Steeleville High School -English IV

Prerequisites: Open to all 12th grade students

Level: Senior

Credits: 1.0 - English

Additional: These courses meet the state mandated h.s. writing intensive requirement

These courses are accepted as an English credit for college admission

These courses are accepted as an English credit by the NCAA

Course Description

This course is designed to provide advanced opportunities with vocabulary building, with problem words and expressions usage, and with grammar and mechanics. In addition, students will read teacher selected fiction/nonfiction/play with class discussion and a literary analysis. Students must read a minimum of four personally selected books from various genres. This will include biography, classic, science fiction and nonfiction with an encouragement to read about the Holocaust, world wars, ethnic cleansing, the plight of women and children throughout the world and race issues. Personally selected books will conclude with the student’s presenting a book talk to the class using the form provided by the teacher. Enrichment will be offered throughout the year.

Course Objectives

To improve vocabulary with regard to commonly misused words and expression
To promote life long reading habits
To increase awareness of cultural diversity through reading
To improve ability to manipulate the grammar of the language so as to improve clarity and to develop succinct oral and written expression
To explain a reading’s theme or intent using five words or less

Course Outline

Develop ability to determine what kind of sentence, what type of sentence and what vocabulary best serves a writer’s intent
Improve reading comprehension
Learn to find the theme (s) of a work
Write literary criticisms
Develop ability to discuss a written work
Develop ability to succinctly explain in five words or less what a written work is ABOUT

This prevents a retelling of a work
Encourages in-depth comprehension

Encourage life long reading habit

Read a minimum of four books (plays, short stories, etc.) a year
Emphasis on oral Book Talk

Enrichment

Students may view related films for the purpose of discussion and/or written responses. These films may include Merlin, The Name of the Rose, Becket, the Lion in Winter, Mississippi Burning, Macbeth, Swing Kids, and other appropriate relevant titles.

Field trips may be taken to tour SIU-C’s Morris Library and/or to available presentations that relate to the material studied.

Honors English IV will follow the same curriculum but will add additional reading and writing assignments as well as include more discussion following the Socratic Seminar. College suggested reading lists will be considered so as to prepare those for university study.

Text/Teacher’s Resources

Laugh Your Way through Grammar, Joan D. Berbich

Building Proofreading Skills, Leland Graham and Isabelle McCoy

Understanding and Using Good Grammar, Genevieve, Walberg and Schaefer

McDougall Littell English Literature



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Prerequisites: Open to all 12th grade students Level: Senior Credits: 1.0 - English Additional: These courses meet the state mandated h.s. writing intensive requirement These courses are accepted as an English credit for college admission These courses are accepted as an English credit by the NCAA Course Description This course is designed to provide advanced opportunities with vocabulary building, with problem words and expressions usage, and with grammar and mechanics. In addition, students will read teacher selected fiction/nonfiction/play with class discussion and a literary analysis. Students must read a minimum of four personally selected books from various genres. This will include biography, classic, science fiction and nonfiction with an encouragement to read about the Holocaust, world wars, ethnic cleansing, the plight of women and children throughout the world and race issues. Personally selected books will conclude with the student’s presenting a book talk to the class using the form provided by the teacher. Enrichment will be offered throughout the year. Course Objectives To improve vocabulary with regard to commonly misused words and expression To promote life long reading habits To increase awareness of cultural diversity through reading To improve ability to manipulate the grammar of the language so as to improve clarity and to develop succinct oral and written expression To explain a reading’s theme or intent using five words or less Course Outline Develop ability to determine what kind of sentence, what type of sentence and what vocabulary best serves a writer’s intent Improve reading comprehension Learn to find the theme (s) of a work Write literary criticisms Develop ability to discuss a written work Develop ability to succinctly explain in five words or less what a written work is ABOUT This prevents a retelling of a work Encourages in-depth comprehension Encourage life long reading habit Read a minimum of four books (plays, short stories, etc.) a year Emphasis on oral Book Talk Enrichment Students may view related films for the purpose of discussion and/or written responses. These films may include Merlin, The Name of the Rose, Becket, the Lion in Winter, Mississippi Burning, Macbeth, Swing Kids, and other appropriate relevant titles. Field trips may be taken to tour SIU-C’s Morris Library and/or to available presentations that relate to the material studied. Honors English IV will follow the same curriculum but will add additional reading and writing assignments as well as include more discussion following the Socratic Seminar. College suggested reading lists will be considered so as to prepare those for university study. Text/Teacher’s Resources Laugh Your Way through Grammar, Joan D. Berbich Building Proofreading Skills, Leland Graham and Isabelle McCoy Understanding and Using Good Grammar, Genevieve, Walberg and Schaefer McDougall Littell English Literature