Interpreting Literature

• Interpretations with American Drama
• Interpretations with Shakespearean Drama
• Using Context Clues to Make Meaning
• Denotations and Connotations
• 19th Century Foundations of American Literature

Informative Writing

• Citing Textual Evidence
• Sequence of Events and Central Ideas
• Analyzing Effectiveness
• Integrating and Evaluating Sources
• Thesis Statements
• Creating an Outline
• Developing Body Paragraphs
• Writing an Effective Conclusion

Narrative Writing

• Making Inferences
• Determining Themes
• Analyzing Author’s Choice
• Establishing Narration
• Writing Narrative Introductions
• Writing Narrative Body Paragraphs
• Revising the Narrative Essay
• Narrative Essay Draft

Understanding Poetry

• Hyphenation and Syntax
• Reading Poetry
• The Art of Language
• Understanding 20th Century Poetry
• Analyzing 20th Century Poetry

Analyzing History

• Analyzing Language
• Evaluating a Speech
• Evaluate Reasoning
• Analyzing Purpose
• Evaluating Rhetoric
• Gathering Information
• Integrating Information

Argument Writing

• Evaluating a Speaker
• Establishing Argument Writing
• Developing a Claim
• Introductions in Argument Writing
• Writing an Argument
• Conclusions in Argument Writing
• Revising Arguments
• Presenting an Argument