ENGLISH 4 - COURSE OUTLINE 2014-2015
Texts: Elements of Literature, Sixth Course
Grammar and Composition Sixth Course
Holt Vocabulary Workshop
Selected novels from the Core and Supplemental Reading Lists
FALL SEMESTER
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Vocabulary
 Selected Vocabulary from Literature
Grammar
 Review Parts of Speech, Sentence Structure, Diction
 Preparation and Practice taking SAT/ACT grammar-based questions and junior college
placement tests
 Review Usage and Mechanics
Writing
 Narrative Essay – Personal Narrative, College Application Essay
 Business Writing - Cover Letter & Resume
 Expository Essays – Literary topics
 ERWC Unit - What's Next? Life after High School
 Senior Project Paper – appropriate research technique and MLA documentation
Literature – Literary Archetypes and Literary Criticism
Thematic Emphasis: What do our stories tell us about ourselves and our culture?
 Drama: Macbeth
 Novels: And Then There Were None, and selected non-fiction texts for independent reading
Oral Presentations
SPRING SEMESTER
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Vocabulary
 Selected Vocabulary from Literature
Grammar
 Style and Editing techniques as pertaining to writing
Writing
 Timed Writings/In-class essay tests
 Expository – literary response
 ERWC Units - To Clone or Not to Clone, Brave New World, Bring a Text You Like to Class
 Business letters, resume and technical documents
Literature – Thematic Emphasis: What do our stories tell us about ourselves and our culture?
 Social Issues: Selected Grisham or Crighton novels
 Personal Relationships: The Natural
 Satire: Brave New World or Catcher in the Rye, The Taming of the Shrew or Hamlet