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Course Overview

 

English I continues to build on the sequential development and integration of communication skills in four major areas—reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It most specifically focuses on deepening and furthering students’ understanding in the following ways:

Reading

Reading reinforces reading comprehension skills by teaching students how to understand and appreciate poetry, drama, informative nonfiction, and fiction; shows students how to analyze, evaluate, and interpret a text; reinforces awareness of the elements and structure of narrative prose; guides students through readings of drama, a novel, and selections from well-known poetry, and short stories.

Writing

Writing furthers students’ understanding of sentence structures; reviews parts of speech and their types, including in-depth studies on verbs (transitive, intransitive, conjugation, tense, voice, mood); develops students’ understanding of the types and functions of phrases and clauses; teaches language history and etymology to help students build on knowledge of word structures, including prefixes, roots, and suffixes; expands on students’ vocabulary skills; reviews spelling skills; gives students the opportunity to develop their abilities in writing speeches, short essays, poetry, friendly/business letters, and short stories.

Speaking

Speaking offers students experience in delivering a speech; teaches skills that enable students to become effective speakers and communicators, weaving these skills together throughout the course.

Listening

Listening teaches effective listening comprehension skills, weaving these together throughout the lessons.

 

Curriculum Contents

Reading Comprehension Skills

  • Analyzing Propaganda
  • Understanding Elements of Narrative Prose
  • Reading Informative Nonfiction
  • Reading Fiction
  • Reading Poetry
  • Developing Reading Skills—Analysis, Evaluation, and Interpretation

Composition

  • Letters—Structure, Type, and Composition
  • Paragraph Elements and Structure
  • Writing a Formal Essay
  • Writing a Persuasive Paragraph
  • Writing about Poetry
  • Writing a Speech

Grammar and Usage

  • Adjectives—Comparison, Suffixes as Adjective Endings, and Position
  • Adverbs
  • Levels of Language Use
  • Nouns—Abstract, Concrete, Compound, Collective, Plural, and Possessive Nouns
  • Pronouns
  • Sentence Structure—Clauses and Phrases
  • Verbs—Tense, Voice, Mood, Conjugation, and Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Literature Studies

  • Drama—Genre/Type, Structure, and Elements
  • Fiction—Genre/Type, Structure, Elements, and Modes
  • History of Drama—Greek/Roman Plays, Medieval Drama, and Elizabethan Drama
  • History of Novels—Oral Tradition, Novel Prototypes, and Early Novels
  • History of Short Stories
  • Poetry—Genre/Type, Structure, Elements, and Literary Devices

Speaking and Listening

  • Listening Skills—Elements, Common Errors, and Strategies
  • Oral Reading
  • Speaking Skills—Elements, Purpose, Organization, and Delivery

Spelling

  • Mnemonics
  • Nouns—Plural and Possessive

Vocabulary Building

  • Dictionary Skills
  • Etymology
  • Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
  • Word Relationships

Special Topics

  • The Bible as Literature
  • Origin/Development of Language
  • Research Skills—Internet, Library, and Reference Materials
  • Visual Media—Charts, Graphs, and Tables

Additional Resources

In addition to the default course program, English I includes extra alternate projects and tests for use in enhancing instruction or addressing individual needs.

Literature List

The following are literary works students will encounter in English I:

Drama
  • Gibson, William. The Miracle Worker
  • Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet (excerpt)
Fiction
  • Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “Young Goodman Brown” (excerpt)
  • Henry, O. “The Gift of the Magi”
  • Stuart, Jesse. “The Slip-Over Sweater”
  • Verne, Jules. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Poetry
  • Frost, Robert.
    • “Good Hours”
    • “The Road Not Taken”

Required Resources

Some assignments in this course require the use of resources that must be acquired separately. These outside resources are listed below by assignment.

 

Unit Assignment Resource
8 Essay: Parable
  • New Testament Bible
8 Required Unit Reading
  • The Miracle Worker, by William Gibson. Scribner. ISBN: 9781416590842 
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