English 10
Course Description
During this course, you will select, read and discuss a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction texts to develop lifelong reading skills in support of your own interests, needs and skills. You will analyze details and language choices to make inferences and write interpretations of texts to help you understand yourself and the world around you.
You will also write informational, argumentative and narrative pieces for a variety of purposes and audiences. You will discuss complex concepts, presenting facts and information in an engaging manner. You will employ a variety of inquiry strategies to draft, revise, and edit, critiquing sources when relevant, analyzing facts and information to explain the relevance and significance of cited source material, developing sections that build on each other logically, allowing the reader to develop knowledge and deepen understandings, selecting precise and domain-specific words to make the reader think or feel a particular way about the complexity of the topic, and using punctuation to emphasize connections, strengthen tone, clarify, and add complexity.
Assignment Calendar
Outdoor Adventure Days
For more information about the 10th Grade Outdoor Action Days, click here!
The tenth grade nature program is designed to develop critical thinking citizens who are actively engaged in improving their community.
In one school year, students embark on ten outdoor action days to...
Explore and investigate the Denver Audubon nature center
Evaluate the assets and issues in the space
Democratically decide on a problem to solve
Collaborate to develop a plan of action
Put their plan into action!