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Grade 11 and 12 English Composition I with Dr. Fiehn (Flex)

Completed by 1 learner
Ages 15-18
Live Group Class
This 16-week course will provide students with the opportunity to experience a rigorous ELA course equivalent to Composition I dual credit courses taken by many high schoolers.
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:
(12 reviews)

No live video meetings
16 weeks
3-12 learners per class

What's included

Class Experience

US Grade 10 - 12
This class will offer an intensive study of and practice in writing processes. Students will learn skills ranging from invention and researching to drafting, revising, and editing, both individually and collaboratively. The class will emphasize the importance of effective rhetorical choices, including audience, purpose, arrangement, and style. To help students prepare for their college writing experiences, there will be focus on developing the academic essay as a vehicle for learning, communicating, and critical analysis. 

The Class Breakdown is As Follows:
Week 1: The Importance of Critical Reading and Writing Skills
Week 2: Personal Narratives (part 1): Frederick Douglass, “Learning to Read and Write”
Week 3: Personal Narratives (part 2): Maya Angelou, “Graduation”
Week 4: The Importance of Definitions; Using Dictionary Definitions
Week 5: Definition Essays (part 1): Zora Neale Hurston, “How It Feels to Be Colored”
Week 6: Definition Essays (part 2): Nancy Mairs, “On Being A Cripple”
Week 7: Argumentation and Persuasion; Rhetorical Techniques
Week 8: Persuasive Essays (part 1): Elizabeth I, “Speech to the Troops at Tilbury”
Week 9: Persuasive Essays (part 2): Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal”
Week 10: Argumentative Essays (part 1): Martin Luther King, “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Week 11: Argumentative Essays (part 2): Matt de la Peña, “Why We Shouldn’t Shield Children from Darkness”
Week 12: Introduction to Research Papers
Week 13: Choosing Research Topics and Making Outlines
Week 14: Citation Styles and Why They Matter
Week 15: Writing Workshop
Week 16: Writing Workshop; End of Class Celebration

Each week, we will examine the target reading for the week, practicing analytical skills. We will also consider what we can learn from the individual texts and how we can apply what we learn from them to improve our writing. In particular, we will develop a practice for having critical reading develop critical writing skills. 

Class activities will be virtual and asynchronous, but students will have the opportunity to engage with the instructor and each other in various ways.

Learning Goals

•	Critical Thinking, including creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information. 
•	Communication, including effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication. 
•	Personal Responsibility, including the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making. 
•	Teamwork, including the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
My priority is to ensure that all learners feel safe and welcome in the class. We establish early on that the classroom space is a no-judgment zone and that everyone's opinion is to be respected. Students will be invited to use GoogleDocs if they wish to submit essay responses, however, this is optional, and it is possible to share acccess to their writing with me only and to do so anonymously to protect privacy.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
Students will be provided with access to the assigned texts as pdfs or weblinks. Students will be invited to use GoogleDoc to produce written work.

Meet the teacher

Joined April, 2022
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Doctoral Degree in English from University of Texas
Master's Degree in English from University of Texas
I have an MA and PhD in English from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BA in English from the University of Cambridge. I currently work as an English professor, teaching literature and writing classes. I have also been tutoring for about 15 years, specializing in literature, writing, and humanities subjects.

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