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Course Descriptions and Class
Information
Honors Sophomore Language Arts
Freshman Language Arts
S.P.I.C.E. information
Weekly Plans
FRESHMAN LANGUAGE ARTS (3111)
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1 year....................................................... 1
credit
This course will present word study and
reading strategies including source evaluation. It will explore authors'
techniques during literary studies, which will include several novels,
plays, and short stories. Selections will include Romeo & Juliet, and
may include titles such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Great
Expectations, Night, Fahrenheit 451, Cold Sassy Tree,
and The Watsons Go to Birmingham. Students will also examine and use
various writing processes to create up to ten structured documents including
a narrative essay, an informational essay, a persuasive essay, and a
descriptive essay. Other writing experiences will include literary
responses, business letters, and research. The course will explore writing
conventions including spelling, grammar, and usage. Students will deliver
four speeches or oral presentations including an informational and a
persuasive speech. The course includes poetry study and writing and a unit
on advertising techniques. Students will need to provide their own computer
disks.
SOPHOMORE LANGUAGE ARTS (3121)......
1 year....................................................... 1
credit
This course will present word study and
reading strategies including source evaluations. It will also explore
authors' techniques during literary studies, which will include several
novels, plays, and short stories. Selections may include To Kill a
Mockingbird, Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Antigone,
and Farwell to Manzanar. Students will also examine and use various
writing processes to create up to ten structured documents including a
narrative essay, an informational essay, a persuasive essay, and a
descriptive essay. These writing experiences will include literary
responses, business letters and research, and functional documents such as
memos. The course will explore writing conventions including spelling,
grammar, and usage. Students will deliver four speeches or oral
presentations including an informational and a persuasive speech. The
course includes poetry study and a study of mass media. Students will need
to provide their own computer disks.
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