Curriculum
Objectives

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Assessment

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Curriculum Objectives

Senior English often includes the study of British literature.  Students may examine the mythology of the British Isles, especially the Legend of King Arthur.  Relating the story of Arthur directly to the students' lives focuses on Arthur's pursuit of the good life for himself and his people.  Seniors are ready to finish high school and go on to pursue their own version of the good life, acquiring further education and beginning a career.  Like Arthur, they need to find out who they are and match their dreams with their abilities.  Common themes appear in popular culture, especially film.  Using the films Excalibur and Erin Brockovich ties themes and archetypes from classic literature to popular contemporary culture familiar to the students.

Reading:

• Verify and clarify facts presented in several types of expository texts by using a variety of consumer, workplace, public, and historical documents (12.2.3)
• Analyze an author's implicit and explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject (12.2.5)
• Evaluate the way in which the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on life, using textual evidence to support the claim (12.3.2)
• Evaluate the way in which authors have used archetypes drawn from myths and tradition in literature, film, political speeches, and religious writings (12.3.6)

Writing:

• Engage in conversations with peers and the teacher to plan writing and to evaluate how well writing achieves its purpose (12.4.1)
• Structure ideas and arguments in a sustained and persuasive way and support them with precise and relevant examples (12.4.4)
• Develop presentations by using clear research questions and creative and critical research strategies, such as field studies, oral histories, interviews, experiments, and Internet sources (12.4.7)
• Use systematic strategies to organize and record information (12.4.8)
• Use technology for all aspects of creating, revising, editing, and publishing (12.4.9)
• Accumulate, review, and evaluate written work to determine its strength and weaknesses and to set goals as a writer (12.4.10)
• Revise, edit, and proofread one's own writing, as well as that of others, using an editing checklist (12.4.11)
• Write reflective compositions that draw comparisons between specific incidents and broader themes that illustrate the writer's important beliefs or generalizations about life (12.5.3)
• Deliver multimedia presentations that combine text, images, and sound and draw information from many sources, including television broadcasts, videos, films, newspapers, magazines, CD-ROMs, the Internet, and electronic media-generated images (12.5.8) 
• Demonstrate control of grammar, diction, paragraph and sentence structure, and an understanding of English usage (12.6.1)
• Produce writing that shows accurate spelling and correct punctuation and capitalization (12.6.2)

Listening and Speaking:

• Evaluate when to use different kinds of effects (including visuals, music, sound, and graphics) to create effective productions (12.7.8)
• Analyze strategies used by the media to inform, persuade, entertain, and transmit culture (12.7.9)
• Interpret and evaluate the various ways in which events are presented and information is communicated by visual image makers (12.7.11)
• Deliver multimedia presentations that combine text, images, and sound and draw information from many sources, including television broadcasts, videos, films, newspapers, magazines, CD-ROMs, the Internet, and electronic media-generated images (12.7.19)

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