American Literature

Essential Learning

Sylmar High School English 11 teachers have agreed that, in addition to earning a passing grade on class assignments, all students must be able to successfully accomplish these five Essential Learning standards to at least 70% proficiency.

1. Write a coherent essay with a clear thesis supported with evidence from the text.

2. Memorize and learn appropriate academic vocabulary.

3. Recognize and identify elements of a bibliography. 

4. Publish work using word processing software. 

5. Present a well organized and rehearsed oral project using practiced techniques of rhetoric.

These essential learnings will ask students to demonstrate proficiency in these standards.

W1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic 

W1.1 Trace the etymology of significant terms used in political science and history. 

W1.2 Apply knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to draw inferences concerning the meaning of scientific and mathematical terminology. 

W1.3 Discern the meaning of analogies encountered, analyzing specific comparisons as well as relationships and inferences. 

W1.6 Develop presentations by using clear research questions and creative and critical research strategies (e.g., field studies, oral histories, interviews, experiments, electronic sources). 

W1.7 Use systematic strategies to organize and record information (e.g., anecdotal scripting, annotated bibliographies). 

W2.6 Deliver multimedia presentations: a. Combine text, images, and sound and draw information from many sources (e.g., television broadcasts, videos, films, newspapers, magazines, CD-ROMs, the Internet, electronic media-generated images). b. Select an appropriate medium for each element of the presentation. c. Use the selected media skillfully, editing appropriately and monitoring for quality. 

LS 1.4 Use rhetorical questions, parallel structure, concrete images, figurative language, charac-terization, irony, and dialogue to achieve clarity, force, and aesthetic effect.