What you will learn in this course: Students will begin to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to think, write and speak critically about literature. Students will understand themes, values and conflicts throughout history and relate them to their own experiences. Students will become familiar with and recognize a variety of literary forms and terms. Grammar will be taught in context of student writing.
How you will learn in this course: Students will read novels, plays, poems, short stories and non-fiction. Students will learn through small groups, essays, projects and teacher-facilitated discussion that apply technology-enhanced instructional strategies.
Why this course is important: Students will be encouraged to employ higher level thinking skills. Student writing will help prepare them for advanced courses and AP studies in high school and the college level. Mature themes will help students think beyond the printed word and apply themes and values to their own lives and other courses.
Students will be able to cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis.
Students will be able to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development.
Students will use the writing process to produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Reading Fiction:
RL.9-10.5 (Analyze structure and manipulate time)
RL.9-10.6 (POV and cultural experiences)
Reading Nonfiction:
Reading Informational Text ELA.RI.9-10
RI.9-10.3 (Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events)
RI.9-10.7 (Accounts of subject in different mediums)
RI.9-10.8 (Delineate and evaluate arguments)
Writing:
W.9-10.1 (Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics)
W.9-10.4 (Produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to task, purpose, and audience)
W.9-10.5 (Develop and strengthen writing through complete writing process)
W.9-10.7 (Short as well as more sustained research projects)
W.9-10.8 (Gather relevant information, evaluate credibility and usefulness, avoid plagiarism)
Speaking and Listening:
SL.9-10.2 (Integrating multiple sources of info in diverse media)
SL.9-10.6 (Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks)
Language:
L.9-10.1 (Grammar and Usage)
L.9-10.2 (Capitalization, punctuation, and spelling)
L.9-10.6 (Domain specific vocabulary)