Expository Writing II

This is a full-year online course that builds on foundational writing skills and helps students develop more advanced organizational skills, sentence structure, essay construction, and research abilities. The course begins with a review of the skills taught in Expository Writing I and covers new topics such as explanation by comparison, explanation by definition, improved introductions and conclusions, brainstorming and selecting topics, writing comparative literary essays, and planning lengthier papers. Further details about the writing and grammar curriculum can be found on the course website, along with sample course sequences. A prerequisite of Expository Writing I or Writing with Skill Level 1 is required, and students may need to complete a writing assessment to determine appropriate placement, evaluated by the academy's writing instructors.