COURSE TITLE English

Secondary Language Arts

INSTRUCTOR Kim Strickland

Kim Strickland
kistrickland@wsd.net

DEPARTMENT WIHS

English

MEETING TIMES A/B Day

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course assists students in acquiring substantive knowledge in the discipline of their choice
sufficient for further study, and/or demonstrate competencies required by employers to be hired
and succeed in the workplace. Communicating effectively and thinking critically is stressed.
Students will develop the knowledge and skills to be civically engaged, and/or to work with
others in a professional and constructive manner.
REQUIRED MATERIALS
Chromebook

GRADES & SCORING

Every course assignment will have a total amount of points possible to earn, of which the
student will earn some percentage. It is possible to earn over 100% on some assignments,
however, the course average can be no more than 100%. Receiving a final average lower than
70% is considered a "fail" for this course and will require the student to repeat.
TESTS & EXAMS
There will be one major exam per semester covering everything learned from the beginning of
the course to that point in time. Exams are scheduled during the school wide exam period.
There will be tests on every unit of the syllabus. Tests will be preannounced. All tests are worth
a minimum of 100 points.
PAPERS & PROJECTS
There will be one project per quarter. Some projects will be done in small groups, and others
will be done individually. At the time the assignment is distributed, the size of the group
applicable to the project will be announced.
There are many planned papers for this course.
ATTENDANCE & TARDINESS POLICY
In order to pass the course, students are required to attend 80% of the classes throughout the
school year. Only extreme (as deemed by the instructor) cases with documented proof will be
exempt from this rule.
If a student arrives more than halfway into the class, they are considered absent for the entire
period.
AREAS OF STUDY
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Introduction to Audience and Purpose

Introduction to Writing Process
Prepare for College Level Writing
Critical Thinking
Recursive Process
Negotiating Meaning
Rhetorical Situation

8. Rhetorical Analysis / Choices

9. Critical Reading & Genre Awareness
10. Adapting Strategies
11. Academic Writing
12. Writing Conventions
13. External Research
14. Engagement
15. Adapting
16. Participant
17. Argument
18. Genre
19. Multi-media
20. Research
21. Rhetorical awareness and adaptation
22. Technical genres
23. Workplace contexts
24. Collaboration
25. Document/Interface Design
26. Research Methodology
27. Ethics