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Honors Freshman Composition and Literature

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	Honors Freshman Composition and Literature


	Unit 1: The Nature of Relationships


	Unit 2 Research Skills


	Unit 3 Life Lessons


	Unit 4: Motivation and Action


	Unit 5 Cultural Literacy


	Unit 6: The Eye of the Poet


	Unit 7: The Impassioned Transformation


	Unit 8: Summer Reading

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Length/Credit: 1 year (Robinswood Only- One Semester) 1.0 credit

Prerequisite: None

Location: Bellevue, Interlake, Newport, Robinswood, Sammamish

Unit Descriptions

	Unit 3 Life Lessons


	Activity 1 Pre-Reading Anticipation Guide \| Activity 2 To Kill A Mockingbird Introduction \| Activity 3 Defining Jim crow \| Activity 4 A Sense of Place \| Activity 5 To Kill A Mockingbird Journal \| Activity 6 Exploring Epithets \| Activity 7 Crossing the Line \| Activity 8 Socratic Seminar \| Activity 9 Definition Essay In-Class-Write \| Activity 10 Backwards Outlining Assessment 1 \| Activity 11 Return Reader Feedback Assessment \| Activity 12 Definition of a Lady \| Activity 13 Parenting Speech \| Activity 14 Tip of the Iceberg Gallery Walk \| Activity 15 Unpack Definition Essay Assessment 2 \| Activity 16 Definition Essay Pre-Writing \| Activity 17 Definition Essay First Draft \| Activity 18 First Draft Revision Ideas and Organization \| Activity 19 Second Draft Revision SOS \| Activity 20 Editing Draft 3 Conventions \| Extension Atticus's Closing Remarks \| Assessment 1 Definition Essay In-Class-Write \| Assessment 2 Definition Essay Process Paper \| More ...

	Unit 5 Cultural Literacy


	Activity 1 Introduction to Mythology \| Activity 2 Mythology Trading Cards \| Activity 3 Allusions as a Rhetorical Choice \| Activity 4 Mythology Portfolio \| Activity 5 Allusions in Advertising \| Activity 6 Allusion in Critic Reviews \| Activity 7 Analyze Edititorial Cartoons \| Activity 8 Allusions in Songs \| Activity 9 Allusions in Troy \| Activity 10 Reciprocal Teaching \| Activity 12 Prize Winners \| Activity 13 Assessment 1 Objective Test \| Activity 14 Peer Review \| Activity 15 Second Draft Review \| Assessment 1 Myth Objective Test \| Assessment 2 Mythology Portfolio Project

	Unit 2 Research Skills


	Activity 1 Research Skills Introduction \| Activity 2 Print vs. Internet Research \| Activity 3 Website Evaluation \| Activity 4 Plagiarism and Parenthetical Citations \| Activity 5 Bibliographic Citations \| Activity 6 Final Assessment \| Assessment 1 Research and Annotated Bibliography

	Unit 4: Motivation and Action


	Activity 1 Unpacking Assessment 3 and Unit Intro \| Activity 2 Holocaust Background and Research \| Activity 3 Background Interactive Lecture \| Activity 4 Introduction to Night \| Activity 5 Introduction to Bystander Apathy \| Activity 6 Exploring Bystander Apathy \| Activity 7 Introduction to Synthesis \| Activity 8 Synthesis Practice Paragraphs \| Activity 9 Fathers and Sons Discussion \| Activity 10 Elie's Test Debate \| Activity 11 Concerning Obedience \| Activity 12 The Perils of Obedience \| Activity 13 We Wish to Inform You \| Activity 14 Passion in Poetry \| Activity 15 The Scarlet Ibis \| Activity 16 Socratic Seminar \| Activity 17 Assessment 3 First Draft \| Activity 18 Peer Review \| Activity 19 Editing for Style and Fluency \| Activity 20 Editing for Conventions \| Debriefing Synthesis Essay \| Assessment 1 Research \| Assessment 2 Response Journal \| Assessment 3 Synthesis Essay \| More ...

	Unit 6: The Eye of the Poet


	Activity 1 Introduction to Poetry Unit \| Activity 2 TPSFASTT Practice \| Activity 3 TPSFASTT Practice Day 2 \| Activity 4 Introduction Style Analysis Tone and Attitude \| Activity 5 Practice Identifying Tone and Diction \| Activity 6 Detail, Imagery, and Distinguishing Speaker and Poet \| Activity 7 Group Presentation Assignment \| Activity 8 Group Work Day \| Activity 9 Presentations Day 1 \| Activity 10 Presentations Day 2 \| Activity 11 Introduction to Sonnet \| Activity 12 Sonnet Analysis Essay \| Activity 13 Guided Practice: Thesis \| Activity 14 Guided Practice: Quotes \| Activity 15 Writing Work Day \| Activity 16 Peer Editing \| Assessment 1 Poem Group Project \| Assessment 2 Sonnet Style Analysis Essay

	Unit 8: Summer Reading


	Activity 1 Introduction to House on Mango Street Latino Culture \| Activity 2 Poetic Style \| Activity 3 Vignette