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 * 1) How does literature reflect our identity, our culture and our country? [[image:http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/sites/default/files/imagecache/300x234_huge/asset/image/screen_shot_2012-12-04_at_5.39.30_pm.png width="155" height="147" align="right"]]
 * 2) How is language used to manipulate us?
 * 3) How does language influence the way we think, act, and perceive the world?
 * 4) How does the study of fiction and nonfiction texts help individuals construct their understanding of reality?
 * 5) What influences a writer to create?
 * 6) Are there universal themes in literature that are of interest to all cultures and societies?

Units Of Study Junior Honors English/ AP English Language


 * =Semester One = ||

Students will begin the course with instruction on close reading and rhetoric. Students will return to selected passages from the summer reading and practice close reading and annotation employing critical thinking skills. Immediate instruction will focus on the two summer reading texts: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris and The Butterfly Mosque by G. Willow Wilson.
 * ~ Unit 1 Americans’ View of the World: Introduction to Rhetoric (September-October) ||

1. How can annotating and close reading skills enhance my understanding of the text?  2. What is the purpose of the text?  3. What rhetoric does the author employ to achieve his purpose? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. How do images present arguments? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 5. What does the text state about Americans’ view of the world?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Essential Questions **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Skilled annotation and close reading of the text will enhance understanding of the argument presented. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. Close reading reveals the purpose of the text. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Authors use a variety of rhetorical strategies to support the argument and to reveal the purpose of a text. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. Everything is an argument including memoirs, newspaper articles, news videos and images. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 5. Americans’ view of the world is influenced by personal experiences.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Enduring Understandings **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Write blog entries on summer reading assignments. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. Complete Says/ Does analysis of images, newspaper articles related to the summer reading texts <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Take notes of key rhetorical vocabulary and apply the vocabulary in discussion of various texts <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. Closely examine and analyze the rhetoric employed in select passages from The Butterfly Mosque and Me Talk Pretty One Day. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 5. Create an image for each text reflecting a key passage of the text; present the analysis and image to the class. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">6. Read articles on the Brandeis honorary degree controversy, discuss and write response.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Activities **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Texts: The New York Times, contemporary news sources
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Unit 2 Current Events: Issues and Rhetoric of Our Day (October-December) ** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Essential Questions <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. How does the media reflect our identity, our culture and our country? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">2. How is language used to manipulate us? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">3. How does language influence how we think, act and perceive the world? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">4. How does the study of current events influence how we perceive the world? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">5. What influences an editorial? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">6. How effective is the rhetoric?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Enduring Understandings <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. The media reflects and influences the concerns, opinions and thoughts of the public. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">2. The public influences the media. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">3. Effective rhetoric influences our thinking and our perception of our world. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">4. Editorials reflect liberal and conservative views on a variety of issues.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Texts: The Crucible, "Why I Wrote The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, primary source documents from the Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archives and Transcripts (http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/home.html), “Some Miscellany Observations” (1692) Printed by William Bradford, various McCarthy era documents including letters, transcripts, speeches, images (https://www.gilderlehrman.org), current day texts associated with unjust prosecutions
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Unit 3 Unjust Prosecution: The Salem Witch Trials and The McCarthy Hearings- Understanding Argument (October-November) ** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. How do texts reflect our identity, our culture and our country? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. How is language used to manipulate us? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. How does language influence the way we think, act and perceive the world? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. How does the study of fiction and nonfiction texts influence how we perceive the world? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 5. What influences the writer to create?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Essential Questions **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. The Puritans and the Americans of the 1940’s-50’s Cold War America behave similarly when dealing with fear. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. Arthur Miller writes The Crucible to influence Americans’ thoughts and opinions on Senator Joseph McCarthy’s actions. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Individuals must take action to stop the wrongs in government, society and the world. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. Writers create fiction and nonfiction to present their argument.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Enduring Understandings **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Research primary sources from the Salem Witch Trials and Puritan New England for a presentation for the class. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. Reenact key passages from The Crucible to understand the subtleties of the text as well as the messages conveyed by Miller. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Read and analyze the argument presented in “Some Miscellany Observations”, a dialogue from 1692. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. Read, study and analyze texts from the current day to understand how Miller’s argument and message resonate with events in our world today: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Rolling Stones Cover project.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Activities **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Texts: The Butterfly Mosque, Me Talk Pretty One Day, “Stranger in the Photo” by Murry, impressive college essays from various sites
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Unit 4 Memoir-Personal Essay: Preparing for the college application process (December-January) ** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. What are the characteristics of a quality memoir or exceptional personal narrative? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. How does personal experience convey meaning? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. What makes an exceptional college essay? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. How is revision important to the writing process.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Essential Questions **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Quality personal writing has a message or a purpose that is conveyed through personal experience. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. Showing rather than telling strengthens the personal essay. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Peer conferencing, class writing workshops and student teacher conferences enrich the revision process and the final product. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. A quality piece requires multiple revisions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Enduring Understanding **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Read and analyze the “Stranger in the Photo” essay by Donald Murray. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. Bring five photos of their younger selves to class. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Write an essay on one of the photos similar to Murray’s reflection. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. Read a variety of personal essays. Choose one exceptional college essay for a blog entry analysis. Read classmates’ blog entries and the essays they chose. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 5. View and read advice from college admissions counselors to learn more about the purpose and expectations for the college essay. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 6. Write a personal essay. After peer and teacher conferencing and multiple revisions, share the essay with the entire class to receive further feedback before submitting the final draft.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Activities **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Texts: "Self Reliance", "Civil Disobedience", Walden
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Unit 5 Celebrating America- Transcendentalism (December-January) ** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. What is transcendentalism? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. How did the transcendentalists convey their ideas? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. How are the transcendentalist ideals relevant to our world today?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Essential Questions **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Transcendentalists’ texts convey the importance of the individual discovering his or her talents and ideals. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. Transcendentalists convey their beliefs through rhetorically rich texts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Transcendentalist beliefs are a part of American culture.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Enduring Understandings **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Read portions of the transcendentalists texts including Walden by Henry David Thoreau, “Self Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. Analyze the rhetoric used to present the arguments of the essays. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Work in groups to create a project that illustrates how the ideals and sentiments expressed in the essays are a part of our world today. Share these projects with classmates.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Activities **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">1. Complete says/ does and rhetorical analysis of abolitionist essays, slave narratives <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">2. After reading various essays, speeches and documents by abolitionists and slaves, write an argument essay describing the worst aspect of slavery <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">3. Closely read Beloved analyzing how the structure of the novel is used to convey the message about slavery and African Americans <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">4. Participate in class discussions, analysis of passages, reading quizzes on Beloved. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">5. Write a final synthesis essay incorporating the primary sources by slaves and abolitionists and Morrison's Beloved in which you justify your view of the worst aspect of slavery.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Activities **

=**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Semester Two **=

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Texts: Beloved, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, readings from abolitionists, slaves
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Unit 6 Injustice: American Slavery and Its Aftermath (January-February) ** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. What was life like for the slaves? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">2. How do the slaves', abolitionists' and slave owners' accounts of slavery influence how we think about slavery? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">3. What rhetoric do the slaves, abolitionists and slave owners employ to win the support of the audience? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">4. How does the study of nonfiction and fiction texts influence our understanding of slavery? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">5. What effect does slavery have on the freed slaves? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">6. How does the structure and rhetoric of the work of fiction shape the argument?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Essential Questions **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">1. The institution of slavery was horrific even under the best of circumstances. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">2. Abolitionists and the slave narratives have rich rhetoric and powerful arguments. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">3. Fictional accounts of slavery provide insight into the institution of slavery. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">4. The institution of slavery haunts future generations. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">5. By studying multiple texts from a variety of perspectives, a student gains a deeper understanding of the situation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">[[image:http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/images/outrage.jpg width="320" height="241" align="left"]]Enduring Understandings **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">1. Complete says/ does and rhetorical analysis of abolitionist essays, slave narratives <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">2. After reading various essays, speeches and documents by abolitionists and slaves, write an argument essay describing the worst aspect of slavery <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">3. Closely read Beloved analyzing how the structure of the novel is used to convey the message about slavery and African Americans <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">4. Participate in class discussions, analysis of passages, reading quizzes on Beloved. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">5. Write a final synthesis essay incorporating the primary sources by slaves and abolitionists and Morrison's Beloved in which you justify your view of the worst aspect of slavery.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Activities **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Texts: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Randolph Bourne “The Handicapped”, Nancy Mairs “Disability”, Harriet Johnson “Unspeakable Conversations”, Andre Dubos “Why the Able Bodied Still Don't Get It”, Mathew Soyster “Living Under Circe’s Spell”, video on Team Hoyt
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Unit 7 Ethical Dilemmas (February-April) ** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. How is language used to manipulate us? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. How does language influence the way we think, act, and perceive the world? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. How does the study of fiction and nonfiction texts help individuals construct their understanding of reality? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. What is beauty? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 5. What ethical dilemmas does science create? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 6. What can the government do to help the poor?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Essential Questions **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Fiction and nonfiction texts influence our thoughts and views. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. Rhetoric and well-constructed arguments influence how we perceive the world. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. Scientific advances create difficult ethical dilemmas. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 5. Poverty presents ethical dilemmas.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Enduring Understanding **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. After students read and discuss a short story, they will read related nonfiction texts. Further discussion will follow leading to understanding of how an author can use fiction to create an argument. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. Annotate and analyze the argument presented in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Following the reading of the texts, closely examine various ethical situations presented in the text. Respond to and analyze the arguments presented. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Read, annotate and analyze essays on the physically impaired. Write a synthesis essay based upon these sources. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. Choose a medical or scientific dilemma in the news to research. Complete the research; create an advertisement that presents an argument on the issue researched. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 5. Read a number of nonfiction texts on beauty. Present an analysis of one of the essays to the class. Write a synthesis essay on beauty. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 6. Read and view 6 sources on poverty. Write a synthesis essay on poverty.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Activities **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Texts: Poetry Handouts, Poetry Websites
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.8999996185303px;">Unit 8 Poetry (April-May) ** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">1. How does poetry present an argument? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">2. What literary and rhetorical devices are employed to convey meaning through poetry <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">3. How can the recitation of a poem convey meaning?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Essential Questions **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">1. Poetry is an argument. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">2. Literary devices are similar to the rhetorical devices and strategies employed in the nonfiction texts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">3. Skilled recitation of poetry enhances the audiences’ understanding of the poem.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Enduring Understanding **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">1. Read and analyze poems by American poets. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">2. Use SOAPSTone to analyze poems. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">2. View poetry performances, readings and projects. Discuss how the readings, projects and presentations enhance understanding. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">3. With a small group of students, choose a poem to analyze, research. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">4. Create a project that will help the class understand the argument and the rhetoric employed to convey the argument of the poem. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">5. Share the poem and the project with classmates.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Activities **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Texts may include The Scarlet Letter, The Color of Water, The Namesake, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Mourning Becomes Electra, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, Into the Wild, The Kite Runner
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Unit 9 Appreciating Literature (May-June) ** ||  ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">1. How do texts reflect our identity, our culture and our country? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;"> 2. How does the study of fiction and nonfiction texts help individuals construct their understanding of reality? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;"> 3. Are there universal themes in literature that are of interest to all cultures and societies? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;"> 4. What characteristics does a text that is considered quality American Literature possess? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;"> 5. How can a group of students conduct discussions and create assignments on a book they read and study as a small group? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;"> 6. How can a group of students share the ideal qualities of a piece of literature with classmates who did not read the book?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[[image:http://fvlweb.fvlhs.org/english/honorseng/images/scarleta.gif width="162" height="204" align="right"]]Essential Questions **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Enduring Understandings** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">1. Texts reflect our identity, our culture and our country through their stories and arguments. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;"> 2. Fiction and nonfiction texts help us construct our understanding of reality. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;"> 3. The texts reflect universal themes of literature. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;"> 4. American Literature reflects the ideals of our culture and nation. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;"> 5. Small literature groups employ a variety of strategies to enhance the reading and analysis of the texts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;"> 6. Students create quality projects to share the literature with their classmates.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">1. Select an American text to read, discuss and analyze with a small group. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;"> 2. Meet with their literature group to assign reading, conduct discussions and analyze the text with the skills they acquired throughout the year. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">3. Share a project created by the group on the text studied by the group.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Activities **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Texts: College Board website, AP Central, various handouts
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">AP Practice (September-May) ** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. What is rhetoric? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. How does the speaker create his argument? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. What skills and techniques are necessary to write a successful analysis of rhetoric employed in an essay? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. What skills and techniques are necessary to write a successful argument? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 5. What skills and techniques are employed to write a successful synthesis essay? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 6. How are the AP essays scored?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Essential Questions **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Texts employ rhetorical appeals, strategies and devices to convey meaning. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">2. Understanding rhetoric employed in essays will help with the understanding of purpose and tone. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Organization, proper sentence structure, skilled use of rhetoric results in a quality argument or synthesis essay. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. Skillful integration of sources strengthens the argument presented.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Enduring Understandings **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Complete a minimum of one multiple-choice section from a past AP test each quarter. Discuss the answers and the reasons for the answers to master the multiple choice segment of the test. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. Complete says/does analysis of multiple-choice sections of the test. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Complete a minimum of two AP style essays per quarter. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. Use the AP rubrics to score AP essays. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 5. Conference with teachers and peers to understand how to achieve a successful score on AP essays and multiple-choice questions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Activities **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Texts: Power Plus Vocabulary 3, number2.com, College Board website
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. What vocabulary words do I need to know for SAT and college level reading success? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. What are the rules of grammar that will help me to be a successful writer and to score well on the SAT Writing test? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. What is the format of an SAT essay? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. How are the SAT essays scored? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 5. What strategies will help me to be successful on standardized tests?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Essential Questions **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Studying vocabulary and completing exercises using the words will improve scores and reading skills. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. Studying grammar and correcting grammar in exercises and writing will improve writing and test scores. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Completing SAT style tests will improve performance on the SAT. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4. A successful SAT essay uses a specific example from personal experience, history, literature, media to explain the point of view.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Enduring Understandings **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Complete 21 vocabulary exercises in the Power Plus vocabulary books including grammar and reading comprehension exercises. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. Write four SAT essays. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Score SAT sample essays on two of the prompts. Compare the scores to the scores assigned by the College Board to understand how to write a high scoring essay.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Activities **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Each student assignment is assigned a point value based upon the time, effort and complexity of the assignment. Dividing the total points assigned by the total points the student earned and multiplying this total by 100 compute a student’s grade.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Major Projects and Writing Assignments || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">100 pts ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">In Class Writing Assignments || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">50-80 pts ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Class Discussion || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">24-50 pts ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Reading assessments, annotations, Says/Does analysis, blog entries || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">10-30 pts ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Multiple Choice || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">10-30 pts ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Midterm and final exam || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">10% of final grade ||

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