Collection: Essay Writing B and English Mechanics 3 Booklist

Formal one-paragraph essay training; assignments are coordinated with Old Testament I, Greek History I, Greek Literature I, and Astronomy I.

       A course plan for Jensen’s Format Writing: How to Write Easily and Well.  This is a single book that we break into three parts, each part completed in a semester.  This year is the study of the one-paragraph essay.  The student learns to recognize the seven formal essay formats—example, classification, definition, process, analogy, cause & effect, and comparison—and learns to respond to an essay prompt in its own format.  Each assignment trains, then guides the student in “the general procedure for constructing a [format type] essay,” then in the steps of “working it through.”  Be sure these two sets of steps, “general procedure” and “working it through,” are thoroughly understood, exercised, and internalized this year.  “Check Sheets & Forms” (evaluation keys) are included in the back of the worktext.  Great Writing: A Reader for Writers is our recommended resource and reference for Jensen’s Format Writing.  It includes expanded discussion of the format types and samples of the types drawn from well-known authors and works.  A variety of helpful worksheets for this program are included on the STAA Student Zone.

 

ENGLISH MECHANICS III (EM3-B):  See the STAA Student Zone for the online course notebook that guides students through the grammar, punctuation, and usage portion of this course.  Students will use Jensen's Grammar and Jensen's Punctuation as workbooks that complement the online quizzes and exercises.