This year-long special education course is designed to support students as they read a variety of texts to identify key ideas, details, and structures with the goal of summarizing information and evaluating theme. Students will produce a written product using the standardized writing process.
Grade Open To: 9
This year-long special education course is designed to support students as they analyze the author's attitude through various characteristics of tone. Through writing, students construct writing products using materials and sources to formulate a central idea, maintain a coherent focus, and elaborate with relevant research examples. Second semester focuses on persuasive techniques, formalizing claims, and writing a formal research paper.
Grade Open To: 10
This year-long special education course is designed to support students as they analyze various works by identifying the structure of the text, use of rhetoric in an argument, and evaluating the effectiveness of the intended argument. Through writing, students will develop an argument by comparing various ideas and themes, making inferences, and citing specific textual evidence.
Grade Open To: 11
This year-long special education course is designed to support students as they interpret and analyze literary and informative texts. They will synthesize information and evidence from diverse media sources to communicate findings in various well-organized and audience appropriate formats. Through both written and verbal presentations, students will construct arguments that present ideas rooted in analysis, reflection, and research.
Grade Open To: 12
This year-long special education course is designed to support students as they read a variety of texts to identify key ideas, details, and structures with the goal of summarizing information and evaluating theme. Students will also identify and analyze tone through various sources.
Grade Open To: 11
This year-long special education course is designed to support students as they are introduced to argumentative claims and how to support such claims. In addition, students will utilize information and evidence through diverse texts from multi-media sources to support their claims.
Grade Open To: 12
