Credits: 5
Summary of Course Content and Activities
This course consists of eighteen lessons designed to challenge students and expand their writing abilities by engaging in various writing styles. Throughout the course, students will develop creative, descriptive, and narrative writing skills. The curriculum includes weekly focuses such as character development, setting, plot, dialogue, short story creation, advertising, descriptive writing, opinion writing, poetry, point of view, character voice, plays, and parodies. Additionally, a catch-up week is provided to ensure students can consolidate their learning, culminating in a final project. By pushing themselves out of their comfort zones, students will enhance their overall writing proficiency and versatility. Successful completion of the course is worth 5 credits.
Philosophy statement for teaching this course
God, whose creative hand is evident in all languages, has given us the gift of expressing ourselves creatively with written language. One of the ways He has chosen to communicate with us is through the written language of the Bible. He has given us the ability to use and express ourselves with words in the image of God. He has given us the gift of language so that we might reflect His image and share Him with others as He has shared Himself with us.
Prerequisites
None
Materials and Resources
- Recommended but not required: dictionary, thesaurus
Forecasted amount of time required to complete each week's lesson
The class has eighteen lessons. That means students will be submitting one lesson per week if completing the class in one semester. If registered for the full-year option, they will have a submission due every two weeks.
Description of student evaluations, quizzes and tests.
- Weekly assignments (equal weightings), and final Project.