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Course Description: The course includes 6 collections of complex fiction and nonfiction texts and 4 novels. High school students will employ strong, thorough, and explicit textual evidence in their literary analyses and technical research. They will understand the development of multiple ideas through details and structure and track the development of complex characters and advanced elements of plot such as parallel plots, tension, pacing and tone. Students will also learn to argue effectively employing the structure, evidence, and rhetoric necessary. Students will construct college-ready research papers, literary analyses, speeches, and argumentative essays of significant length in accordance with the guidelines of standard format styles such as APA and MLA.
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Class DojoI use the Class Dojo app as a means of keeping parents up-to-date on their students behavior and performance in class. The app also allows parents to directly contact me via text messages. Contact me for the appropriate class code once you have created an account.
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EdmodoEdmodo is the primary website where students will submit their essays and daily vocabulary assignments. The following link can be used to set up a parent account that will allow you to track assignments online. Contact me for the appropriate class code once you have created an account.
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