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Miss
Pierce’s Literary Lions |
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Standards |
Overview:
Literature/Composition
The
emphasis of Advanced Language Arts 8 is on literary analysis and
composition. We will examine the
elements of the short story, drama, poetry, and novel. In addition, we will focus on figurative
language, literary devices and techniques, vocabulary, and style. Importance
is placed on the student’s ability to read critically by asking pertinent
questions, by recognizing assumptions and implications, and by evaluating ideas. I seek to have students frame and ask their
own questions about the literature they read.
The ultimate purpose of this course is to encourage students to become
independent learners concerning what they read and to write clear, concise,
well-developed literary essays. Overview: Grammar
The
grammar units we will cover this year include the following: capitalization,
punctuation, sentence structure, clauses, and verbals. We will begin with a review of the parts of
speech followed by capitalization and punctuation. Our study of sentence structure will
include subject, predicate, and completers (direct and indirect object,
predicate adjective, and predicate nominative). We will complete our study of grammar with
clauses and verbals (participles, gerunds, and infinitives). The study of grammar will help students
hone their writing skills by correcting bad grammatical habits and providing
a basis for discussion.
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