Literature Focus: Short story, essays, poetry, drama (The Miracle Worker), Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and a novel of the student's choice.
Literary Elements: theme, character, setting, plot, motivation, conflict, climax, resolution, foreshadowing, suspense, irony, paradox, diction, mood, point of view, voice, images, allusion, flashbacks, literal vs. implied meaning, symbolism, turning point, figures of speech, foil.
Composition Focus: Short narrative, character analysis, persuasive essay and short story analysis, comparison essay, interpretive essay (novel of student's choice).
Language Skills: modifiers, verb usage, punctuation, adverb clauses, coordinating conjunctions, metaphor, simile, diction, dialect, paraphrasing, transitions.
Writing Process: plan, draft, revise, edit, proof, and publish.
Speaking: ideas and content, organization, language, delivery of a persuasive speech.
8 assignments, 2 exams
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