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2019 / 2020 SCHOOL YEAR Aquinas Writing Advantage
Scope & Sequence AT A GLANCE
2019-2020
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AquinasWritingAdvantage:SuggestedScopeandSequence HereatHomeschoolConnections,your6ththrough12thgradestudentshaveafullmiddlethroughhighschoolwritingprogramavailablethatisWorldClass—designedforhomeschoolersbyacollegewritingprofessorand20+yearcurriculumdesigner(elementarythroughpost-graduatecoursesformultipleonlineschoolsandcolleges),who’salsoa35-yearhomeschoolerwhoknows.Here,you’llgetafullarrayofcoursesinalllevels,witheveryfoundationalcourseneededandallkindsofspecial-interestcourses—fromfictionwritingtopoetry,fromvocabularyandwritingtopre-collegeresearchwriting,andevenjournalism,businesswriting,andscreenwriting!Yourcoursesrivalandexceedanyonlineprogrambecausethey’re:
• Complete—includingallfoundations,developmentandpracticelevelcourses,andadvanced(pre-college/collegeprepcourses)
• Progressive—Insequential,easy-to-understandsteps—withno“fluff”writingexercisesandpracticalwritingexercises
• Thorough—leavingnogapsandpreparingyourstudentforcollegeandtheworkplace—soyourstudentcanhavethewritingskillsneededtosucceedinacademics—andinlife
Becausethewritingcoursesaresequential,yourstudentfinishesfoundationalcoursesbeforemovingontoadvancedwritingskills—sothatyoustudenthasthebestsuccessinlearning.Ifyou’dliketoskipprerequisitesorareunsureofyourchild’swritingskill,HomeschoolConnectionsoffersaWritingAssessmentProgramforHighSchool.Tolearnmorevisit,https://homeschoolconnectionsonline.com/writing-evaluations.Andfeelfreetoemailquestionstousathomeschoolconnections@gmail.com.We’reheretohelp.
MIDDLESCHOOLCOURSES
SUGGESTEDGRADE:7thoraccelerated6thMS6/7-1WRITINGESSENTIALS1:PunctuationandGrammarISixweeksPrerequisite:None*TaketheEssentials1and2coursestogethertoreceiveonefullsemesterofcredit(foratotalof12weeksofclasses)*AvailableliveintheFallSemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.MS6/7-2WRITINGESSENTIALS2:ExcellentSentenceandParagraphWritingISixweeksPrerequisite:WRITINGESSENTIALS1:PunctuationandGrammarI(MS7/6-1)*TaketheEssentials1and2coursestogethertoreceiveonefullsemesterofcredit(foratotalof12weeksofclasses)*AvailableliveintheFallSemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.MS6/7-3WRITINGESSENTIALS3:PunctuationandGrammarIISixweeksPrerequisite:WRITINGESSENTIALS2:ExcellentSentenceandParagraphWritingI(MS7/6-2)*TaketheEssentials3and4coursestogethertoreceiveonefullsemesterofcredit(foratotalof12weeksofclasses)*AvailableliveintheSpringSemesteronly.AlsoavailableasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.
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MS6/7-4WRITINGESSENTIALS4:ExcellentSentenceandParagraphWritingIISixweeksPrerequisite:WRITINGESSENTIALS3:PunctuationandGrammarII(MS7/6-3)*TaketheEssentials3and4coursestogethertoreceiveonefullsemesterofcredit(foratotalof12weeksofclasses)*AvailableliveintheSpringSemesteronly.AlsoavailableasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.SUGGESTEDGRADE:8thoraccelerated7thMS7/8-1SIMPLIFIEDWRITINGFORMIDDLESCHOOL1:FoundationsofCompositionIEightweeksPrerequisite:WRITINGESSENTIALS1:PunctuationandGrammarI(MS7/6-1),previouslyorconcurrently.*TakeSimplifiedWriting1and2coursestogethertoreceiveonefullsemesterofcredit(foratotalof14weeksofclasses).*AvailableliveintheFallSemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.MS7/8-2SIMPLIFIEDWRITINGFORMIDDLESCHOOL2:IntroductiontoEssaysandPapersISixweeksPrerequisite:SIMPLIFIEDWRITINGFORMIDDLESCHOOL1:FoundationsofCompositionI(MS8/7-1).*TakeSimplifiedWriting1and2coursestogethertoreceiveonefullsemesterofcredit(foratotalof14weeksofclasses).*AvailableliveintheFallSemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.MS7/8-3SIMPLIFIEDWRITINGFORMIDDLESCHOOL3:WritingtheExcellentEssayEightweeksPrerequisite:SIMPLIFIEDWRITINGFORMIDDLESCHOOL2:IntroductiontoEssaysandPapersI(MS8/7-2).*TakeSimplifiedWriting3and4coursestogethertoreceiveonefullsemesterofcredit(foratotalof14weeksofclasses).*AvailableliveintheSpringSemesteronly.AlsoavailableasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.MS7/8-4SIMPLIFIEDWRITINGFORMIDDLESCHOOL4:WritingFormandStyleSixweeksPrerequisite:SIMPLIFIEDWRITINGFORMIDDLESCHOOL3:WritingtheExcellentEssay(MS8/7-3).*TakeSimplifiedWriting3and4coursestogethertoreceiveonefullsemesterofcredit(foratotalof14weeksofclasses).*AvailableliveintheSpringSemesteronly.AlsoavailableasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.
HIGHSCHOOLCOURSES
SUGGESTED9THGRADE:ESSENTIAL&SIMPLIFIEDWRITINGSKILLSHS9-1HIGHSCHOOLWRITINGESSENTIALS1:EssentialPunctuationandGrammarISixweeksPrerequisite:None*TaketheEssentials1andSimplified1coursestogethertoreceiveonefullsemesterofcredit(foratotalof14weeksofclasses).*AvailableliveintheFallSemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.
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HS9-2HIGHSCHOOLSIMPLIFIEDWRITING1:StrongFoundationalWritingSkillsEightweeksPrerequisite:HIGHSCHOOLWRITINGESSENTIALS1:EssentialPunctuationandGrammarI(HS9-1).*TaketheEssentials1andSimplified1coursestogethertoreceiveonefullsemesterofcredit(foratotalof14weeksofclasses).*AvailableliveintheFallSemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.HS9-3HIGHSCHOOLWRITINGESSENTIALS2:ExcellentParagraphsandEssayWritingSixweeksPrerequisite:HIGHSCHOOLSIMPLIFIEDWRITING1:StrongFoundationalWritingSkills(HS9-2)*TaketheEssentials2andSimplified2coursestogethertoreceiveonefullsemesterofcredit(foratotalof14weeksofclasses)*AvailableliveintheSpringSemesteronly.AlsoavailableasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.HS9-4HIGHSCHOOLSIMPLIFIEDWRITING2:BeyondtheFive-ParagraphEssayEightWeeksPrerequisite:Prerequisite:HIGHSCHOOLSIMPLIFIEDWRITING1:StrongFoundationalWritingSkills(HS9-2)*TaketheEssentials2andSimplified2coursestogethertoreceiveonefullsemesterofcredit(foratotalof14weeksofclasses)*AvailableliveintheSpringSemesteronly.AlsoavailableasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.SUGGESTED10THGRADE:VOCABULARY&WRITINGHS10-1VOCABULARYANDWRITING:VocabularyandWriting,PartOne14WeeksPrerequisite:Required:WRITINGESSENTIALS1:EssentialPunctuationandGrammarI(HS9-1).Recommended:HIGHSCHOOLSIMPLIFIEDWRITING1:StrongFoundationalWritingSkills(HS9-2).*AvailableliveintheFallSemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.HS10-2VOCABULARYANDWRITING:VocabularyandWriting,PartTwo14WeeksPrerequisite:Required:WRITINGESSENTIALS1:EssentialPunctuationandGrammarI(HS9-1).Recommended:HIGHSCHOOLSIMPLIFIEDWRITING1:StrongFoundationalWritingSkills(HS9-2).Also,itispreferredthatstudentstakeVocabularyandWritingPartOne(HS10-1)first,butitisnotrequired.*AvailableliveintheSpringSemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.SUGGESTED11THGRADE:FICTION(CREATIVE)WRITINGTRACKHS11-123FICTIONWRITING1FourweeksPrerequisite:Required:WRITINGESSENTIALS1:EssentialPunctuationandGrammarI(HS9-1).Recommended:SIMPLIFIEDWRITING1:StrongFoundationalWritingSkills(HS9-2).*AvailableliveintheFallSemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess(asthreeseparatecourses:11-1;11-2;11-3).HS11-456FICTIONWRITING2
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FourweeksPrerequisite:Required:WRITINGESSENTIALS1:EssentialPunctuationandGrammarI(HS9-1).Recommended:SIMPLIFIEDWRITING1:StrongFoundationalWritingSkills(HS9-2).*AvailableliveintheSpringSemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess(asthreeseparatecourses:11-4;11-5;11-6).HS11-7FICTIONWRITING6:AuthoringaBook,Part1–HowitWorks,WhatitTakes,andHowtoSucceedFourweeksPrerequisite:Required:WRITINGESSENTIALS1:EssentialPunctuationandGrammarI(HS9-1).Recommended:SIMPLIFIEDWRITING1:StrongFoundationalWritingSkills(HS9-2).*AvailableonlyasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.HS11-8FICTIONWRITING7:AuthoringaBook,Part2–PerfectingtheQuery&SynopsisFourweeksPrerequisite:AuthoringaBook,Part1–HowitWorks,WhatitTakes,andHowtoSucceed(HS11-6).*TakethiscoursewithHS11-4(Theme,Style,&PointofView)andHS11-5(Conflict&CreatingtheBreakoutNovel),and11-6(AuthoringaBook,Part1)or11-8(WritingtheShortStory),forafullsemesterofcredit(foratotalof12to16weeksofclasses)*AvailableonlyasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.SUGGESTED11THGRADE:BUSINESSWRITINGTRACKHS11-9BUSINESSWRITING:ProfessionalBusinessWritingEssentialsEightweeksPrerequisite:HIGHSCHOOLSIMPLIFIEDWRITING1:StrongFoundationalWritingSkills(HS9-2).*StudentsshouldtakeBusinessWriting(Journalism)withthiscourse,tomaketheBusinessWritingTrackcomplete(foratotalof16weeksofclasses).*AvailableasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccessonly.HS11-10BUSINESSWRITING:FoundationsofJournalismEightweeksPrerequisite:HIGHSCHOOLSIMPLIFIEDWRITING1:StrongFoundationalWritingSkills(HS9-2).*StudentsshouldtakeBusinessWriting(ProfessionalBusinessWritingEssentials)withthiscourse,tomaketheBusinessWritingTrackcomplete(foratotalof16weeksofclasses).*AvailableasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccessonly.SUGGESTED12THGRADE:COLLEGEPREPWRITINGHS12-1ADVANCEDRHETORIC&WRITING1:Rhetoric,FiguresofSpeech,Essays,&PapersTenweeksPrerequisite:HIGHSCHOOLSIMPLIFIEDWRITING1:StrongFoundationalWritingSkills(HS9-2)isrequired.*AvailableliveintheSpringsemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.HS12-2ADVANCEDRHETORIC&WRITING2:ResearchWriting(CollegePrep)TenweeksPrerequisite:ADVANCEDRHETORIC&WRITING1:Rhetoric,FiguresofSpeech,Essays,&Papers(HS12-1)isrequired.*AvailableliveintheSpringSemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.
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WRITINGEXCELLENCECOURSESThefollowingcoursesareexceptionaladvancedcoursesthatcanbetakenatanytimeduringhighschool,ifthestudentmeetstheprerequisiterequirements.HSX-5HIGHSCHOOLWRITINGESSENTIALS5:PunctuationandGrammarIIFullyUnderstandingPunctuation&GrammarForstudentswhowanttoconfirmandexcelintheirskills.Collegepreparatory.Prerequisite:HIGHSCHOOLWRITINGESSENTIALS1:EssentialPunctuationandGrammarI(HS9-1)isrequired.*AvailableasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccessonly.HSX-9ADVANCEDFICTIONWRITING:TheHero’sJourney&MythicStructureforWritersIForstudentswhowanttoexcelinfictionwritingskillsandunderstandthefiction/literatureconnection;thisisacollegepreparatorycourse.Prerequisite:Required:WRITINGESSENTIALS1:EssentialPunctuationandGrammarI(HS9-1).Recommended:Anyofthe11-levelfictioncourses(previouslyorconcurrently).*AvailableliveintheFallSemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.HSX-10ADVANCEDFICTIONWRITING:TheHero’sJourney&MythicStructureforWritersIIForstudentswhowanttoexcelinfictionwritingskillsandjumpstartcollegeliteraturecourses;thisisbothacollegeandcareerprepcourse.Prerequisite:TheHero’sJourney&MythicStructureforWriters1(HSX-9)*AvailableliveintheSpringSemesteronly.AlsoavailableanytimeasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.HSX-11ADVANCEDFICTIONWRITING:ScreenwritingIForstudentswhowanttoexcelinfictionwritingskillsandjumpstartcollegeliteraturecourses;thisisbothacollegeandcareerprepcourse.Prerequisite:None.Recommended:Anyofthe11-levelfictioncourses(previouslyorconcurrently).*AvailableonlyasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.HSX-12ADVANCEDFICTIONWRITING:ScreenwritingIIForstudentswhowanttoexcelinfictionwritingskillsandjumpstartcollegeliteraturecourses;thisisbothacollegeandcareerprepcourse.Prerequisite:FICTIONWRITING:ScreenwritingI(HSX-11)*AvailableonlyasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.HSX-13FICTIONWRITING:IntroductiontoPoetryPrerequisite:None*AvailableonlyasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.HSX-14FICTIONWRITING:Poetry1:JoiningtheGreatTraditionPrerequisite:FICTIONWRITING:IntroductiontoPoetry(HSX-13)*AvailableonlyasarecordedcoursethroughUnlimitedAccess.