Choose any door, and the person inside will let you in.  Dozens of authors will invite you in to experience their works of fiction, nonfiction, drama and poetry.  After that, it’s up to you.  What you think about their ideas and the ways in which they present them is what will matter.

In this course you will be asked to choose the literature that interests you, analyze the subject matter as it is presented, and persuasively express your own ideas.  Every genre of literature has its own conventions for expressing emotions, perceptions, information and biases.  You will develop the tools to critically analyze what is being said, and share your insights with others.

As high school seniors, what you choose and what you say becomes very important.  The purpose of this course is to provide you with doors to open, ideas to experience, and opportunities to effectively express what you think.

Access the site link below to view the PDF of the course description from the Florida Course Code directory.

http://data.fldoe.org/crsCode/912/Language%20Arts/English/pdf/1001400.pdf

Segment 1

• Choosing Your Path: Knowing what you want, knowing your strengths
• Timeline: College Application Process
• Evaluating Colleges
• Career Interest Inventory: Knowing what you want
• Career Skills and Abilities: Knowing your strengths
• The Military
• How to make Quality Decisions
• Creating Flow Charts, Goal Setting
• Research Skills
  College Comparisons
  College Rankings
  Financial Aid and Scholarships
• Senior Project College: Composition
  Personal Profile
  College Essay
• Senior Project Career: Research Skills
  Job Market
  Community Colleges and Vocational Training
• Senior Project Career: Composition
  Summary Paragraph
  Resume
  Cover Letter
• Senior Project Career: Job Interview Skills
• Senior Project Military: Research Skills
  Military Placement Exams
  Enlistment vs. Officer Training
  College Opportunities
  Career Paths
• Senior Project Military: Composition
  Paragraph
  List of Questions
• Composition: Self Reflection/ Personal Essay
• Students complete a diagnostic test through the Get a Clue program.
• Students create a vocabulary list of terms they choose and create original sentences
• Students continue the Get a Clue program based on the suggested level from the diagnostic test.
• Students discuss a word of their choice.
• Non-fiction
• 5 levels of characterization, plot, conflict, complication, resolution
• MLA research paper
• Vocabulary
• Major thematic elements of non-fiction novel.
• Examining the Dramatic Structure of the Five Act Play
• Elements of Drama
• Examining the tragic hero: Hamlet
• Contrasting Film Adaptations of Shakespeare’s Hamlet  with the Shakespeare’s
• Methods of Decoding Shakespearean Language
• Responding to drama through:  Newswriting, Original Art, Creative Writing, 
• Making Connections to drama:  Art, Soundtracks, and Poetry
• Examining the Comedy of Manners
• Purpose of Satire
• Writing About Satire
• Examining Satire and Techniques of Humor
• Responding to drama through: Original Art, Creative Writing, and Critical Review
• Vocabulary Concepts
• Writing Original Sentences

Segment 2

• Poetry
  Narrative poem
  Epic
  Lyric poem
  Sonnet
  Ode
  Free verse lyric
  Elegiac lyric
  Dramatic poetry
  Dramatic monologue
  Soliloquy
  Stanza
  Couplet
  Quatrain
  Octave
  Alliteration
  Metaphor
  Simile
  Hyperbole
  Personification
  Paradox
  Irony
  Inversion
  Carpe diem
  Pastoral
  Allusion
  Romantic poets
  Dialect
  Mood
  Imagery
  Theme
  Understatement
  Text references
  Rhyme
  Rhythm/meter
• Honors – poetry terms and concepts:
  Metaphysical poetry
  Thesis
  Sound patterns related to structure and aesthetic unity
  Rhetorical devices
  Sentence variety
  Transitional elements
  Diction
  Syntax
  Symbol
  Relationship between speaker and addressee in poetry
  Dramatic structure
  Imagery
  Tone
• Beowulf – the epic, oral tradition literature
• Honors:  Metaphysical Poetry
• Cavalier Poets
• Romantic Poets
• A Woman’s Point of View
• Poetry of War 
• Creation of Poetry Project - student selection of 5 - 7 poems, personal response and identification of poetic devices
• Composition:  personal response, literary analysis, informational writing, paraphrasing,  character mapping.
• Completion of online vocabulary lesson; personal word list and original sentences from a variety of sources.
• Science fiction
• Novel elements
• Primary character web: overview of protagonist
• Plot chart:  major elements from text
• Vocabulary

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, FLVS guides students to reflect on their learning and to evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, peer review, projects, research papers, essays, oral assessments, and discussions. Instructors evaluate progress and provide interventions through the variety of assessments built into a course, as well as through contact with the student in other venues.