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							                                                     English Language Arts (Grades 9-12)
                                                            Hinsdale High School
Course: CREATIVE WRITING

Knowledge and Skills                  Assessment                             Activities                    Resources

1. Students will          Grammar Worksheets                     Weekly Grammar Review          The Creative Writing Handbook
demonstrate the           Daily Journal Writing                  Daily Journal Writing          Writing Your First Play
interest and ability to   Weekly Yahoo! Group Postings           Weekly Yahoo! Group Postings   On Writing
read age-appropriate      5 Playwriting Exercises                Playwriting Unit               Writing Down The Bones
materials fluently,       Playwriting – First and Final Drafts   Short Story Unit               Practicing Poetry
with understanding        Short Story – First and Final Drafts   Poetry Unit                    Grammar Worksheets
and appreciation.         Poetry – First and Final Drafts                                       Journal Prompts
                          Class Participation                                                   Yahoo! Group Prompts and
                                                                                                Guidelines
                                                                                                Film - “Death of a Salesman”
                                                                                                Film - “Wit”
                                                                                                Film – “Finding Forrester”
                                                                                                Peer Review Worksheets




2. Students will          Grammar Worksheets                     Weekly Grammar Review          The Creative Writing Handbook
demonstrate the           Daily Journal Writing                  Daily Journal Writing          Writing Your First Play
interest and ability to   Weekly Yahoo! Group Postings           Weekly Yahoo! Group Postings   On Writing
write effectively for a   5 Playwriting Exercises                Playwriting Unit               Writing Down The Bones
variety of purposes       Playwriting – First and Final Drafts   Short Story Unit               Practicing Poetry
and audiences.            Short Story – First and Final Drafts   Poetry Unit                    Grammar Worksheets
                          Poetry – First and Final Drafts                                       Journal Prompts
                          Class Participation                                                   Yahoo! Group Prompts and
                                                                                                Guidelines
                                                                                                Film - “Death of a Salesman”
                                                                                                Film - “Wit”
                                                                                                Film – “Finding Forrester”
                                                                                                Peer Review Worksheets
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                                                      English Language Arts (Grades 9-12)
                                                             Hinsdale High School
Knowledge and Skills                   Assessment                             Activities                    Resources

3. Students will         Class Participation                      Weekly Grammar Review          The Creative Writing Handbook
demonstrate the          Oral Presentation                        Daily Journal Writing          Writing Your First Play
interest and ability to                                           Weekly Yahoo! Group Postings   On Writing
speak purposefully and                                            Playwriting Unit               Writing Down The Bones
articulately, as well as                                          Short Story Unit               Practicing Poetry
listen and view                                                   Poetry Unit                    Grammar Worksheets
attentively and                                                                                  Journal Prompts
critically.                                                                                      Yahoo! Group Prompts and
                                                                                                 Guidelines
                                                                                                 Film - “Death of a Salesman”
                                                                                                 Film - “Wit”
                                                                                                 Film – “Finding Forrester”
                                                                                                 Peer Review Worksheets




4. Students will           Grammar Worksheets                     Weekly Grammar Review          The Creative Writing Handbook
demonstrate                Daily Journal Writing                  Daily Journal Writing          Writing Your First Play
competence in              Weekly Yahoo! Group Postings           Weekly Yahoo! Group Postings   On Writing
understanding,             5 Playwriting Exercises                Playwriting Unit               Writing Down The Bones
appreciating,              Playwriting – First and Final Drafts   Short Story Unit               Practicing Poetry
interpreting, and          Short Story – First and Final Drafts   Poetry Unit                    Grammar Worksheets
critically analyzing       Poetry – First and Final Drafts                                       Journal Prompts
classical and              Class Participation                                                   Yahoo! Group Prompts and
contemporary                                                                                     Guidelines
American and British                                                                             Film - “Death of a Salesman”
literature as well as                                                                            Film - “Wit”
literary works                                                                                   Film – “Finding Forrester”
translated into English.                                                                         Peer Review Worksheets




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                                       English Language Arts (Grades 9-12)
                                              Hinsdale High School
Knowledge and Skills      Assessment                        Activities       Resources

5. Students will
demonstrate
competence in using
the interactive
language processes of
reading, writing,
speaking, listening,
and viewing, to gather,
and organize
information in a
variety of subject
areas.




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