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Technical Writing

Course Description: GRADE 12 – Technical Writing: This course is an elective focused on the analyzation of fundamentals of writing, audience, technical communication, correspondence, investigative reports, informative reports, and a topic specific research project accomplished through textual analysis, composition, and writing. This course is designed to meet the needs of students who may want to further their education in any level after high school. Students will be expected to develop and demonstrate competency in all Pennsylvania Core Standards and will be expected to guided and supported work in both writing and literature. English language and composition will be presented through the fundamentals of writing, investigative reports, informative reports, and research composition. Students will practice analytical essays as well as developing communication skills. An emphasis will be placed on problem solving skills, and each student will research, plan, and write in accordance with various prompts in accordance with the fundamentals of research writing, proper MLA citations, Collin’s Writing, and College/Career Readiness Standards. Major course literature for the research project will focus on the novel, Hiroshima, but is subject to change. Students will complete a district assessment, quizzes, tests, and a topic specific culminating research project.

 

Course Objectives:

Upon the successful completion of this course, the students will be able to:

  1. Recognize, analyze, and interpret technical communication through textual analysis.
  2. Read and respond to fiction and nonfiction texts, as well as create analytical essays.
  3. Write and speak with a command of standard English conventions, at a higher level.
  4. Write in a variety of different genres with a clear focus, purpose, and logical organization.
  5. Prepare for professional careers or higher education, through career exploration.

Major Assignments:

A variety of activities and assignments will be completed throughout the year.  Due dates will be provided as the activities are assigned.  Course content will consist of the following:

  • Grammar- class notes, exercises, activities, homework, and tests.
  • Writing- practice exercises, bell ringers, and various longer writings focusing on textual analysis, citations, informative, narrative, explanatory, and argumentative pieces.
  • Literature- reading done both inside and outside of class. Class discussions, activities, written responses, and tests will also be important components. Selections may include short stories, informative writing pieces, digital media, articles, news articles/media, and at least one novel for the research component; Hiroshima (subject to change). 
  • Vocabulary- periodic quizzes; literary terms, grammar terms, and selected words from literary texts may also be assigned throughout the year.