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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. 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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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:
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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:
All of the assigned essays are included in Communication 101: Essays & Speeches Students will Write the Following Essays:
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 or here Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Download for FREE here The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne Download for FREE here and here 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 |
You can purchase the print version of Communication 101: Oral & Written at Amazon.
You can purchase the E-book at 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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Demonstration Speeches
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Testimonies
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Commercials
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Sample Debates
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Humor
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Discussion Shows & Interviews
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How to Write an Effective Thesis Statement
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Basic Grammar Review
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