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Become an Excellent Communicator!
                                                      You Can Do It!


Teens learn to communicate effectively through writing and speaking in Communication 101: Essays and Speeches by Meredith Curtis. Students read classic essays, write a wide variety of essays, listen to memorable speeches and give a wide variety of speeches, and read one classic a month in this one-credit high school English course.
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Essays
Each month students will read a classic essay, look up vocabulary words from within the essay, and write sentences using the vocabulary words. Students will write an essay that is similar to the one they have read. Essays will be read aloud to family or fellow co-op class members.

All of the assigned essays are included in Communication 101: Essays & Speeches

Speeches
Each month, students will listen to great speakers speak including Ronald Reagan, Maggie Thatcher, Martin Luther King, Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, Douglas MacArthur, and famous speeches from movies. You can find the speeches to listen to for  Communication 101: Essays & Speeches right here.

Classic Literature
We don’t want to forget classic literature this year, so we will be reading and discussing one book a month. Students will read the following books: 


Timed Essays
You will write five timed essays this year to prepare for S.A.T.s. Clear instructions are given for each one. They will occur during class time.

​This is a one-credit high school English course. 


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You Will Listen to these Speeches

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You Will Read these Essays & Books

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Where to Purchase

Each month, students will listen to great speakers speak including Ronald Reagan, Maggie Thatcher, Martin Luther King, Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, Douglas MacArthur, and famous speeches from movies. All of the speeches can be found here, on the Sales Page for Communication 101: Essays & Speeches on PowerlineProd.com.

Students will Give the Following Speeches:
  • Read a Picture Book Aloud
  • Introductory Speech
  • Demonstration Speech
  • Personal Testimony
  • Persuasive Speech
  • Commercial
  • Interview
  • Extemporaneous
  • Debate
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Have you ever wondered what the big deal is about reading old books by dead people. You might be surprised to learn the role that classic literature plays in maintaining our political freedom.

Yes, it’s true! 

​Listen to "The Link Between Literature & Political Freedom and find out why 
here. 
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Each month students will read a classic essay, look up vocabulary words from within the essay, and write sentences using the vocabulary words. Students will write an essay that is similar to the one they have read. Essays will be read aloud to family or fellow co-op class members.

Students will Read Essays by the Following Writers:
  • G.K. Chesterton
  • C.S. Lewis
  • Cal Thomas
  • William F. Buckley, Jr.
  • Mark Twain
  • Charles Lamb
  • Sir Frances Bacon
  • Founding Fathers

All of the assigned essays are included in Communication 101: Essays & Speeches

Students will Write the Following Essays:
  • Descriptive Essay
  • Narrative Essay
  • Article
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Persuasive Essay
  • Comparison Essay
  • Add Humor to an Old Essay
  • Critique or Review

​​Books We Will Read
God in the Dock (A Collection of Essays) by C.S. Lewis

​The Screwtape Letters​ by C.S. Lewis

The Prince & The Pauper by Mark Twain
Download for FREE here 

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Download for FREE 
here 

​Ivanhoe​ ​ ​by Sir Walter Scott​
Download for FREE ​here

The Mysterious Island​ by Jules Verne

​​A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ​by Jules Verne
Download for FREE here

​Time Machine ​by H.G. Wells
​Download for FREE here


Purchase Print Book
You can purchase the print version of Communication 101: Oral & Written  ​at Amazon. 

​You can purchase the E-book at  our new website, PowerlineProd
​or

​PayHip
or 
TeachersPayTeachers.

Author: Meredith Curtis
Series: Homeschooling High School to Glory of God
Publisher: Powerline Productions
Paperback: 240 pages
Age/Grade: High School & Adult
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Speeches to Listen to

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Testimonies

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Humor

Discussion Shows & Interviews

How to Write an Effective Thesis Statement

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  • Home
    • Contact
    • Author Pastor Mike Curtis
  • Books
    • Homeschool >
      • Joyful & Successful Homeschooling
      • Seven R's of Homeschooling
      • Quick & EZ Unit Study Fun
      • Unlocking the Mystery of Homeschooling High School
    • Picture Books
    • Celebrate >
      • Wedding Planner
      • St. Valentine's Day Cards
      • Celebrate Our Christian Heroes
      • Celebrate Thanksgiving
      • Celebrate Christmas with a Traveling Dinner
  • Curriculum
    • HIS Story of the 20th Century >
      • HIS Story of the 20th Century Textbook
      • HIS Story of the 20th Century High School Workbook >
        • 20 Century HS Workbook Answer Key
      • HIS Story of the 20th Century Middle School Workbook >
        • 20 Century MS Workbook Answer Key
      • HIS Story of the 20th Century Cookbook
    • High School Courses >
      • Economics, Finances, & Business >
        • Economics, Finances, & Business Answer Key by Meredith Curtis
      • American Literature & Research
      • British Literature
      • Who-Dun-It Murder Mystery
      • Foundations of Western Literature
      • Communication 101: Essays & Speeches
      • Old Testament Survey
      • Worldview: Understand the Times Workbook
      • Drama
      • Career Choices & the College Decision
      • Real Men 101
      • Real Men 102
      • Real Men 103: Leadership
      • God's Girls 101
      • God's Girls 103
      • God's Girls 104: Motherhood
      • God's Girls 105: Homemaking
    • Travel God's World Geography >
      • Travel God's World Geography Unit Study/Worktext
      • Travel God's World Cookbook
    • Unit Studies >
      • Travel to London Unit Study
      • Travel the World Country Report Lapbook
      • Celebrate Christmas in Colonial America Unit Study
      • Celebrate Christmas with Cookies Unit Study
      • Celebrate Christmas in Germany Unit Study
      • My Creation Week Lapbook
      • Lambs Exploring Heavens Lapbook
    • Teach History the Fun Way >
      • American History Cookbook
      • Ancient History Cookbook
      • Ancient History Timeline
      • American History Timeline
      • Let's Have Our Own Archaeological Dig
      • Let's Have Our Own Ancient Greek Olympics Games
      • Let's Have Our Own Medieval Banquet
      • Let's Have Our Own Luau
    • Families Learn Together American History >
      • FLT American History Art Appreciation
    • STEM Notebooking Pages
    • Middle School Courses >
      • Americana Newspaper Reporting
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    • Real Men >
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      • Real Men Talk about Freedom, Girls, & Marriage
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      • God's Girls Friends to the End
      • God's Girls Talk about Guys, Virtue, & Marriage
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      • Friends to the End
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