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Gr 12 | 6 Credits | Year-Long | 5x per Cycle
Gr 12 | 6 Credits | Year-Long | 5x per Cycle
This advanced college preparatory program is designed for students of above average achievement and interest. Students will be expected to demonstrate advanced writing skills such as coherence and conciseness, to read literature critically and to participate in focused class discussions. Expository and analytical formats include description, narration, argumentation, and definition. Considerable outside reading, homework and preparation are expected. Representative examples of literature include Hamlet, The Color Purple, Deliverance, The Stranger, and No Exit. Although quantity of reading assigned varies with the difficulty of the work, typical reading is 40 pages per night.
142 English 12 ACP.mp4Essential Skills:
Reading
Students will recognize subjective and objective responses to a text.
Students will make text to self connections
Students will read analytically without direct instruction by the teacher, tracing characterization, theme, vocabulary
Students will craft discussion questions and engage in sustained, self-directed discussion.
Writing
Students will be able to write formally about oneself
Students will develop personal voice in writing while using personal anecdotes as evidence
Students will fuse analytical writing with personal writing
Students will use show not tell language
Students will fuse analytical writing with personal writing while examining ways to organize and analyze that expand on the structured 5-paragraph essay format
Speaking & Listening
Students will be able to deliver a polished speech employing appropriate body language, eye contact, inflection, and enunciation.
Students will be able to listen and respond appropriately and constructively to their peers.
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