English IV

Build your analytical and critical thinking skills through close readings of a variety of literature and informational texts. Master the writing process with relevant, real-world research activities, and integrate your findings in the completion of argumentative and informational essays. This interactive course presents multiple opportunities to apply your learning in creative and expressive ways.

Major Concepts:

Forces of Nature

• Beowulf Motifs: Hero and Monster
• Beowulf Analysis: Hero vs. Monster
• Concept Synthesis: Exploring the Hero
• Symbols of Kings: Establishing Context
• Macbeth: Language and Themes
• Macbeth: Character Development and Disintegration
• Macbeth: Plot Analysis
• Macbeth: The Power of Words
• Macbeth: Observation, Interpretation, and Critique
• The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword
• Beginning Your Narrative
• Writing Your Narrative
• Publishing Your Narrative

 Carousel of Progress

• Words Make a Nation
• Sticking to the Facts
• Selecting and Discussing Your Topic
• Fact Finding
• Process of Selection
• Prepping Your Sources
• Outlining the Facts
• Tools for Informative/Explanatory
• Writing Writing Your Informative/Explanatory Article
• Publish Your Article

Expressions 

• Poetry Handbook : Structure, Imagery, Mood, Tone and Figurative Language
• Analyzing Poetry
• Poetry Slam
• Archetypes: Familiar Expressions
• Finding a Voice
• No Love Lost
• Defying Archetypes

Proof or Satire

• Defining and Evaluating an Argument
• The Anatomy of an Argument
• Reading an Argument
• Analyzing an Argument
• Preparing, Outlining, Drafting, and Publishing Your Argument
• Understanding Satire
• Satire: Manipulating Meaning

Honors:

An Empire Divided

• Analyzing Pride in Poetry
• Life in the Land of Hope and Glory
• The Empire: Kipling’s Characters and Places
• Kipling: Development of Themes
• Kipling: Analysis and Comparison
• Explaining Kipling’s Message

Fall of the Empire

• Questioning Orwell’s Text
• Decoding Themes
• Diction of Non-Cooperation
• Grabbing Headlines
• Conclusions in Ireland
• Letter of Peace