Composition Index

Notes on Method:

2-3 composition lessons per week
free writing every day for 15-20 minutes
workshop every 2-3 weeks.

Introduction

Overview of Types of Writing

• Review

Paragraph Form
(10 weeks) -- September-October

The Paragraph

The Paragraph -- Continuity in Sentences

• Exercises in Continuity

Types of Paragraphs

Paragraph Format #1: Example

Paragraph Format #2: Classification

• Classification Exercise

Definition

Composition Review (for Review #2)

Process
Cause and Effect

Set 4 : Survey of Paragraph Types Continued
Analogy
Compare/Contrast
Elements of Circumstance
Narrative

Set 5:  Expanding, Condensing
Descriptive
Summary Paragraphs
Uses of Types
Uses of Types 2

Uses of Paragraph Types

• (Thinking and Analyzing)
• (Invention and Elaboration)
• (Exams in Tests)
• Elaboration and Expansion

• Support and Elaboration in Writing

Essay Form
(November - December)

Introduction to Progymnasmata
(Composition in Classical Tradition, Diogenes: Maxim)

Fables
Proverbs
Anecdotes