English 10B

Course Description: This course affords students opportunities to read, analyze, and respond thoughtfully to written text as they explore three of four forms of literature: drama, poetry, and selections from a variety of expository prose genres including newspaper articles, feature stories and editorials, brochures, pamphlets and instructional guides, persuasive speeches, and research papers.

All units provide instruction and guided practice for students in how to recognize and cite evidence from written text to support their analysis of the writer's (1) intended theme and/or intent or purpose of a text; (2) use of convincing evidence and appropriate/adequate elaboration to support main points and/or reasons; (3) selection of stylistic devices to enhance meaning or emotion including language and usage choices, figures of speech, and syntactic construction; and (4) employment of literary techniques including irony, satire, symbolism, and allusions.

Through discussion groups students are invited to explore with peers the historical implications of a text, as well as to synthesize personal/past experience and related knowledge to the written text.

Course Contents:
Students will learn about:

• Unit 1: Literature: Drama
• Lesson 1: Introduction to Drama
• Lesson 2: Background to Julius Caesar
• Lesson 3: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
• Lesson 4: Archetypes and Themes
• Unit 2: Literature: Poetry
• Lesson 1: Introduction to Poetry
• Lesson 2: Poetic Terms
• Lesson 3: Poetic Forms
• Lesson 4: Symbolic Meaning in Poetry
• Unit 3: Literature: Expository Prose
• Lesson 1: Introduction to Expository Prose
• Lesson 2: Newspaper Articles, Features, Editorials
• Lesson 3: Brochures, Pamphlets, Instructional Guides
• Unit 4: Expository Prose: The Persuasive Speech
• Lesson 1: Introduction to Speeches
• Lesson 2: John F. Kennedy's Berlin Speech
• Lesson 3: Writing a Persuasive Speech
• Lesson 4: Presenting a Persuasive Speech
• Unit 5: Expository Prose: The Research Paper
• Lesson 1: Organization
• Lesson 2: Assembly

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