English: Springboard
Alternative English curriculum is listed in the sub categories by year and semester. Please check with your ACE teacher on what subject you are currently taking. Each unit has requirements that are needed to complete before you take the test. Once you complete each unit, please go to the following site for testing on each unit:
Links to the English curriculum is listed below:
English 9 Curriculum Outline Spring Board
UNIT 1: Coming of Age
Essential Questions:
What does it mean to “come of age"?
How do authors and speakers persuade and influence an audience?
Unit 2: Coming of Age and Defining Style
Essential Questions:
What makes a good story?
How does an artist define his or her style?
Unit 3: Coming of Age Comparing Themes and Defining Style
Essential Questions:
Why is theme and tone important in literature?
How does an artist define style through theme and tone?
Unit 4: Coming of Age and Defining Style
Essential Questions:
What is ambiguity and symbolism in literature?
How does an artist define themselves with the use of these literary devices (irony, ambiguity, symbolism, allegory, etc.)?
Unit 5: Coming of Age in Changing Times Novel
1. How can context contribute to the understanding of a novel?
2. How does a key scene from a novel contribute to the work as a whole?
Credit 6~ Coming of Age in Poetry Unit
Essential Questions:
1. What is poetry?
2. What can a writer learn from studying an author’s craft and style?
Credit 7~Evaluating Style Unit
Essential Questions:
1. Why are non fiction articles important?
2. What can a writer learn from studying an author’s theme and style?
Credit 8~Biographical and Historical Unit
Essential Questions:
1. Why are non fiction historical articles important?
2. What can we learn from studying the past through historical documents?
Credit 9~Epic and Myth Unit
Essential Questions:
1. Why are mythological Epics important today?
2. What can we learn from studying Homer and contrast it with the world today?
Credit 10~ Coming of Age in Changing Times Drama Unit
How do actors and directors use theatrical elements to create a dramatic interpretation?
Why do we study Shakespeare?
English 10 Curriculum Outline
Essential Questions and Goals:
Upon completion of this course, the student will:
1. Will gain an appreciation of our literary heritage and a familiarity with works of quality literature.
2. Develop a higher order reading comprehension
3. Articulate the relationship between the expressed purposes and the characteristics of different forms of literature
4. Understand the important points in the history of the English language.
5. Gain language competence in English usage and in writing essays, biographical or autobiographical
6. Narratives, business letters and creative pieces.
7. The ability to assess various forms of information and to evaluate them critically.
8. Learn effective individual speaking and listening applications
9. Stress academic research skills, including writing a research report
10. Develop reading as a recreational activity
11. Demonstrate an understanding of proper English usage and control of grammar, paragraph and sentence structure, diction, syntax and spelling.
English 11 Curriculum Outline
Unit 1 - The American Dream
Essential Questions and Goals:
To understand and define complex concepts such as the American Dream
To identify and synthesize a variety of perspectives
To analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of arguments
To analyze representative texts from the American experience
Unit 2 - The Power of Persuasion
Essential Questions and Goals:
To interpret a text in consideration of its context
To analyze an argument
To create and present a dramatic scene about a societal issue
To define and apply the appeals and devices of rhetoric
To analyze, write, and present a persuasive speech
To examine and apply syntactic structures in the written and spoken word
Unit 3 - American Forums: The Marketplace of Ideas
Essential Questions and Goals:
To analyze and create editorial and opinion pieces
To identify and analyze fallacious reasoning in a text
To analyze how writers use logic, evidence, and rhetoric to advance opinions
To define and apply the appeals and devices of rhetoric
To analyze and apply satirical techniques
To examine and apply syntactic structures in the written and spoken word
Unit 4 - The Pursuit of Happiness
Essential Questions and Goals:
To compose a personal essay that employs stylistic techniques
To analyze and evaluate the structural and stylistic features of texts
To use a variety of genres to express a coherent theme
Unit 5 -An American Journey
Essential Questions and Goals:
To explore the concept of “journey”
To analyze a writer’s complex writing and stylistic choices
To research and synthesize information about a literary era
To create a multimedia presentation
English 12 Curriculum Outline:
Credit 1: Perception Is Everything Unit
Essential Questions:
What does it mean to be a stranger in the village? (EA 1)
How does perspective influence perception? (EA 2)
Credit 2: The Collective Perspective
Essential Questions:
What role does literature play in the examination of recurring social issues?
How can a dramatic performance reflect a critical perspective?
Credit 3: Evolving Perspectives
Essential Questions:
What literature from Shakespeare's time in relevant today?
How does Historical, Cultural, and Feminist viewpoints assist in understanding literature?
Students are to take Cornell Notes on the attached units. Each unit must have 5-10 pages of notes before the student can attempt the unit test. ACE educator authorization is required to take the test. Students may use Google Docs to take notes, but must show original note taking skills that are approved by your ACE educator. Students will need to write a plot outline for each work. For poems, students will need to annotate the poem. Use the following for assistance:
The Antelope Valley Union High School District uses Springboard English curriculum. Please use the following link to access this curriculum through your Power School account:
https://powerschool.avhsd.org/public/
The Springboard curriculum is embedded in the attached units. Please use your Power School Account to access this information.
Students: If you would like to use newsela.com, please use this link:
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