The English 1D course emphasizes analytic reading, writing, oral communication, and thinking skills that students need for success in secondary school academic programs and their daily lives. Students will study and interpret texts from contemporary and historical periods, including plays, short stories, and short essays, and will investigate and create media works. An important focus will be the correct and effective use of spoken and written language.
SEPTEMBER - JANUARY
UNIT I: ANTHOLOGY STUDY
- read selections of short stories and non-fiction from Sightlines
- analyze and respond to various media selections
- focus on short narrative selectionsUNIT II: NOVEL STUDY
- read To Kill A Mockingbird
- focus on extended narrative
- independent multi-media performance task
- formal essayUNIT III: MEDIA STUDY (ongoing throughout the year)
- focus on differences between explicit and implicit messages
- identify elements of various media formsUNIT IV: LANGUAGE STUDY (ongoing throughout the year)
- focus on grammar using various sources
FEBRUARY - JUNE
UNIT V: CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
- introduction to Greek and Roman myth
- selections from Book of Myths/Faces of MythUNIT VI: POETRY AND THE LANGUAGE OF SHAKESPEARE
- read Romeo and Juliet
- focus on figurative language and drama studyUNIT VII: THE LITERARY ESSAY
- focus on formal essay skills and analysis of Romeo and JulietUNIT VIII: PREPARATION FOR THE GRADE 10 LITERACY TEST
- ongoing throughout the year using Resource Lines, and Sightlines as well as other pertinent sources
| Class Work including reading logs, essays, quizzes,test, and independent studies. | 70% | |
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| Summative Evaluation (May/June) | 30% | |
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