About the curriculum

Students in English I explore the ways that audience, purpose, and context shape oral communication, written communication, and media and technology. While emphasis is placed on communicating for purposes of personal expression, students also engage in meaningful communication for expressive, expository, argumentative, and literary purposes. In English I, students will:

• Express reflections and reactions to literature and to personal experience.
• Explain meaning, describe processes, and answer research questions.
• Evaluate communication and critique texts.
• Make and support an informed opinion.
• Participate in conversations about and written analysis of literary genres, elements, and traditions.
• Use knowledge of language and standard grammatical conventions.

Tasks

• Expressive Writing
• Informational Writing

Lesson plans

These lesson plans will help you use these prompts and exemplars with students.

Identifying RAFT elements in writing prompts and assignments

Students will read writing prompts and practice identifying RAFT elements: role of writer, audience, writing format, and topic. By Kim Bowen.

Using RAFT to determine how to write an informational essay

Students will use RAFT as a tool to determine how to write an informational essay. They will also design a graphic organizer for the assignment as well as compose a rough draft. By Kim Bowen.

Revising and editing an essay

Students will learn how to revise and edit an essay. In particular, they will focus on pronoun agreement. By Kim Bowen.