Course Syllabus
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Honors English IV- Course Syllabus Fall 2019 |
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FIRST QUARTER |
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Mrs. Jill Blythe Tutorials: Wednesdays, B lunch; Fridays, A lunch Room 1522 Email: jblythe@wcpss.net Website: Canvas |
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UNIT 1: HOME and FAMILY Hamlet, Shakespeare Selected non-fiction and critical articles Film Study: Hasmlet
Skill focus for unit one: Reading: Use quotations and specific details from texts to support theories about specific truths the text reveals about the human condition. Identify two or more truths about the human condition within texts and describe how the truths are revealed through the plot and how they build on each other within a work. . Define words and phrases using their contexts, making sure to identify literal as well as deeper symbolic meanings and their relationship to the deeper truths expressed in a work. Writing: Write informatively, exploring complicated ideas, supporting those ideas with relevant source information. Content is organized and sufficiently explained so that the connection between the information and the idea is clear. Draw evidence from readings to support written analysis of larger ideas. Speaking and Listening: Participate effectively in discussions using evidence, building on others' ideas and expressing your own clearly and persuasively. Strategically use digital media in presentations to appeal to audience in order to present your understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest Language: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Major Assignments for Unit 1: - Family Mapping - Character Project - Baseline Writing - Common Assessment- Unit 1 skills |
UNIT 2: IDENTITY and CULTURE Beowulf, Unknown Selected non-fiction and critical articles Film study: King Arthur
Skill focus for unit two: Reading: Explore how an author develops and relates elements of a story and the impact of those choices on a reader’s understanding. Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires sifting through layers of story-telling in order to discern the actual social and moral values of a culture. Analyze multiple interpretations of a work, evaluating how each version interprets the source text and connecting that interpretation to its cultural values of origin. Writing: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events utilizing appropriate structure for the narrative purpose.. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, editing, rewriting,, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. Speaking and Listening: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating a command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. Language: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style.
Major Assignments for Unit 2: - Modern Epics - Common Assessment- Unit 2 skills |
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ALL GRADES FROM THESE TWO UNITS WILL COMPRISE THE FIRST QUARTER GRADE. |
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SECOND QUARTER |
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UNIT 3: CONFORMITY and REBELLION 1984, Orwell Selected non-fiction and critical articles Film Study: Dead Poets Society
Skill focus for unit three: Reading: Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. Demonstrate knowledge of key works of literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics. Writing: Write arguments to support claims about important topics, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence from texts Use technology to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products including new arguments or information in response to ongoing feedback. Conduct research inquiries to formulate a suitable question, and use multiple sources and source types to answer the question. Search effectively for reliable print and digital sources and assess the strengths and limitations of each source regarding the research question. Gather relevant information to integrate into a single document, maintaining the flow of ideas, balancing the information from disparate sources, citing said information correctly in order to avoid plagiarism. Speaking and Listening: Integrate multiple sources presented in diverse formats in order solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data. Language: Use a range of strategies to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases..
Major Assignments for Unit 3: - Visual Essay - Group Essay - Common Assessment- Unit 3 skills |
UNIT 4: TRADITION and PROGRESS The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde Selected non-fiction and critical articles Film study: Smoke Signals, Sherman Alexie
Skill focus for unit four: Reading: Outline and evaluate the reasoning in important U.S. texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend complex literature, including stories, dramas, poems, and non-fiction. Writing: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. Speaking and Listening: Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used. Present information conveying a clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience. Language: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. Acquire and use appropriate words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Major Assignments for Unit 4: - Satirical Devices Exploration - Comedy of Manners - Common Assessment- Unit 4 skills |
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ALL GRADES FROM THESE TWO UNITS WILL COMPRISE THE SECOND QUARTER GRADE. |
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