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Course Description
Course Description
In preparation for graduation, the rigors of college, and a variety of careers, students will evaluate arguments and independently analyze fiction and nonfiction texts. Students will actively engage in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical thinking activities to help them meet the demands of the world beyond high school. Students will refine their research skills by conducting several projects that address various topics using multiple sources. Students will assert and defend claims with confidence, indicating understanding by using appropriate evidence, through writing, presentations, and class discussions in alignment with New York State Standards in English.
Fall and Spring Semesters (20 Week Course)
Learning Outcomes and Skills:
Learning Outcomes and Skills:
I can make connections to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, and personal experiences.
I can evaluate my interests, goals, and abilities to make post-high school decisions and support those choices.
I can analyze how modern philosophy fits with my thinking about my future.
I can write analytically, connecting my personal philosophies to realistic goals for my future.
I can summarize devices used in a short story and infer the intentions of an author.
I can write analytically and explain the author's purpose and central themes being developed in a text.
I can write analytically and explain the author's purpose and central themes being developed in a text.
I can view an adaptation of a fictional text and compare/contrast the literary elements being applied in each.
Primary Texts:
Primary Texts:
Examined Life (documentary film)
“We Choose to Go to the Moon” (speech)
Preparing for life after GRB with Mrs. Ferlito: cover letter, resume, application, interview, career interest, etc.
Frankenstein (novel excerpts) & study of Mary Shelley
Ancillary texts to support skills and thematic studies with Frankenstein
Beowulf
Odysseus excerpts, as well as other supporting hero’s journey examples
“The Mysterious Anxiety of Them and Us” (speech)
The Kite Runner (excerpts)
“Commencement Speech from the New School” (speech)
Various short texts (both fiction and non-fiction) to review skills
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