Second Year
A. COMPOSITION (one-half of the time).
I. Sentence.
1. Length (long, medium, short).
2. Rhetorical form (loose, periodic, balanced).
3. Unity.
4. Coherence.
5. Emphasis.
II. Paragraph.
1. Unity.
2. Coherence (subtopics, order, and connection).
3. Emphasis (selection, proportion, position).
4. Methods of developing topic.
III. Whole Composition—Unity, Coherence, Emphasis.
IV. Words.
V. Figures of Speech.
VI. Forms of Discourse.
1. Narration.
2. Description.
3. Exposition.
VII. Theme Writing.
At least one and not more than two, one-paragraph themes of from 150–200 words, every week; and one four or five paragraph theme of from 600–800 words, every six weeks; both long and short themes to be carefully corrected by teacher and to be revised or rewritten by pupil.
B. READING (one-half). Descriptive and expository essays.