LANGUAGE ARTS 2016 ENGLISH READING WRITING MAJOR ENGLISH
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LANGUAGE ARTS’ 2016 ENGLISH READING WRITING
MAJOR ENGLISH CONCEPTS � � � � KINDS OF SENTENCES SIMPLE SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES IMPERATIVES AND INTERROGATIVES COMPOUND SUBJECTS COMPOUND PREDICATES COMPOUND SENTENCES COMPLEX SENTENCES FRAGMENTS AND RUN-ON S � � � � RECOGNIZING NOUNS COMMON NOUNS PROPER NOUNS WRITING WITH NOUNS – APPOSITIVES SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS POSSESSIVE NOUNS PLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUNS ACTION VERBS MAIN VERBS AND HELPING VERBS DIRECT OBJECTS TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERBS LINKING VERBS
MAJOR ENGLISH CONCEPTS � � � SIMPLE VERB TENSES PERFECT TENSES REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT WRITING SENTENCES WITH VERBS � � � � PRONOUNS ANTECEDENTS SUBJECT AND OBJECT PRONOUNS COMPOUND SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND A LINKING VERB � � � � PREPOSITIONS ADJECTIVE PHRASES ADVERB PHRASES WRITING WITH PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES PREPOSITION OR ADVERB USING PREPOSITIONS CORRECTLY
MAJOR READING CONCEPTS � UNIT 1: � INDENTIFY TEXT STRUCTURE � CHRONOLOGY � COMPARE AND CONTRAST � CAUSE AND EFFECT � PROBLEM AND SOLUTION � SEQUENCE/PROCESS � SPATIAL/DESCRIPTIVE � TEXT DEPENDENT ANALYSIS
MAJOR READING CONCEPTS � UNIT 2: � TEXT DEPENDENT ANALYSIS � NARRATIVE WRITING � ANTAGONIST � CONFLICT � CLIMAX � EXPOSITION � RISING ACTION � CLIMAX � FALLING ACTION � RESOLUTION
MAJOR READING CONCEPTS � UNIT 3: � TEXT DEPENDENT ANALYSIS � POETRY � FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – SIMILE, METAPHOR, PERSONIFICATION, ALLITERATION, IDIOM, HYPERBOLE, ONOMATOPOEIA � TONE � MOOD
MAJOR READING CONCEPTS � UNIT 4 � Analyzing the types of media � Author’s Bias � Propaganda � Synthesizing
MAJOR READING CONCEPTS � UNIT 5: � AUTHOR’S POINT OF VIEW � AUTHOR’S ARGUMENTS � AUTHOR’S CRAFT
GRADES � Quizzes on concepts � Unit tests on concepts � Process writing pieces � Reflective writings � Performance tasks � Close Reading assignments
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