June 10 - July 12, 2024
Computer Applications/Writing Workshop 2 (1 Credit)
RPS Summer School • 9775 SW 87th Avenue Miami, FL 33176 Organized by Riviera SchoolsAbout this event
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Computer Applications prepares students to work with Microsoft Office in an academic and professional setting and for personal use. Using courseware that incorporates an accelerated, step-by-step, project-based approach, students develop an introductory level competency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. They also acquire necessary keyboarding skills and explore features of Windows and various emerging internet technologies. In addition,students develop an understanding of key ethical issues they face in the context of using information technology. Required in 7th grade Paired with Writing Workshop 2 ½ summer session; ½ MS credit Writing Workshop 2 continues the integrated and sequential approach to the expansion and reinforcement of word study skills, grammar, and composition skills. The course expands the students’ knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes as well as grammar, usage, and syntax of standard written English. In coordination with the 7th grade Language Arts curriculum, the course continues emphasis on the five writing standards identified in research as integral to developmental growth in the complexity of knowledge, skills, and strategies to be expected for college readiness: (1) rhetorical analysis and planning; (2) generating content; (3) drafting; (4)evaluating and revising texts; and (5) editing to present technically-sound texts. These fundamental skills in written communication are developed incrementally in middle school and further refined in high school courses. Required in 7th grade Paired with Computer Applications ½ summer session; ½ MS credit
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