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© 2008 by Mahomet-Seymour Schools.
All Rights Reserved.
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Mahomet-Seymour Schools
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Curriculum
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Language Arts - English I
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The learner will be able to use correct
capitalization in composition.
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The learner will be able to use correct punctuation
in composition.
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The learner will be able to understand appropriate
use of commas and semicolons in clauses.
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The learner will be able to apply rules of
possessiveness to nouns.
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The learner will be able to identify and use nouns.
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The learner will be able to identify and use verbs
(includes tense, voice, and agreement).
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The learner will be able to identify and use pronouns
(includes agreement).
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The learner will be able to identify and use
adjectives.
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The learner will be able to identify and use adverbs.
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The learner will be able to identify and use
conjunctions.
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The learner will be able to identify and use
prepositions.
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The learner will be able to identify and use
interjections.
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The learner will be able to use a variety of
subject/predicate orders.
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The learner will be able to identify phrases and
clauses.
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The learner will be able to identify simple sentence
patterns.
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The learner will be able to identify and use
different types of sentences.
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The learner will be able to identify new vocabulary
in his/her reading.
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The learner will be able to learn 20 words a week.
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The learner will be able to apply new vocabulary
words to written composition.
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The learner will be able to define focus.
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The learner will be able to define support areas in
thesis statement.
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The learner will be able to unify support and
elaboration to focus.
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The learner will be able to identify the coherence to
be used.
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The learner will be able to use transitions.
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The learner will be able to identify new word
choices.
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The learner will be able to write paragraphs of
narration, exposition, and persuasion.
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The learner will be able to understand types of order
necessary in exposition.
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The learner will be able to write a narrative,
expository, and persuasive essay.
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The learner will be able to form creative responses
to prompts and literature.
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The learner will be able to use defined structure in poems,
narrations, and expositions.
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The learner will be able to summarize and paraphrase
selections of composition/literature.
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The learner will be able to research primary sources
for a paper or a project.
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The learner will be able to use technology for
research.
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The learner will be able to analyze and evaluate the effective
use of literary techniques such as figurative language, dialogue,
description, symbolism, and word choice in a variety of literature.
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The learner will be able to read and understand a
short story.
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The learner will be able to read and understand
poetry (including Homer's Odyssey).
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The learner will be able to read and understand
nonfiction.
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The learner will be able to read and understand a
novel.
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The learner will be able to read and understand drama
(including Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.).
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The learner will be able to identify and analyze
poetic devices such as imagery, similes and metaphors, personification, rhythm,
rhyme, and tone.
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The learner will be able to read and understand
literature representative of various societies, cultures, eras, and ideas.
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The learner will be able to explain relationships between
literary elements including character, plot, setting, theme, conflict,
climax, point of view, and resolution.
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The learner will be able to understand the
differences between drama, comedy, melodrama, and farce.
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