ADVANCED COMPOSITION

CONTACT INFO COURSE OVERVIEW

Room A204, see Ms. Hibbard for GC code
This course is designed to prepare you for writing,
alison.hibbard@carrolltoncityschools.net
listening, reading, and speaking in college and
HibbardCHS.Weebly.com career. We will focus on skills required for both
effective writing and critical reading of texts.
This course will be a rich, engaging, and thought-
provoking experience to help you become a better
reader, writer, listener, speaker, critical thinker,
EXPECTATIONS
and member of society.
Complete assignments on time.
Attend class/communicate with your
teachers regarding absences/quarantine
GRADES
Be an active participant in your learning:
listen, collaborate, and ask questions Academic dishonesty is a serious offense and will NOT
Take responsibility for your behavior by be tolerated under any circumstances. Cheating,
limiting your distractions copying, or plagiarism of any form will result in the
Treat others' opinions with respect following consequences:
Give productive feedback to peers failure of the assignment
disciplinary referral
parent contact
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Final Exam
Performance Tasks
Support analysis and understanding of a text by 20%
25%
citing relevant details from that text.
Analyze themes and author’s choices regarding the
development of characters, ideas or themes, the
setting, as well as the structure of the text. Daily Grades
20%
Analyze and evaluate how effective an argument is
and write an effective argumentative essay. Compositions
Determine the author’s purpose in a text and 35%
analyze the effect it has on the text itself.
Identify and analyze literary devices to better
understand a text.
Determine the meaning of words using context clues ASSIGNMENTS
and roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
Use English grammar and conventions appropriately Reading & Writing Essays
College & Career Projects
and correctly; apply the writing process through
Independent Reading
planning, drafting, revising, and editing.
Vocabulary & Grammar Exercises