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English I
Essential Outcomes
Fairview High School

English I A

Literature/Logic

• Define and identify the major types of conflict (e.g. man vs. man, man vs. self).

• Identify and analyze basic elements of plot.

• Define and identify the three types of point of view.

• Differentiate among situational and verbal irony.

• Identify and analyze the antagonist and protagonist in a short story.

• Define and identify various literary terms.

• Define elements of poetry, alliteration, simile, metaphor, allusion, onomatopoeia, and personification.

• Identify and analyze how the author reveals character.

• Comprehend and discuss the Odyssey.

Language

• Demonstrate an understanding of the eight parts of speech.

• Practice the various ways to combine sentences.

• Correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences.

Writing

• Identify and compose writing activities to generate and organize ideas.

• Compose an autobiographical narrative essay.

• Compose an original poem.

Communication

• Deliver effective oral recitation of a poem.

Work Skills

• Turn in assignments on time.

• Bring materials to class on time.

• Participation in group work.

English I B

Literature and Logic

• Read and comprehend Romeo and Juliet.

• Analyze the text for fact and opinion, cause and effect, inferences, evidence, and conclusion.

• Select persuasive devices used in written and oral communication.

• Draw an inference from a non-print medium.

• Choose a visual image that best represents a viewpoint.

• Identify the elements of drama.

• Identify classical, historical, and literary allusions in a text.

• Determine the significance/meaning of a symbol in poetry or prose.

• Identify and analyze standard literary elements.

• Differentiate between mood and tone in a poem.

• Identify the stated or implied theme in a variety of literary passages.

Language

• Identify compound and complex sentences.

• Use strategies to determine and clarify word meaning.

• Recognize and use words in frequently confused pairs.

• Distinguish between a summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation.

• Recognize the correct placement of end marks with quotation marks.

• Recognize the correct usage of quotation marks in direct and indirect quotations.

Writing

• Write journal entries from a designated prompt.

• Choose the transitional device that appropriately connects sentences or paragraphs within a writing sample.

• Write responses to literature.

• Write one five paragraph persuasive essay focusing on writing from prompt.

Communication

• Discuss impressions and conclusions of short stories, poems, essays, and plays.

• Speak among peers regarding these impressions and conclusions and be able to deliver group findings to class.

• Take an active part in the reading of the play Romeo and Juliet.

• Make presentations using oral and written media.

• Employ effective presentation skills, including good eye contact, careful enunciation, appropriate rate and volume, and relaxed body language.

Work Skills

• Continue to bring materials to class.

• Continue to be on time for class.

• Continue to keep planner filled out daily.

• Continue to do daily assignments.

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