"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." - William Butler Yeats
The goal of this English class is to produce critical thinkers. Students are not only reading for comprehension but for meaning and relevancy of the work as a whole. Literature is also an example of good writing. The writing improves when a student reads. Vocabulary also improves because the student is learning to read in context. We want successful students who can think critically and communicate effectively.Academic English 9: Students will complete the Grammar Portion of the Vocabulary Unit 3 Test. They will be responsible for identifying subject and verb in the independent clause. Ideally, students should be able to identify subordinate clauses and phrases as well. They will use the phrases and clauses charts, the notes, and the Warriner's text to help them identify, differentiate between the two, and label each phrase and subordinate clause. Students will begin work on the Poetry Project. They will be responsible for identifying poetic elements/devices, applying the poetic elements/devices, and creating two poems. The students have been given a prompt/requirements, a rubric, and a list of the required poetic elements/devices. The due date is November 26th.
Practical English Literature 10: Students are working on reading, analyzing, responding, and identifying and applying literary devices in Friday Night Lights. They will also specifically work on responding to literature questions in preparation for the Keystones.
Public Speaking: Students are working on the Persuasive/Argumentative Speech. They will be required to use reliable/valid sources in a logical organization. Speeches will commence in mid-December.
SAT Prep: Students will be practicing strategies and skills to help them succeed on the SAT: identifying words/ vocabulary in context, agreement (pronoun/antecedent, subject/verb), parallelism, sentence structure, and identifying key words in the questions.
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