Language Arts 10 CR A

Language Arts 10 is an integrated curriculum, with each unit consisting of thematically related lessons in five domains: analyzing literature, analyzing informational text, writing, speaking and listening, and language study, which includes word knowledge and grammar skills. The skills that students practice for this course are similar to the skills in English 9 but require more independence and depth of thought. Writing assignments in Language Arts 10 A include fiction, expository, and persuasive, and analytical modes, emphasizing the use of details, evidence, and reasoning to support ideas. In Language Arts 10 B students focus on a theme or mode of study such as the analysis of different forms of literature and the evaluation of various modes and forms of writing. Writing and informational text lessons guide students through the stages of a rigorous research process and demonstrate how to evaluate, integrate, and share the information gathered during research.Note: This course cannot be taken for original credit. This is a credit recovery course.Prerequisite: Language Arts 9 Customer Provided Physical Materials: Students must choose one of the following novels per semester: Catcher in the Rye by JD SalingerAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Bean Trees by Barbara KingsolverAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueLord of the Flies by William GoldingTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareFarewell to Manzanar by Jeanne HoustonAntigone by Sophocles