An Exploration of Our World's Literary Traditions
Course Description:
English IV includes a survey of world literature studied in a thematic approach to critically evaluate information based on relevancy, objectivity, and reliability. Students will write several compositions using expository and argumentative techniques, including a research project. This project will include an articulated research question or thesis statement, and incorporate findings while adhering to a consistent format for documentation.
Curriculum Materials:
The complete English IV curriculum guide is located at the link below. District formative assessments for English IV are also housed in this section. As you continue down the page, additional resources gathered by the district PLC will be presented.
English IV includes a survey of world literature studied in a thematic approach to critically evaluate information based on relevancy, objectivity, and reliability. Students will write several compositions using expository and argumentative techniques, including a research project. This project will include an articulated research question or thesis statement, and incorporate findings while adhering to a consistent format for documentation.
Curriculum Materials:
The complete English IV curriculum guide is located at the link below. District formative assessments for English IV are also housed in this section. As you continue down the page, additional resources gathered by the district PLC will be presented.
Writing Genre Focus: Analysis
In each year of the seven-year progression through Secondary Literacy, a specific genre of writing is focused upon in both practice and assessment. As students advance through English IV, they are assessed on their skills in working with analytical writing. Additionally, English IV focuses upon research writing as a secondary writing emphasis.
Complex Texts: Grade-level Materials for All
Text complexity is a measure of multiple intersections of Lexile, language features, themes, and knowledge demands. Every text used for whole group instruction should be carefully considered for how it will serve grade-level access to standards based instruction. Supplemental texts can be used to support individual students build content vocabulary but all students should have access to grade-level materials every day. Please consider the following rubrics when discussing text complexity with your PLC.
12th Graders should be exceeding 1300L by the end of the year to be on track for proficiency.
Complex Texts: Grade-level Materials for All
Text complexity is a measure of multiple intersections of Lexile, language features, themes, and knowledge demands. Every text used for whole group instruction should be carefully considered for how it will serve grade-level access to standards based instruction. Supplemental texts can be used to support individual students build content vocabulary but all students should have access to grade-level materials every day. Please consider the following rubrics when discussing text complexity with your PLC.
12th Graders should be exceeding 1300L by the end of the year to be on track for proficiency.
- Rubric for Assessing Fiction
- Rubric for Assessing Non-Fiction
- Lexile Finder (look up a book)
- Lexile Analyzer (check passages from texts to determine current Lexile)
Additional Resources
English IV is primarily supported by the 2005 Holt Elements of Literature Sixth Course textbook. Additional resources, as compiled by DMPS teachers, are listed below.
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