics (e.g., punctuation, capitalization), spelling, grammar (e.g., pronoun-antecedent relationship, use of modifying phrases), style (e.g., eliminating verbiage), and tone and mood as appropriate to audience, purpose, and context. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.18** Drawing on reader’s comments, revise papers to focus on the thesis, develop ideas, address potential objections, employ effective transitions, identify a clear beginning and ending, correct logic errors, and identify areas for further development. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.19** Use software (e.g., Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Pagemaker) to incorporate both basic and specialized effects into writing. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø **  Descriptive Writing  ** Standards to be addressed include: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.1** Write in a variety of modes (e.g., a summary; an explanation; a description; a creative expression; a literary analysis, informational, research, or argumentative essay). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.4** Use a variety of strategies when appropriate (e.g., comparisons, anecdotes, detailed descriptions) to provide facts, details, reasons, and examples that support the thesis. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.5** Develop and elaborate on ideas as appropriate to audience and anticipate and respond to readers’ potential questions and counterarguments. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.6** Include relevant, specific, and compelling details. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.7** Employ organizational structures and support, and incorporate multiple patterns when appropriate (e.g., combine question-answer and comparison-contrast and utilize cause-and-effect as one example of comparison). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.9** Use transitions to signal organizational patterns and to connect and contrast ideas. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.10** Use precise language appropriate to audience and purpose (e.g., connotative words in essays, exact terminology in technical writing). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.11** Use compelling verbs and a variety of figurative language (e.g., irony, caricature, symbols, allusions) to address the needs of audience and purpose. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.12** Use clear sentence structure in developing increasingly complex syntax. (e.g., combining short sentences, varying sentence beginnings, using a variety of sentence types, incorporating parallel structures). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.13** Employ grammar, usage, and mechanics as rhetorical tools, using incorrect structures as appropriate for effect (e.g., utilize short sentences or fragments for effect or have a single-sentence paragraph for effect). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.17** Edit writing for mechanics (e.g., punctuation, capitalization), spelling, grammar (e.g., pronoun-antecedent relationship, use of modifying phrases), style (e.g., eliminating verbiage), and tone and mood as appropriate to audience, purpose, and context. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.18** Drawing on reader’s comments, revise papers to focus on the thesis, develop ideas, address potential objections, employ effective transitions, identify a clear beginning and ending, correct logic errors, and identify areas for further development. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.19** Use software (e.g., Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Pagemaker) to incorporate both basic and specialized effects into writing. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø **  Expository  ** Standards to be addressed include: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.1** Write in a variety of modes (e.g., a summary; an explanation; a description; a creative expression; a literary analysis, informational, research, or argumentative essay). <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.2** Create sophisticated, complex work-related texts (e.g., instructions, directions, letters, bios, memos, e-mails, proposals, project plans, work orders, reports) that employ the following strategies: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Select a medium or format appropriate to purpose for writing. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Vary strategies to achieve complex purposes. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Sustain consistent and effective focus on audience through format, ideas, and word choice. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Anticipate potential problems, mistakes, and misunderstandings and respond to counterarguments. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Translate technical language into non-technical English when necessary. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Provide specific ideas, extended examples, and appropriate comparisons to support the main points in the text. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Use an organizational strategy appropriate for medium, purpose, and audience. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Follow customary formats (e.g., use salutation, closing and signature for business letters, and appropriate format for memos). <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Format text purposefully and effectively to support comprehension and enable the reader to find information quickly and easily (e.g., format by designing graphics to convey complex information). <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Employ formatting and varied visual elements to guide the reader (e.g., headings, bulleted lists, effective use of white space on the page). <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Include clear and purposeful illustrative material to support ideas effectively in the text. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.3** Develop topics that address unfamiliar and abstract concepts removed from students’ personal experiences and require in-depth analysis. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.4** Use a variety of strategies when appropriate (e.g., comparisons, anecdotes, detailed descriptions) to provide facts, details, reasons, and examples that support the thesis. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.5** Develop and elaborate on ideas as appropriate to audience and anticipate and respond to readers’ potential questions and counterarguments. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.6** Include relevant, specific, and compelling details. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.7** Employ organizational structures and support, and incorporate multiple patterns when appropriate (e.g., combine question-answer and comparison-contrast and utilize cause-and-effect as one example of comparison). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.8** Create text features (e.g., headings subheadings, formatting) as appropriate to signal important points. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.9** Use transitions to signal organizational patterns and to connect and contrast ideas. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.10** Use precise language appropriate to audience and purpose (e.g., connotative words in essays, exact terminology in technical writing). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.11** Use compelling verbs and a variety of figurative language (e.g., irony, caricature, symbols, allusions) to address the needs of audience and purpose. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.12** Use clear sentence structure in developing increasingly complex syntax. (e.g., combining short sentences, varying sentence beginnings, using a variety of sentence types, incorporating parallel structures). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.13** Employ grammar, usage, and mechanics as rhetorical tools, using incorrect structures as appropriate for effect (e.g., utilize short sentences or fragments for effect or have a single-sentence paragraph for effect). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.14** When other sources are used or referenced (e.g., in research, informational, or literary essays), adhere to the following: <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Skillfully acknowledge source material (create a reliable bibliography, list of works cited, and/or works consulted). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Cite sources using a standard format appropriate to the discipline (e.g., MLA, APA), with a high degree of accuracy. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Strategically and skillfully quote, paraphrase, or summarize text, ideas, or other information taken from print or electronic sources. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Incorporate ideas and quotations effectively and correctly within text. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Embed quotations and graphics from other sources, when appropriate. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.17** Edit writing for mechanics (e.g., punctuation, capitalization), spelling, grammar (e.g., pronoun-antecedent relationship, use of modifying phrases), style (e.g., eliminating verbiage), and tone and mood as appropriate to audience, purpose, and context. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.18** Drawing on reader’s comments, revise papers to focus on the thesis, develop ideas, address potential objections, employ effective transitions, identify a clear beginning and ending, correct logic errors, and identify areas for further development. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.19** Use software (e.g., Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Pagemaker) to incorporate both basic and specialized effects into writing. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø **  Persuasive  ** Standards to be addressed include: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.1** Write in a variety of modes (e.g., a summary; an explanation; a description; a creative expression; a literary analysis, informational, research, or argumentative essay). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.3** Develop topics that address unfamiliar and abstract concepts removed from students’ personal experiences and require in-depth analysis. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.4** Use a variety of strategies when appropriate (e.g., comparisons, anecdotes, detailed descriptions) to provide facts, details, reasons, and examples that support the thesis. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.5** Develop and elaborate on ideas as appropriate to audience and anticipate and respond to readers’ potential questions and counterarguments. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.6** Include relevant, specific, and compelling details. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.7** Employ organizational structures and support, and incorporate multiple patterns when appropriate (e.g., combine question-answer and comparison-contrast and utilize cause-and-effect as one example of comparison). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.9** Use transitions to signal organizational patterns and to connect and contrast ideas. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.10** Use precise language appropriate to audience and purpose (e.g., connotative words in essays, exact terminology in technical writing). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.11** Use compelling verbs and a variety of figurative language (e.g., irony, caricature, symbols, allusions) to address the needs of audience and purpose. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.12** Use clear sentence structure in developing increasingly complex syntax. (e.g., combining short sentences, varying sentence beginnings, using a variety of sentence types, incorporating parallel structures). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.13** Employ grammar, usage, and mechanics as rhetorical tools, using incorrect structures as appropriate for effect (e.g., utilize short sentences or fragments for effect or have a single-sentence paragraph for effect). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.14** When other sources are used or referenced (e.g., in research, informational, or literary essays), adhere to the following: <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Skillfully acknowledge source material (create a reliable bibliography, list of works cited, and/or works consulted). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Cite sources using a standard format appropriate to the discipline (e.g., MLA, APA), with a high degree of accuracy. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Strategically and skillfully quote, paraphrase, or summarize text, ideas, or other information taken from print or electronic sources. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Incorporate ideas and quotations effectively and correctly within text. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Embed quotations and graphics from other sources, when appropriate. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.17** Edit writing for mechanics (e.g., punctuation, capitalization), spelling, grammar (e.g., pronoun-antecedent relationship, use of modifying phrases), style (e.g., eliminating verbiage), and tone and mood as appropriate to audience, purpose, and context. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.18** Drawing on reader’s comments, revise papers to focus on the thesis, develop ideas, address potential objections, employ effective transitions, identify a clear beginning and ending, correct logic errors, and identify areas for further development. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.19** Use software (e.g., Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Pagemaker) to incorporate both basic and specialized effects into writing. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.21** Practice writing to a persuasive prompt within a specified time. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.22** Demonstrate confidence in using the Tennessee Writing Assessment Rubric while evaluating one’s own writing and the writing of others. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">􀀹 **3003.3.23** Refine the techniques of a persuasive essay, including logical reasons, coherent organization, rebuttal arguments, rhetorical devices, and relevant illustrations.
 * Advanced Composition  **
 * Essential Questions for Advanced Composition **
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