Course Outline

Module 1
Reading for Understanding

Students will learn basic strategies for reading different types of literature. They will learn the differences between expository writing and narrative writing, and skills for reading and understanding each type. They will also learn skills to help them understand and analyze expository and narrative content.

Lesson 1: Reading Strategies

· Reading for Information
· Reading for Experience
· Reading for a Task

Lesson 2: Reading Helpers

· Vocabulary: Context Clues
· Vocabulary: Word Parts
· Literary Terms and Devices

Lesson 3: Thinking about What You Read

· Asking Questions and Drawing Conclusions
· Interpreting Theme
· Practicing for Assessment

Module 2
Reading Literature

Students will learn skills to help them take an active part in the reading. They will learn how to keep a response journal to aid in understanding. They will also learn how to understand and analyze parts of literature, and how to recognize and evaluate influences that may have inspired or affected a piece. Students will end this unit by writing a literary essay in which they analyze and evaluate a specific piece of literature.

Lesson 1: Taking an Active Role

· Active Reading
· Reading Response: Comparing Your Observations
· Reading Response: Writing About What You Read

Lesson 2: Analyzing What You Read

· Performance Assessment: Active Reading
· Performance Assessment: Reading Critically: Text Analysis and Context Analysis

Lesson 3: Writing about What You Read

· The Literary Essay

Module 3
Writing in the Modes

Students will learn basic writing skills and how to use the Oregon State Writing Scoring Guide to evaluate writing. They will apply the writing process as they compose three essays. In the first essay, they will introduce themselves as writers; in the second and third essays, they will write in the expository and persuasive modes, respectively.

Lesson 1: Working with the Oregon State Writing Scoring Guide

· Introductory Essay

Lesson 2: Writing to Explain

· The Expository Essay

Lesson 3: Writing to Convince

· The Persuasive Essay

Module 4
Writing Research

Students will learn the proper steps to writing a research paper. They will work through all the parts of writing a research paper, from forming an idea, to taking notes, to creating a final, cited paper.

Lesson 1: Becoming a Researcher

· Choosing a Topic
· Finding Information
· Compiling Sources

Lesson 2: Organizing Your Information

· Planning
· Taking Notes
· Preparing to Write

Lesson 3: Writing Your Paper

· Writing Your Paper and Documenting Your Sources
· Revising and Editing
· Works Cited

Module 5
Speaking for Assessment

Students will become familiar with the Oregon State Speaking Scoring Guide. They will learn how to write and perform two speeches following those guidelines.

Lesson 1: Getting Started Speaking -
The Oregon State Speaking Scoring Guide

· Delivering an Unrehearsed Speech

Lesson 2: Delivering a Prepared Rehearsed Informative Speech

· Choosing a Topic
· Organizing Ideas
· Scripting
· Delivering

Lesson 3: Delivering a Prepared Rehearsed Persuasive Speech

· Choosing a Topic
· Organizing Ideas
· Scripting
· Delivering