English 10 B Self-Paced
Syllabus
Course Essential Questions
- How does literature from around the world show universal ideas and themes across cultures and regions?
- How does literature from around the world influence us to make individual choices to promote positive change in society?
- How do we effectively analyze a variety of complex texts?
- How do we use language and conventions to write or communicate effectively?
Course Learning Objectives
- Determine the central idea or theme of a text and analyze its development.
- Determine the meaning of words and language through tone, context, connotation, and figurative language.
- Analyze and explain the impact of an author's choices and purpose on the overall text.
- Evaluate and analyze an author's choices in language, structure, style, or content.
- Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analyses, ideas, and arguments.
- Develop clear and coherent writing in a variety of text types.
- Develop an understanding and control of vocabulary and standard English conventions.
Unit 1: Global Issues Research (Topics 1-3)
Unit Description
Students will learn the skills they need to write an effective research paper and deliver an effective presentation. They will research a specific global conflict that has taken place in more recent years.
Unit Level Essential Questions
- What can we learn about the world by studying recent conflicts?
- How do we synthesize information from multiple sources to prove a thesis statement?
- How do we effectively write about and present our research?
Topic 1 Learning Objectives
- Determine what elements are needed for a source to be useful and credible in research
- Evaluate sources for credibility
- Identify and correctly use commonly misused grammar conventions
- Determine what information from sources is important
Topic 2 Learning Objectives
- Write a coherent outline and essay supported by research
- Develop an understanding of how to use transitions effectively
- Synthesize the information from your research to support your thesis
Topic 3 Learning Objectives
- Discuss how understanding the world around us can promote positive change
- Utilize technology to develop and deliver an effective presentation based on research
- Write and revise a coherent essay supported by research
Unit 2: Africa (Topics 4-8)
Unit Description
In this unit, students will focus on literature that originated from Africa. They will focus on a memoir about a boy soldier and his life during the Sierra Leone civil war.
Unit Level Essential Questions
- What can we learn about the culture and humanity as a whole through this memoir?
- What strategies can we use to effectively read and analyze a nonfiction text?
- How do literary devices and other elements enhance the meaning of a nonfiction text?
Topic 4 Learning Objectives
- Understand the cause and effects of the civil war in Sierra Leone
- Evaluate a writer's reasoning, evidence, and rhetoric
- Utilize common punctuation marks correctly
Topic 5 Learning Objectives
- Understand elements of a memoir and how to effectively read a memoir
- Recognize and trace the development or characters and themes in the memoir
- Recognize and utilize parallel structure.
Topic 6 Learning Objectives
- Recognize and trace the development or characters and themes in the memoir
- Identify and analyze the development of the narrative and its impact on the memoir.
- Identify patterns or parts of speech that change the meaning of a word
Topic 7 Learning Objectives
- Analyze what Beah is communicating about his culture and humanity as a whole
- Analyze the author's style and devices that are used to progress the narrative
- Analyze the impact of the people Beah encountered.
Topic 8 Learning Objectives
- Analyze how the themes that reflect culture or humanity are developed throughout the memoir
- Analyze how Beah utilizes language to develop his story
- Identify and use different versions of the same word
- Draw connections between the memoir's themes and messages to our world today.
- Develop a thesis and provide evidence to support it.
- Analyze Beah's purpose in writing this memoir
Unit 3: Asia and Americas (Topics 9-10)
Unit Description
Students will go more in-depth in studying poetry using the TPCASTT method. They will study poetry that originates from Asia or the Americas.
Unit Level Essential Questions
- How do we use TPCASTT to analyze or create poetry?
- How does a poem's structure enhance its meaning?
- What does poetry teach us about a region's culture?
Topic 9 Learning Objectives
- Analyze poetry effectively using the TPCASTT method
- Analyze how structure and language can enhance the meaning of a poem
- Determine how to use commonly confused or misspelled words
Topic 10 Learning Objectives
- Analyze poetry effectively using the TPCASTT method
- Analyze how structure and language can enhance the meaning of a poem
- Draw connections between a poem's theme and its country's culture
- Create original poems that use poetic elements
Unit 4: End-of-Course Assignments (Topic 11)
Unit Description
Students will review the different genres and strategies they have learned about throughout the course.
Unit Level Essential Questions
- How do we effectively read and analyze texts from around the world?
- What strategies do we use to read and write about texts?
- How do we continue to improve my use of vocabulary and English conventions?
Topic 11 Learning Objectives
- Read and analyze nonfiction texts
- Read and analyze fiction texts
- Read and analyze poetry
- Utilize annotation and writing strategies
- Utilize reading and writing strategies to understand the deeper meaning of a text
- Analyze and compare different genres of similar themes or subjects
- Demonstrate mastery of the English 10 course