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High English 4: Florida College Prep

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In English 4: Florida College Prep, you will develop the skills you need to gain insights from what you read and to use your knowledge in creative and analytical writing. The course begins with fundamentals in reading and writing. From there, you will apply those concepts to closely read and analyze contemporary and historical informational text. The texts you read provide the background for narrative, informative/explanatory, and argument writing. The strategies you practice in this course will prepare you for the demands of reading, writing, and communicating in college and the workplace.

Follow the link below for the Department of Education description of for this course:

http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewCourse/Preview/13260

 

 

 

Segment 1

Writer’s Workshop

 

Readings

·        Close study of Virginia Woolf excerpt, Bureau of Labor and Statistics report, student-chosen research on career

 Concepts

·        Personal response essay

·        Diction

·        Figurative language

·        Syntax

·        Audience awareness

·        Purpose

·        Clarity in writing

·        Appropriate use of punctuation

·        Grammar, usage, and mechanics in writing

·        Non-standard and Standard Written English

·        Organization of writing

·        Use of personal experience in writing

·        Rhetoric

·        Logos, pathos, ethos

·        Style

Skills

·        Reading and analyzing non-fiction text

·        Revising

·        Editing

·        Researching to inform writing

·        Identifying and using nuanced diction

 

Becoming Legendary

 

Readings

·        Excerpts of pieces written by Benjamin Franklin, Judith Sargent Murray, and selected newspaper and magazine articles

Concepts

·        Tone

·        Connotation and denotation

·        Historical context

·        Thematic analysis

·        Summary

·        Character development

·        Plot analysis

·        Mood

·        Literary devices

·        Syntax

·        Thematic analysis

·        Six traits of writing

·        Narrative writing process

·        Proper use of conventions 

Skills

·        Reading and analyzing informational text

·        Identifying and understanding different perspectives

·        Summarizing

·        Planning a narrative

·        Writing a narrative

·        Writing to address multiple texts

 

 

Segment 2

 

Carousel of Progress

 

Readings

·        Preamble to the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and excerpts from various articles and court cases

Concepts

·        Interpretations of the Bill of Rights

·        Theme

·        Domain-specific language

·        Precise language

·        Transitions

·        Conventions

·        Six traits of writing

·        Informative/explanatory writing

Skills

·        Analyzing informational texts

·        Researching to support an informative/explanatory topic

·        Creating an annotated bibliography

·        Using MLA citations

·        Writing an informative/explanatory article

 

 Weighing the Issues

 

Reading

        ·        Selected political speeches, selected closing arguments from well-known court cases, selected newspaper and magazine articles

Concepts

·        Basic elements of persuasion

·        Compare and contrast

·        Argument analysis

·        Characteristics of an effective claim

·        Appeals to logic, emotion, and ethics

·        Logical fallacies

·        Research skills

·        Ethical researching and writing practices

·        Six traits of writing

·        Argument writing process

·        MLA format

·        Domain-specific language

·        Precise language

Skills

·        Analyzing arguments

·        Identifying appeals to logos, pathos, and ethos

·        Researching multiple sides of an issue

·        Stating a claim

·        Interpreting visual representations of data

·        Creating an infographic

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.  

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.

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