English IV
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Course OutcomesEIV.1 - Students will define characteristics of social, political, or ethical issues and problems through varied genres. Students with analyze the author's point of view and biases to support a claim. Students with synthesize textual evidence to support claims through discussion and writing.
EIV.2 - Students will identify and analyze a social, political, or ethical issue within a Shakespearean play to create a claim. Students will analyze the interpretation of that issue through multiple interpretations of the play to support the claim. EIV.3 - Students will analyze multiple sources from multiple genres to investigate a political or social issue. Students will create an original question, research question and interview to investigate a topic. Students will develop a written argument based on the integration of multiple, diverse media formats that varies syntax for rhetorical effect. EIV.4 - Students will define a social problem, research, assess and justify resources that offer solutions or a call to action. Students will create a product that is written in formal style for a specific audience. EIV.5 - Students will determine author’s purpose and rationale from fiction and non-fiction texts and will support or dispute a piece of legal reasoning through debate. EIV.6 - Students will investigate a social problem and integrate multiple sources to communicate solutions for the problem. Students will write targeting a specific audience and incorporate technology. Students will analyze expository and rhetorical devices in others’ work to determine clarity and purpose. EIV.7 - Students will identify and analyze literary elements within a memoir to create an original memoir that integrates vivid diction, sensory details, and extended metaphor. |
Course Expectations
All student work will demonstrate:
Work may not be accepted if it does not meet these expectations.
*Please see Common Core Standards for English Language Arts grades 6-12, standards 1-3
- Command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage including capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
- Clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and format are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Work may not be accepted if it does not meet these expectations.
*Please see Common Core Standards for English Language Arts grades 6-12, standards 1-3
MLA format - All papers, responses, detailed paragraphs will be typed and submitted in MLA format. As a senior, this skill should be mastered as you come into English IV. If you need to review, check out Purdue OWL.