✓Writing Strategies

• Organize compositions effectively with clear transitions and balanced structure.

• Ensure coherence and clarity in paragraphs using transitions and parallel structures.

• Support claims with specific examples, anecdotes, facts, and statistics.

• Utilize note-taking, outlining, and summarizing strategies to structure drafts.

• Develop and research topics through inquiry and evaluation of questions.

• Cite sources accurately in a bibliography using a consistent citation format.

• Produce polished documents using word-processing tools.

• Revise writing for clarity, organization, word choice, and transitions.

✓Writing Applications

• Write narrative, expository, persuasive, and descriptive texts of 500-700 words, demonstrating mastery of composition strategies.

• Craft persuasive compositions with clear positions, supporting evidence, and consideration of counterarguments.

• Write summaries that capture main ideas, details, and underlying meaning using the student’s own words.
   

✓Written and Oral English Language Conventions

• Apply proper modifier placement, active voice, and varied sentence types for clarity and style.

• Use parallel structures, subordination, and coordination to clarify relationships between ideas.

• Demonstrate correct use of parts of speech, sentence structures, punctuation, and capitalization.

• Apply correct usage of hyphens, dashes, brackets, semicolons, and quotation marks.
   

✓Listening and Speaking Strategies

• Ask probing questions to analyze speaker claims and determine the speaker’s attitude.

• Respond to persuasive messages with challenges, affirmations, or questions.

• Paraphrase the speaker’s purpose and ask relevant questions about content and delivery.

• Organize and present information in a way that appeals to audience interests.

• Prepare and deliver speeches with clear organization, using appropriate language and speaking techniques.

• Provide constructive feedback on speech content, logic, and delivery.

• Analyze the effects of images, text, and sound in electronic media.
   

✓Speaking Applications

• Deliver research presentations with a defined thesis, supported by primary and secondary sources.

• Organize and record information effectively using various research methods.

• Deliver persuasive presentations with clear positions, supported by evidence and reasoning.

• Address and respond to listener concerns and counterarguments effectively.​