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The Writer as Activist: English 11 (HP) 1,2 (1368, 1369) - SITE ADOPTED COURSE - | |||
| Approved Site(s): | |
| Site approved course for SCPA High School. Other schools may not offer this course without prior approval from the Interdivisional Curriculum Committee. | |
| Grade Range: | |
| 11 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| The Writer as Artist: English 9 1,2 and The Writer as Storyteller: English 10 (HP) 1,2 | |
| Course duration: | |
| Two semesters | |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: | |
| English Language Arts: American Literature - weighted | |
| UC subject area satisfied: | |
| b - English | |
| Course Description: | |
| The purpose of The Writer as Activist is to understand how writing can be used to advocate for social and political change and students will examine and apply techniques of literary activism. To achieve this, The Writer as Activist presents students with a variety of forms of writing (script, novel, poetry, speech, and historical/informational text), literary vocabulary (documentary, satire, persuasion, argument), professional expectations of format and genre (formatting script), collaboration, and introduces students to professional writers. In addition to the typical academic study of writing, through analytical/expository and argumentative speaking and writing, students will also become writers themselves and research and write in various forms to develop their unique voice as a literary activist. By the end of this course, students will have written and produced the following forms: script/documentary, poetry, essay, fiction, and speech. | |
| State Course Code(s): | |
| 9107 - English 11 | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| No primary textbook is required.
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