| Approved Site(s): |
| | Approved for San Diego SCPA High School. Other schools may not offer this course without prior approval from the Interdivisional Curriculum Committee.
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| Grade Range: |
| | 10–12 |
| Prerequisites: |
| | Creative Writing 1,2; concurrent enrollment in grade-level English course |
| Course duration: |
| | Two semesters |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: |
| | Elective |
| UC subject area satisfied: |
| | g - College Preparatory Elective |
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| Course Description: |
| | This second-year course in creative writing focuses on the forms and structures of fiction and nonfiction prose. In the first semester, students explore the characteristic elements of fictional prose (e.g., character, narrative voice), and hone their own fiction-writing skills though intensive practice. In the second semester, students are introduced to the theories that govern nonfiction prose, examining the characteristics of rhetoric, voice, thesis construction and the organization of ideas. Students are required to keep a writer’s notebook and submit a portfolio of their written work at the end of the year. This course requires a substantial amount of reading and writing, and is designed to be taken in addition to, not instead of, a student’s regular grade-level English course. |
| State Course Code(s): |
| | State Course code not defined or retired. |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: |
| | No adopted text. Each school chooses from available materials and resources. |