English IV Second Six Weeks Syllabus

The second six weeks syllabus will contain the following:

Writing

The student will:

Continue the journal as a springboard for thematic ideas.

Continue journal entries to effectively practice usage, grammar, and mechanics skills.

Employ multi-paragraph essay skills.

Demonstrate knowledge of the five step writing process.

The student will produce a four-paragraph essay.

Vocabulary

The student will:

Acquire an extensive vocabulary through reading and systematic word study.

Ten vocabulary or "Hot Words" are assigned the first day of each week. 

Students are exposed to the Hot Words throughout the week in journal entries, reading assignments, and class discussions.

Students are quizzed over the week's ten Hot Words in a quiz at the end of each week that uses the words in a variety of contexts.

Students are tested over the definitions of two weeks' worth of words.

Reading

The student will:

Comprehend selections using a variety of strategies.

The student reads extensively and intensively for different purposes in varied sources in increasingly demanding texts.

Students will be evaluated through quizzes and tests for comprehension and interpretation.

The student reads widely to increase knowledge of his/her own culture, the culture of others, and the common elements across culture.

Reading includes mythology and the epic, Antigone.

Read, outside of class and approximately forty-five minutes of assigned class time, selections of personal choice.

Students will be evaluated at the end of each six weeks period in a book conference with the instructor.

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