Goals

Mrs. Spears' 10th Grade English Language Arts =Course Goals =

The purpose of English Language Arts is to develop students’ reading, writing, communication, and critical thinking skills. Proficiency in these basic skills determine success not only in the classroom, but in the job market and larger society. All other content area subjects and electives are reliant upon these skills as well. This course contains both daily and long-range goals crafted to make the learning experience worthwhile to students. All goals are based on state and national standards.

All Students Will:
 * Read and analyze a variety of early American works, including: //The Scarlet Letter//, //The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas//, //The Good Earth//, Native American Mythology, excerpts from //Moby Dick// and the //Cantares Mexicanos//, poetry by Edgar Allen Poe, Phillis Wheatley, Stephen Crane, Emily Dickinson, Henry David Thoreau, as well as historic documents and speeches.
 * Identify and interpret literary devices and tropes, discern fallacious statements and propaganda, and author's purpose.
 * Write timed and untimed persuasive, expository, and narrative essays, demonstrating a strong thesis with supporting evidence.
 * Write research papers using proper //MLA// guidelines and a variety of research techniques.
 * Demonstrate the correct use of Standard English, commas, semicolons, pronoun-antecedent agreement, subject-verb agreement,verbals, and other grammatical forms.
 * Produce, present, and critique oral and multimedia presentations on selected topics.