PowerHouse Writing Intermediate - Paperback
PowerHouse Writing Intermediate - Paperback
Description
by Lisa Dettinger (Author)
Dive deeper into the concepts taught in PowerHouse Writing: Grades 4-8. PowerHouse Writing Intermediate is intended for students in grades 8-10 and prepares them for our more rigorous college-prep writing course: PowerHouse Writing: High School. The intermediate course can be taken with or without prior exposure to other PowerHouse courses and enables students to earn a .5 credit on a high school transcript.
In PowerHouse Writing Intermediate, students will:- Analyze and edit grammar for more powerful word choices
- Identify similes and metaphors in context
- Discern the difference between persuasive and expository statements
- Label graphic organizers to visually represent essay ideas
- Implement a simple and effective formula for writing introductions and conclusions
- Incorporate evidence appropriately for supporting points
- Format essays into MLA
- Utilize a three-step essay-writing process
- Self-edit using an essay checklist
- Assess their essays using a rubric (for students and teachers)
- Create an expository essay with evidence backed by in-text citations
- Craft a persuasive essay using all the writing tools they've acquired
- Dive into the fundamentals of literary analysis and write an essay based on a book they've read
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