Eng 810 H 830 H English Grammar Honors

ENG 810H-830H will focus on grammar skills and writing mechanics. The students will review parts of speech and special grammar functions such as verb phrases, articles, modifiers, and subject-verb agreement. Students will practice using and recognizing parts of speech through various class exercises and writing assignments. Using high school and college-preparatory texts, the students will learn grammar, writing mechanics, and word-usage skills to prepare for Merit Academy’s rigorous high school English program. The students should be able to clearly identify and label structural features of complex sentences and build upon these to advance individual writing skills. To hone in on the students’ journalism writing and newspaper layout skills, the students will write articles and do layout exercises to reinforce new concepts. They will write news, editorial, and feature articles, and they will learn how to develop the context and style of the articles as well as the newspaper layout.