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Gr 12 | 6 Credits | Year-Long | 5x per Cycle
Gr 12 | 6 Credits | Year-Long | 5x per Cycle
* Students selecting this course must register for course 170 (honors level) and will be given the option to take this course at the ACP level at the start of the course. *Satisfies Senior English Requirement
* Students selecting this course must register for course 170 (honors level) and will be given the option to take this course at the ACP level at the start of the course. *Satisfies Senior English Requirement
This year-long senior English course will focus on the study of literature through the lens of gender and sexuality. This course builds on reading, writing, thinking and speaking skills that are central to required English classes. Like other senior English courses, identity and self-reflection are key components; additionally, this course explores the social construction of gender and sexuality and the impact this has on the individual. As such, course materials contain mature themes, language and topics. Intersectionality and queer theory are lenses through which students will read, analyze, and discuss current events and pop culture. Texts may include Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, and Alice Walker’s The Color Purple; and essays by authors such as James Baldwin, Akwaeke Emezi, and Gloria Anzaldúa.
Essential 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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