CORE LITERATURE

Novel: Inherit the Wind

Short Story: The Scarlet Ibis

Grammar

• Eight parts of speech
• Sentence parts (subject, predicate, complements)
• Fragments, run-on sentences
• Sentence types (simple, compound)
• Sentence purpose
• Punctuation:

• End punctuation
• Semi-colons

• Proper English usage
• Diction and syntax

• Spelling
• Meaning in context
• Denotation/connotation
• Diction –improving word choice (academic vocabulary)
• Identifying a word's part of speech and knowing which part of speech to use in a sentence
• Ability to integrate new vocabulary in writing
• Word usage

• Recreational reading
• Technical and workplace document reading
• Nonfiction and fiction reading and the techniques necessary for reading and understanding each

• Comprehension
• Theme/ main idea
• Reading for details
• Literary/rhetorical devices
• Author’s purpose
• Point of view
• Organizational patterns
• Sequence of ideas
• Reading for ideas
• Synthesizing ideas
• Evaluating credibility of evidence/sources (Choose best sources e.g.Internet)
• Generating intelligent questions

• Narrative/descriptive speech
• Small and large group discussion
• Oral responses to literature
• Choosing appropriate techniques for introduction, middle, conclusion
• Presentation skills (posture, eye contact, gestures, pace)
• Listening/audience skills
• Peer evaluation

Types of Writing Required: short/informal writing assignments

Literary Analysis Paragraph (Required)

• Prewriting strategies
• Topic sentences
• Support of topic sentences with examples and quotations from text (use of
• concrete detail)
• Commentary explaining how quotations and examples relate to the topic sentence
• Concluding sentence

• Logical patterns of organization

• Appeal to reason
• Appeal to emotion

• Precise and relevant evidence

• Address reader’s concerns, biases, possible misunderstandings

• Sequence and significance of events
• Descriptive details
• Setting
• Dialogue
• Demonstrating changes in mood and time

• Journals
• Quickwrites
• Reflection

• Reinforcement of conventions taught first semester (See Freshman English I)
• Commas

• Spelling
• Meaning in context
• Denotation/connotation
• Diction –improving word choice (academic vocabulary)
• Identifying a word's part of speech and knowing which part of speech to use in a sentence
• Ability to integrate new vocabulary in writing
• Word usage

• Recreational reading
• Technical and workplace document reading
• Nonfiction and fiction reading and the techniques necessary for reading and understanding each

• Comprehension
• Theme/ main idea
• Reading for details
• Literary/rhetorical devices
• Author’s purpose
• Point of view
• Organizational patterns
• Sequence of ideas
• Reading for ideas
• Synthesizing ideas
• Evaluating credibility of evidence/sources (Choose best sources e.g.
• Internet)
• Generating intelligent questions

Speaking

• Small and large group discussion
• Oral responses to literature
• Choosing appropriate techniques for introduction, middle, and conclusion
• Presentation skills (posture, eye contact, gestures, and pace)
• Listening/audience skills
• Visual aid (multi-media)
• Peer evaluation

(Frequent practice of short, informal writing)

Types of Writing

Multi-Paragraph Essay

• Developing own thesis and topic sentence
• Introduction/conclusion
• Concluding sentences
• Transitions
• Incorporating quotes
• In text citation
• Sophisticated commentary
• Format (indent and margins) use technology
• Proofreading
• Revising
• Prewriting
• Peer editing

• Demonstrating significant ideas of literary work
• Supporting important ideas and opinions with references to the text
• Argument supported logically
• Original interpretation

• Logical patterns of organization

• Appeal to reason
• Appeal to emotion
• Precise and relevant evidence

• Addressing reader’s concerns, biases, possible misunderstandings

Autobiographical Writing

• Sequence and significance of events
• Descriptive details
• Setting
• Dialogue
• Demonstrating changes in mood and time

• Journals
• Quickwrites
• Reflection

• Business Letter

• Use appropriate tone, language, correct format