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

English 4, Unit 6

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.

English IV Agendas: Unit 5

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.

English IV Agendas: Unit 4

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

English 4 Agendas: Mini Unit 3

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

English 4 Agendas: Unit 2

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)

English 4 Agendas Unit One

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