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English 3 Semester 1
Course Cost: $260.00
Credit: .5Course Materials:
No textbook required. However, students will need the paperback book listed below.
1. A Piece of My Heart; ISBN 0-89141-617-X
Course Description:
The first semester of English III offers students a wide sampling of American voices from every major time period in America’s history. Through reading historical documents, political pamphlets, almanac entries, letters, journal and diary entries, speeches, poetry, songs, short fiction, drama, novels, and expository pieces, students will explore three units: Voices of War, Voices of Confinement, and Voices of Purpose. In each unit, students will be provided opportunities to demonstrate skills related to research, writing for various purposes and audiences, critical reading strategies, responding to literature, the writing process, and revising and editing.English 3 Core Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to
--Comprehend selections using a variety of strategies.
--Analyze text structures such as compare/contrast, cause/effect, chronological order.
--Draw inferences, conclusions and generalizations and support them with text evidence and experience.
--Interpret the possible influences of history on literary texts.
--Compare and contrast aspects of text such as themes, conflicts, allusions, and author’s purpose both within and across texts.
--Read critically to evaluate texts and authority of sources.
--Read for a variety of purposes.
--Expand vocabulary through reading and writing.
--Write in appropriate voice for specific audiences and purposes.
--Write in a variety of forms using recursive writing processes.
--Locate, compile, and cite information from primary and secondary sources.
--Demonstrate control over grammatical elements by producing increasingly complex sentences free from errors.
--Understand, interpret, and analyze visual representationsCourse Activities:
Research activities, writing assignments for specific purposes, vocabulary activities, self-checks, journals, quizzes over the readings (including multiple-choice and short answer), TAKS-style short answer responses, revising and editing practices.
