• Expository Reading and Writing 11

    Expository Reading and Writing 11 will prepare students read and analyze non-fiction works representing the classical and modern modes of rhetorical discourse. Students will develop skills to write effective expository and persuasive compositions, and will also develop the ability to produce an effective research paper. Students will learn to use the Rhetorical Analysis Template, developed by the CSU system, for their analysis of essays and development of compositions. This will help prepare students for college level reading and writing, and for success on the Early Assessment Program portion of the California Standards Test. Also included in the curriculum are full-length works from classical and contemporary American literature, including: The Crucible, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, and Fahrenheit 451.
     
     
    Semester I Essential Standards
     
     
    Focus Genres for Composition
    • Response to Literature
    • EAP Argumentative Essay
    • Research Writing
     

    Core and Supplemental Reading List:

    · The Crucible

    · The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    · The Great Gatsby

    · Fahrenheit 451

    · Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

    · Catcher in the Rye

    · The Scarlet Letter

    · Their Eyes Were Watching Go

    · The Joy Luck Club

    · A Raisin in the Sun

    · Bless Me, Ultima

    · Slaughterhouse-5

    · A Farewell to Arms

    · Shoeless Joe

    · Black Boy

     

Last Modified on March 6, 2009