Goals
You will be presented the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge to:
Course Curriculum
1st Semester
2nd Semester
You will be presented the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge to:
- read, examine, and analyze various genres of literature
- determine central themes of text and provide textual evidence to support your findings
- analyze and identify plot structure, character development, and author’s purpose
- produce writing with a structure that accommodates the topic by introducing interesting, thought provoking beginnings with a thesis statement that controls the essay, logical thought processes and clear supportive reasoning, and a concluding paragraph
- assess and revise essays to improve sentences, and to assure standard punctuation, capitalization, usage, spelling, and transitions
- evaluate data and resource materials to prepare a formal research paper using correct Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation
- apply listening skills, personal study skills, and principles of Standard English in vocabulary
Course Curriculum
1st Semester
- Short Stories
- Narrative Structures and Strategies
- Narrative Essay
- Literature – Of Mice and Menby John Steinbeck
- The Weight of All Thingsby Sandra Benitez
- Writing –formatted paragraphs and essays
- Process Analysis (Expository Essay)
- Grammar – Subject verb agreement, prepositional phrases, punctuation, etc.
- Greek mythology, The Odysseyby Homer
- Vocabulary – Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes
2nd Semester
- Literature - To Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper Lee
- Vocabulary within the texts
- Descriptive Essay
- Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare
- Comparison/Contrast
- Expository Essay
- Vocabulary Builders
- Argument/Persuasion Essay
- Writing – Analytical essays, projects, and presentations
- Grammar
- Research paper