ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS Modern Myth II
Writing Workshop
This course builds on the passion project (inquiry-based/ project-based learning) framework introduced in Modern Myth I and increases in complexity and independence for students. This course will focus on developing independent research skills and real-world/ real audience presentation skills. This project-based learning course will be entirely driven and planned by student interest/passion and curiosity
This course offers extensive practice in the writing process, revision skills, writing styles, research skills, and peer review. Completion of this course requires writing effectively reasoned and supported essays for an academic audience through use of sequence, organization, unity, coherence, sentence variation, vivid diction. Most essays will use primary and secondary sources of information as evidence by integrating quotes skillfully, and correctly attributing and interpreting sources. Students will also respond critically and reflectively to non-fiction pieces and scholarly articles by summarizing, interpreting, and analyzing and expressing their responses in argumentative and expository writing. Students will also learn to evaluate a source’s merit based on background, bias, purpose, medium, audience, and tone.
Course Number: 3374 Grades: 10, 11, 12 Credit: .5
Reading & Writing for Social Justice Course Number: 4398 Grades: 11, 12 Credit: .5
Course Number: 4316 Grades: 12 Credit: .5
What social justice lessons can we learn from poetry, literature, movies, and TV? Why do these characters and stories captivate us as they do? Social Justice and Advocacy will explore the intersections between social justice issues and multimedia arts. Students will be introduced to an array of philosophical approaches in attempting to provide answers to the age-old questions of “What’s the right thing to do?” Using a compelling mix of pop-culture, hypotheticals, historical cases, current events, and literary examples, the class will take on a variety of issues and provide students with the opportunity to challenge their own assumptions and biases. Students will gain a better understanding of how a diversity of perspectives can help them to better understand a variety of social issues and empower them to become agents of change.
iCreate: Digital Media Literacy in the 21st Century Course Number: 3385 Grades: 12 Credit: .5
This semester elective course asks students to consider the ways their life intersects with mass media and, in turn, create content of their own, communicating their voice and perspective to the world. Throughout the semester, students will learn about, analyze and explore a variety of different digital media forms including YouTube, social media, and contemporary news mediums. Students will leave this course as publishers of digital content related to the Irondale Community.
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