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Course Overview
Materials
This high school prep course will build upon the writing, reading,
speaking and listening components fundamental to middle school
English. Our readings will include a variety of genres, time periods,
authors and themes. Writings will include a personal narrative, an
analytical essay, creative poetry, fiction and a well-documented research
project. In addition to shorter and longer speaking assignments,
students will regularly participate in Socratic Seminars, fishbowl
discussions, speech clubs, and extensive group work.
Course Objectives
Unit 1 - Perspective
The Writing Process
Short Fiction
Grammar and Vocabulary (all
year)
Speech Club (all year)
Homework Policy
Students may receive up to 30 minutes of homework per night. If no
homework has been assigned, students are required to read an English
novel, short story, or poetry for at least 30 minutes.
Managebac Gradebook
For
Language
and
Literature,
all
summative
assessment
tasks
will
be
recorded
in
Managebac.
The
students
will
receive
both
levels
of
achievements
and
comments
as
feedback.
Course Content
Unit 2 - Communications
Nonfiction: Persepolis
Graphic novel
Research skills
Using the MLA style
Unit 3 - Connections
Fiction: Novel literature
circles
Literary Devices
Reading Analysis
Unit 4 Creativity
Creative Writing
Drama
Building an effective thesis
Shakespeare