8th and 9th Grade Language Arts class using the Writing Strands curriculum. Oh joy.
Course Instructor
- Enrollment in this course closed on September 5, 2025.
- Enrollment has closed because the maximum number of allowed students has been reached.
INTRO 1: FALSE START
The Writing Process
Components of Good Academic Writing
Essay Writing + Faith
INTRO 2: RESET
Reading + Evaluating Literature
Writing Strands: Principles + Guidelines
MODULE 1
Writing Lesson 1: Body Control Creative
(M1) Example: Held Over
(M1) Writing: Drafts to Final
Reading Lesson 1: Intro to Literary Devices (1)
(M1) Examples: Parables + Apocalypses
(M1) RL1 Book Summary: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
MODULE 2
(M2) WL2 – Research + Report: Sameland (Title)
(M2) WL2 – Research + Report: Sameland (Outline/Intro)
(M2) WL2 – Research + Report: Sameland (Body)
(M2) RL2 – Bible: Literary Devices (2) – Idioms
MODULE 3
(M3) – WL(3) – Bible: Literary Devices (3) – Allusions
(M3) RL3 – Book: Literary Devices (2/3) – Idioms & Allusions
MODULE 4
(M4) – RL4 – Book: Literary Devices – Imagery + Symbolism
(M4) – RL4 – Bible: Psalm 91 – Imagery + Symbolism
(M4) – WL4 – Literary Devices: Conflict
MODULE 5
(M5) – RL5 –
MODULE 6
(M6) – WL6 – Point of View 1
(M6) – WL6 – POV1: Explanatory Essay
(M6) – RL6 – Literary Devices: Metaphors
MODULE 7
(M7) – WL7 – Point of View (Presentation)
(M7) – RL7 – Literary Devices: Simile
(M7) – RL7 – Similes in Revelation
MODULE 8
(M8) – WL8 – Survey
(M8) – RL8 – Literary Devices: Metonymy + Synecdoche
MODULE 9
(M9) – WL9 – Book Report: TBD
(M9) – RL9 – Literary Devices: Puns + Wordplay
MODULE 10
(M10) – WL10 – Customs
(M10) – RL10 – Literary Devices: irony
MODULE 11
(M11) – WL11 – Interview With a Character
(M11) – RL11 – Literary Devices: Hyperbole
MODULE 12
(M12) – WL12 – Who, Me?
(M12) – RL12 – Literary Devices: Sonic + Meter
MODULE 13
(M13) – WL13 – Choices of Action
(M13) – RL13 – Literary Devices: Parallelism
MODULE 14
(M14) – WL14 – Problems
(M14) – RL14 – Literary Devices: Anaphora
MODULE 15
(M15) – WL15 – Writing Letters
(M15) – RL15 – Literary Devices: Repetition 1
MODULE 16
(M16) – WL16 – Communication: How…Conversationalist 1
(M16) – WL16 – Literary Devices: Repetition 2
MODULE 17
(M17) – WL17 – Communication: How…Conversationalist 2
(M17) – RL17 – Literary Devices: Polysyndeton
MODULE 18
(M18) – WL18 – Communication: How…Conversationalist 3
(M18) – RL18 – Reviewing Literary Devices

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