English 4
Agendas for Unit Six: The Meaning in a Flash
Skill 23: Lead discussion on student-designed topics
Skill 24: Effectively invite others into the discussion
Skill 25: Add to, challenge, and evaluate others’ opinions and ideas in a respectful manner using evidence
Skill 26: Analyze an author’s choices for character development
Skill 27: Evaluate a short story using prescribed criteria
Agendas for Unit Five: Sowing Seeds of Literary Discourse
Looped Skill 9: Use evidence to support an argument or idea.
Skill 19: Identify literary elements (literary devices, diction, and syntax) in a text.
Skill 20: Analyze the meaning of literary elements in a text.
Skill 21: Connect the meaning of literary elements to global issues and the meaning of the text as a whole.
Skill 22: Speak with clarity, varying volume, pace, and tone to effectively communicate an idea.
Agendas for Unit Four: Finding the Poetry in Modern Music
Skill 16: Write a complex, clear, and insightful thesis statement in response to a prompt.
Skill 17: Structure and refute a counter-argument.
Skill 18: Logically organize claims, counterclaims, and evidence into an argumentative essay.
Agendas for Unit Three: If I can't ads you, I don't want nobody, baby.
Skill 13: Identify and explain the effect of various rhetorical devices and advertising techniques
Skill 14: Utilize various rhetorical devices and advertising techniques to persuade an audience
Skill 15: Identify and analyze a target audience
Agendas for Unit Two: It's Not Rocket Bias
Skill 7: Locate and provide examples of cognitive bias
Skill 8: Learn at least four ways of detecting bias in news media and provide examples and explanations of bias in news media
Skill 9: Use ample and relevant evidence to support an argument or idea
Skill 10: Provide ample context and logical reasoning to integrate quotations
Skill 11: Use varied evidence integration techniques
Skill 12: Synthesize sources with the writer’s opinion to support an argument
Agendas for Unit One: The Personal Personal Essay
Skill 1: Describe the syntax of writing using content-specific language
Skill 2: Describe the diction of writing using content-specific language
Skill 3: Analyze how specific diction and syntax affect/create tone
Skill 4: Utilize specific, vivid diction in writing
Skill 5: Utilize varied syntax in writing
Skill 6: Write a college essay that adheres to “qualities of great college essays” list (collaboratively created)
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