11th Grade English competencies (10)
In an oral presentation, the student develops arguments
using a variety of methods, such as details, expert opinion,
cause and effect, reasoning, scenarios, and anecdotes.
Student writes a controversial issue essay in which
various sides of an arguement are explored. The author takes
an authoritative stand on a clearly defined issue, gains the
reader's confidence and argues with reason and evidence.
In response to an essay question, student analyzes
how historical time affects the writer and is reflected in the
attitude and values expressed in a studied text.
The student writes a letter of complaint in a conventional
business letter form that possesses all parts of a business letter:
heading, inside address, salutation, body, closing, and signature.
The final draft of the letter should be free of all grammar,
spelling, and punctuation errors.
In an in-class essay, the student uses advanced
vocabulary, a variety of sentence structures that include use
of colon, semi-colon, and appropriage syntactical structures,
such as subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement, recognition
of run-ons and sentence fragment with 90% of the sentences error-free.
Student identifies and analyzes bias, prejudice,
and persuasive techniques in the media.
Student reads six self-selected but teacher-approved
books and responds in a variety of ways as determined by the
teacher.
The student must satisfactorily complete at least
60% of all the assignments and/or competancy prep work.
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