MELBA SCHOOL DISTRICT #136
MELBA HIGH SCHOOL
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Subject Area: English
Course Title: Writing
and Literature
Course Length: Year
Grade Level: 10
Major Concepts:
The student will be able to write a purpose-driven five
paragraph essay in all of the modes of writing.
The student will be able to read, understand, and discuss (orally or
written) traditional sophomore literature.
Content:
The content shall include but is not limited to the
following:
Intended Outcomes:
After successfully
completing this course, the student will be able to:
- Write descriptive and personal narrative
essays
- Write essays analyzing reading:
comparison/contrast, persuasion, theme, and character
- Demonstrate proper grammar usage by
applying such knowledge to real-world writing contexts
- Identify the eight parts of speech and
their positions within a sentence
- Parse a sentence
- Know when and how to use the six basic
tenses and how to form them
- Identify the progressive tenses
- Avoid the passive voice
- Understand mood of verbs
- Describe and compare or contrast the
tragic hero and the hero of tradition
- Use evidence from the text to explicate
theme
- Relate literature to real life
- Read, describe and understand a variety
of genres
- Compare/contrast characters and/or
events from reading selections
Grading:
Students will be graded on the following criteria:
- Basic
proficiency at writing essays and other purpose-driven writing forms
- Quizzes
and tests measuring knowledge of a skill, concept, or plot
- Daily
journal as a means of developing writing fluency.
- Semester
writing portfolio accompanied by a reflective essay