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Junior EnglishThe American Dream. We hear about it in newspapers, magazines, on television and on the Internet. This concept is not only drilled deeply into the American psyche, it also is of such significance that it is the focus of this course and the underling idea of the fiction and non fiction literature that we will read. Along with analyzing various depictions of the American Dream, this class will focus on synthesizing information for a variety of sources to create a final persuasive/argumentative product of some kind. This will both preparation for life after high school -- where persuasive communication is critical, to preparation for the Smarter Balance test.
My Goal: A classroom environment that is challenging, engaging, encouraging and fun. (Pictured right: Henry David Thoreau, author of Walden and "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience." Pictured above: Walden Pond) |
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ESSAY WRITING RUBRICS: Argumentative/ Persuasive (W.11.1) / Expository (W.11.2) / Narrative (W.11.3)
OTHER WRITING RUBRICS: Paragraph Writing (W.11.4) / Short Research Projects (11.7) / Gathering Multiple Authoritative Sources (W.11.8) / Use of Text Based Evidence (W.11.9) READING RUBRICS: Cite Strong and Through Textual Evidence Rubric I or Rubric II (RL.11.1/RI.11.1) Effectiveness of Structure (RI.11.5) / Satire (RI.11.6) / Knowledge of Foundational Works of Literature (RL.11.9) / Foundational Government Documents (RI.11.9) SPEAKING AND LISTENING RUBRICS: Collaborative Discussions (SL.11.1) / Evaluate Speaker (SL.11.3) Present Information and Findings (SL.11.4) LANGUAGE AND CONVENTIONS: Grammar and Usage (L.10.1) / Conventions (L.10.2) |
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