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FHS English Student Profile
Franklin High School - English Department
Student Profile
English 9 – College Preparatory
Students will engage in an investigation of the novel, memoir, and dramatic literature; themes of intolerance, morality, and ethical responsibility will be addressed. Writing skills will be developed through a study of grammar, the paragraph, and essays of literary analysis. A consistent development of student vocabulary will occur through formal vocabulary lessons as well as encounters with vocabulary in context.

English 9 – Honors
Students will explore moral, social, psychological, and philosophical issues by tracing the American social and literary experience from the Colonial Period to the modern era. Close analysis of novels, drama, poetry, short fiction and nonfiction will enhance the students’ ability to read critically, independently, and analytically. Writing studies will include grammar, vocabulary, literary analysis, persuasion, and textual comparison.

Skills
College Preparatory Honors
Critical Thinking
∙Students further develop the ability to think at a high level through teacher scaffolding and guidance.		 Critical Thinking
∙Students independently generate original, higher-level thinking.
Reading Comprehension
∙Students further develop the ability to read and understand literature independently.
Reading Comprehension
∙Students independently employ and further develop numerous reading strategies to understand complex literature and the implied meanings therein.
Writing Skills
∙Students further develop the ability to write well-crafted paragraphs and five-paragraph essays of literary analysis.
∙Students will increase grammar and vocabulary skills.		 Writing Skills
∙Students further develop the ability to express insightful ideas through clear logic and effective language.
∙Students will apply grammar and vocabulary skills to their writing.
Academic Responsibility
∙Students will further develop the ability to work and think independently, including self-expression through the spoken and written word.
Academic Responsibility
∙Students will demonstrate the ability to formulate and express independent, original thinking through classroom discussions and formal writing assignments.
∙Students will demonstrate a willingness to take academic risks.


Expectation
College Preparatory
 Honors
∙Through a decreasing level of teacher guidance, students will produce at least four formal essays of literary analysis throughout the year culminating in an independent literary thesis essay.
∙Students must have the ability to read an average of 10-15 pages a night.
∙Students will actively participate in classroom discussions and develop the ability to initiate and maintain students-centered discussions.
∙Students will read one novel independently.		 ∙Students will produce several formal papers that vary in purpose, structure, and length.
∙Students must possess the willingness and ability to read an average of 25-30 pages a night.
∙Students will initiate and sustain student-centered discussions through insightful, analytical, and reflective comments.
∙Students will read two novels independently and write a 3-4 page literary comparison of these choices.

∙All students will demonstrate academic diligence, dedication, and integrity.
∙All homework assignments will be completed and submitted on time.
∙Late work is accepted only when the assignments are of particular significance, such as essays, and are subject to late penalties.
∙Students will prepare for quizzes and tests, and opportunities to re-take quizzes and tests will not be provided.
∙Students will arrive in class every day with the materials necessary to fully participate in all classroom activities.
∙Students will seek help whenever they deem it necessary and will self-advocate.
∙Students will not be provided with extra-credit assignment opportunities.

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Updated: April 8, 2008  



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