Course Overview

English IV

Quarter 1

I. Literature--Autobiography/novel or short stories

II. Grammar

Review Parts of Speech

Verb Tenses

Fragments/Run-ons

III. Writing

Sentence combining

College Entrance Essay--Expository or Narrative (autobiographical focus)

Focus on paragraph development, unity of essay and audience

Several Mini papers: Literary Analysis, Reflective, Summary, Reaction based, and Research based

APA Citation

Quarter 2

I. Literature­-TBA

II. Grammar

Parallelism

Dangling modifiers

Review punctuation with focus on APA citation

III. Writing

Persuasion

Focus on thesis statements, counter arguments and citation

Several Mini papers: Literary analysis, Reaction based and Research based article summaries

APA Citation

Quarter 3

I. Aristotle Persuasive Techniques; Fallacies

II. Grammar

III. Writing

Focus on parenthetical citation and reliable research

Introductions and Conclusion

Several Mini papers: Literary analysis, Reaction based and Research based article summaries

APA Citation

Quarter 4

I. Literature: Non-fiction researched articles, possible Literature Circle novel

II. Grammar

Continued practice of reviewed lessons from Quarter 1-3

III. Writing

Final Research paper

Focus on Introduction/conclusion, organization, thesis statement and parenthetical citation.

Several Mini papers: Literary analysis, Reaction based and Research based article summaries

APA Citation