English III (2nd Block)

English III

This course will focus on reading and comprehending a chronological survey of American Literature, including fiction and literary nonfiction, in the grades 11-12 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Throughout the course students will write routinely over extended time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. Attention will be given to accurately using general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level. Language and conventions will be taught throughout the course through routine writing practice. Students will take a comprehensive final upon completion of this course.

Essential Learning Objectives:

 Support analysis of a complex set of ideas or sequence of events through relevant textual evidence and an objective summary. 

 Analyze multiple themes or central ideas of a text by synthesizing their development through the authors' choices of literary elements. 

 Distinguish among authors' claims and rhetorical techniques to advance their purpose, especially texts of historical significance. 

 Produce essays that follow the designated writing prompt with attention to appropriate format, transitional words, grammar, and punctuation with emphasis on advanced sentence structures and vocabulary usage.