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Course Description: The major purpose of this course is for students (including English learners and students with disabilities) to analyze increasingly sophisticated literary and informational texts to produce clear and coherent writing as they transition from middle to high school. In the grade nine English Language Arts course, students must be able to independently and proficiently read texts from a variety of genres, including both informational and literary texts. To build such proficiency, students must engage in critical close reading of sufficiently complex grade-level texts. As in all grades, reading, writing, and speaking and listening are reciprocal skills. “Reading development does not take place in isolation; instead, a child develops simultaneously as reader, listener, speaker, and writer....integrating reading and writing has multiple benefits for development of literacy” (National Writing Project & Carl Nagin, 2006, pg. 33). Therefore, students must have frequent exposure to a variety of writing tasks, including formal and informal, on-demand and extended, and informational, argumentative, and narrative. For more discussion on reading and writing instruction,

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Course Description The major purpose of this course is to emphasize analyzing literature in greater depth, analyzing expository text, and producing more complex writing assignments. Students will continue to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier grades with more refinement, depth, and sophistication with grade-appropriate material. The California Reading/Language Arts Framework states that students in the tenth grade are expected to read one and one-half million words of annually on their own, including a good representation of classic and contemporary literature, magazines, newspapers, and online articles. Students will apply and refine their command of the writing process and writing conventions to produce narrative, persuasive, expository, and descriptive texts of at least 1,500 words each. English 10AB is organized into three standards-based instructional components that focus on persuasion, exposition, and literary analysis, integrating skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. During the persuasion instructional component, students will read persuasive texts, with a focus on the credibility of an author’s argument, the relationship between generalizations and evidence, the comprehensiveness of evidence, the way in which the author’s intent affects the structure and tone of the text, and extend ideas through original analysis, evaluation, and elaboration. Students will generate relevant questions about readings on issues and engage in research. Students will also write persuasive essays and deliver persuasive presentations. In the exposition instructional component, students will read expository texts and use what they have learned to establish a controlling impression or coherent thesis that conveys a clear and distinctive perspective on a subject and maintain a consistent tone and focus throughout a piece of writing. They will use primary and secondary sources accurately, distinguish between information and the significance of the data, be aware of audience, anticipate misunderstandings, and use subject-specific terms accurately. During the literary analysis component, students will read literary texts (e.g., short stories, poetry, and longer works, including novels), recognize and understand the significance of various literary devices, including figurative language, imagery, allegory, and symbolism, and explain their appeal. Students will also explain how voice, persona, and the choice of a narrator affect characterization and the tone, plot, and credibility of a text. Students will write responses to literature and deliver oral responses to literature. English 10AB meets the basic tenth-grade English requirement for graduation and fulfills the B requirement of the UC/CSU Subject Area Requirements.no description available

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Course Description: The major purpose of this course is to analyze literature and expository texts in greater depth and to produce more complex writing assignments. Students will continue to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier grades with more refinement, depth, and sophistication with grade-appropriate material. Students in the tenth grade are expected to read one and one-half million words annually on their own, including classic and contemporary literature, newspapers, and online articles. Students will apply and refine their command of the writing process and writing conventions to produce narrative, persuasive, expository, and descriptive texts of at least 1,500 words.

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Course Description: American Literature and Composition is a semester-long reading and writing course that includes standards-based instruction centered on recurrent themes and genres in United States literature from the colonial period to the present and reflects on the diversity of American life. Students read and respond to historically or culturally significant works of literature that reflect and enhance their studies of history and social science. The philosophical approach is the focus for the eleventh grade, as students analyze the philosophical arguments presented in literary works to determine whether the authors’ positions have contributed to the quality of each work and the credibility of characters. As a means of developing the critical thinking and communication skills necessary for the demands of college and work, students will engage in discussion to prepare oral and written arguments that provide all relevant perspectives and consider the validity and reliability of sources.