High School English III
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License Model
FlexPoint or School/District Hosted
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Number of Credits
1.0
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Estimated Completion Time
32-36 weeks
Suggested Prerequisites
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Delve deep into literary texts to uncover how literary elements enhance and add layers of meaning to an author's message. By exploring and evaluating the unique styles of a diverse selection of writers and works, you'll develop the skills needed to write literary analyses that inform an audience and defend an author's stylistic choices. Using essential reading skills, you'll tackle rigorous texts and evaluate the rhetoric and diction in selections that span from the Classical Period to the Contemporary Period. With a focus on publishing quality writing and presentations, you will gain the necessary skills that will be beneficial in college and the workplace.Module One: I Like Your Style
-Determining a word or phrase’s meaning using context clues
-Evaluating key elements in a literary text
-Evaluate authors’ styles
-Integrate academic vocabulary into speaking and writing
-Analyzing figurative language
-Analyzing how juxtaposition defines characters’ perspectives
-Identifying figurative language devices
-Planning and outlining a literary analysis essay
-Developing strong thesis statements
-Writing a literary analysis essay
-Identifying and correcting informal language in an academic essay
-Utilizing the appropriate tone and voice for an intended audience
-Incorporating appropriate transitions in writing
-Incorporating MLA formatting
-Elaborating on evidence in an essay
-Revising and editing an essay
-Publishing and sharing a completed essay
-Analyzing, evaluating, and explaining what makes an author’s style unique
-Varying writing style for syntax and effect
Module Two: Learning From Literature
-Identifying literary elements
-Reading a Shakespearean tragedy
-Paraphrasing content
-Comparing the development of two speeches on the same topic
-Evaluating the effectiveness of claims in a speech
-Tracking and analyzing how universal themes are developed in a literary text
-Identifying and explaining the use of allegories
-Analyzing how a universal theme is developed
-Writing an allegorical tale that conveys a universal theme
Module Three: Arguing About Literature
-Developing a claim
-Identifying and incorporating evidence to support a claim
-Writing an argumentative literary analysis
-Using knowledge of usage skills to create flow in writing
-Utilizing the appropriate tone and voice for an intended audience
-Incorporating appropriate transitions in writing
-Incorporating MLA formatting
-Creating a Works Cited Page
-Evaluating how an author establishes and builds characterization
-Creating a digital presentation
Module Four: Affecting Change with Words
-Determining the central idea of texts
-Paraphrasing texts
-Analyzing authors’ purposes
-Comparing the development of multiple arguments on the same topic by multiple authors
-Evaluating text structures and features
-Determining the connotative and denotative meanings of words
-Applying knowledge of etymology to obtain a word or phrase’s meaning
-Evaluating an author’s use of rhetoric
-Identifying authors’ claims
-Writing an analysis of complex texts
-Comparing authors’ use of reasoning
-Compare and contrast how contemporaneous authors address related topics
-Writing an argument to support claims, using substantial evidence and reasoning
-Creating and exporting quality writing tailored to a specific audience
-Creating a digital presentation that contains multimedia elements
-Presenting information in the format of a speech
-Employing rhetorical devices in a speech
-Evaluating how key elements enhance or add layers of meaning to a literary text
-Identifying and analyzing the use of satire
-Writing a narrative that uses satirical techniques
Module Five: Reflective of the Times
-Reading and comprehending poetry
-Analyzing figurative language
-Tracking and analyzing themes in poetry
-Analyzing ways in which poetry reflects themes and issues of its time
-Conducting literary research to answer a question
-Synthesizing information from primary and secondary sources
-Evaluating how tone adds to meaning or style
-Researching responsibly
-Selecting research sources with discernment
-Identifying and correcting dangling and misplaced modifier
-Identifying the correct use of homophones
-Identifying errors in and correcting conventions
-Comparing poets’ perspectives
-Identifying the central idea of speeches and essays
-Paraphrasing complex texts
-Producing writing that is appropriate to the task, audience, and purpose
-Creating and exporting writing
Module Six: Noteworthy Narratives
-Evaluating elements of a narrative
-Analyzing how an author establishes multiple perspectives in a narrative
-Planning and writing a narrative that contains multiple character perspectives
-Incorporating narrative techniques in a narrative
-Analyzing how authors develop and reveal themes in literary texts
-Revising and editing an original narrative
-Integrating a universal theme in a narrative text
-Reflecting on writing strengths and weaknesses
-Creating and exporting writing
-Writing a narrative text that provides insight into a specific time period
-Employing narrative techniques in a narrative