High School English III
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Pricing Tier
1 - Premium
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Number of Credits
1.0
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Estimated Completion Time
32-36 weeks
Suggested Prerequisites
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Delve deep into literary texts to uncover how literary elements enhance and add layers of meaning to an author's message. By exploring and evaluating the unique styles of a diverse selection of writers and works, you'll develop the skills needed to write literary analyses that inform an audience and defend an author's stylistic choices. Using essential reading skills, you'll tackle rigorous texts and evaluate the rhetoric and diction in selections that span from the Classical Period to the Contemporary Period. With a focus on publishing quality writing and presentations, you will gain the necessary skills that will be beneficial in college and the workplace.Module One: I Like Your Style
-Determining a word or phrase’s meaning using context clues
-Evaluating key elements in a literary text
-Evaluate authors’ styles
-Integrate academic vocabulary into speaking and writing
-Analyzing figurative language
-Analyzing how juxtaposition defines characters’ perspectives
-Identifying figurative language devices
-Planning and outlining a literary analysis essay
-Developing strong thesis statements
-Writing a literary analysis essay
-Identifying and correcting informal language in an academic essay
-Utilizing the appropriate tone and voice for an intended audience
-Incorporating appropriate transitions in writing
-Incorporating MLA formatting
-Elaborating on evidence in an essay
-Revising and editing an essay
-Publishing and sharing a completed essay
-Analyzing, evaluating, and explaining what makes an author’s style unique
-Varying writing style for syntax and effect
Module Two: Learning From Literature
-Identifying literary elements
-Reading a Shakespearean tragedy
-Paraphrasing content
-Comparing the development of two speeches on the same topic
-Evaluating the effectiveness of claims in a speech
-Tracking and analyzing how universal themes are developed in a literary text
-Identifying and explaining the use of allegories
-Analyzing how a universal theme is developed
-Writing an allegorical tale that conveys a universal theme
Module Three: Arguing About Literature
-Developing a claim
-Identifying and incorporating evidence to support a claim
-Writing an argumentative literary analysis
-Using knowledge of usage skills to create flow in writing
-Utilizing the appropriate tone and voice for an intended audience
-Incorporating appropriate transitions in writing
-Incorporating MLA formatting
-Creating a Works Cited Page
-Evaluating how an author establishes and builds characterization
-Creating a digital presentation
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