English Language Arts 4

Semester 1:

• Reading Comprehension/Expository & Narrative Writing and Presentations

Honors:

• Analyzing the impact that perspective has on the audience’s perception of good and evil
• Crafting a narrative outline from a secondary character’s perspective
• Evaluating a text for its use of figurative language
• Identifying the central idea of a text
• Evaluating presentations for effectiveness
• Revising and editing a presentation
• Explaining how historic influences impact authors and their works
• Assessing a narrative for historical influences

Semester Two:

• Poetry Analysis/Oration and Persuasion and Argumentative Writing

Honors:

• Creating a poem that’s influenced by modern events
• Considering counterarguments and crafting a response