ENGLISH 9, PART 2

In this course, students gain a comprehension of the following:

• How to analyze author’s purpose using the following literary lenses: political, philosophical, religious, and historical.
• To evaluate author’s choices, purposes, claims, and symbolic meanings.
• How to identify theme, plot, conflict, and character relationships in an allegory and coming-of-age prose work.
• Discriminate and justify a position using lines of reasoning and argument.
• Effectively use content-specific language, style, tone, and text structure to compose or adapt writing for different purposes and audiences.
• Demonstrate comprehension of a variety of informational and persuasive texts.
• Evaluate explicit and implicit viewpoints, values, attitudes, and assumptions concealed in speech.
• Identify quality primary, secondary, and tertiary sources for academic research on a debatable topic.
• Cite strong textual evidence to support a claim or an argument.
• Determine and summarize a central idea or claim for a topic and its line of reasoning that is developed in its claim or argument.
• Implement the writing process successfully to plan, revise, and edit written work.
• Master the techniques of persuasive writing and Lincoln-Douglas debate formats and strategies.
• Demonstrate the use of strategies, research techniques, and persistence when engaging with difficult texts or examining complex problems or issues.