Jim Thorpe Area School District Planned Course Cover Page
JIM THORPE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNED COURSE COVER PAGE SUBJECT AREA: English GRADE LEVELS: 12 COURSE LENGTH: One Year, 5 periods per week COURSE TITLE: 12CP English COURSE DESCRIPTION/OVERVIEW: This course continues the preparation of college bound students in Language Arts. The literature portion involves a study of World Literature including short stories, novels, classical and modern drama, essays, and poetry. A primary objective is to foster inferential reading and the understanding of literature. Literature provides the basis for analytical and / or evaluative essays. Composition comparison and contrast, cause and effect, process analysis, and classification essay writing. Students are also required to write a brief APA-Style research paper on the life of a world renown author. The program reviews grammar and incorporates college and SAT preparation vocabulary through two separate workbooks RESOURCES/INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS/TEXT: Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, Level G Novels: The Great Gatsby, The Catcher in the Rye, Death of Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Ordinary People Anthology: Adventures in Modern Literature Prentice Hall Writing and Grammar: Communication in Action (Diamond Level). CURRICULUM/COURSE WRITING COMMITTEE: Susan Becker, Christine Rosenberger, Amanda George, Tom Condly, Seth Miller, Kristin O’Donnell, Sheri Gerber, Rob Kovac, Trudy Miller, Bill Davis, Bob Dailey, Nancy Smith DATE COMPLETED: 6/22/06 DATE APPROVED BY JTASD BOARD OF EDUCATION: JIM THORPE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNED COURSE COURSE TITLE: 12 CP English GRADE LEVEL: 12 UNIT: Grammar PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES LEVEL OF CONCEPTS, CONTENT, SKILLS MASTERY LEARNING EXPERIENCES PA (STUDENTS WILL KNOW AND BE ABLE TO) Introduction ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIES, ASSESSMENT STRATEGY STANDARDS (Benchmarks) Knowledge TECHNIQUES Application Mastery 1.5 D,E,F Write with a command of the stylistic Note: The four Instruction for grammar portion of levels of Quality of aspects of composition.
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