Develop research and persuasive skills with the Moving Beyond the Page Informational Texts Language Arts Unit (High School Semester 2) by Epiphany Curriculum, perfect for grades 9-10. This secular, student-directed spiral-bound worktext (239 pages) centers on Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell to examine hidden success factors, while exploring primary/secondary historical texts, scientific/technical communication, rhetoric, and logical fallacies. Students learn to convey information, persuade audiences, conduct research, and craft an argumentative essay through multi-sensory lessons, vocabulary exercises, worksheets, graphic organizers, discussion questions, and a final argumentative research essay presentation. Low teacher involvement supports independent, conceptual learning with final exams—outstanding for homeschoolers building nonfiction analysis, critical thinking, and real-world writing in a comprehensive high school English curriculum (main text required separately).
Informational Texts Language Arts Unit (High School Semester 2)
Description
This unit covers a variety of texts whose primary goal is to convey information. The unit's main text is Outliers, a look at some of the hidden factors that influence people's ability to succeed. The unit also explores what readers can learn from primary and secondary historical texts, how science writers and technical writers can take complicated information and communicate it in an understandable way, and how writers use rhetoric to persuade readers. For the final project, students will write and present an argumentative research essay.
A challenging language arts program with user-friendly manuals (written directly to the student), Moving Beyond the Page continues to provide detailed and involved book studies, step-by-step exercises, thought-provoking writing assignments, and broad-based literature selections. The nine units collectively provide a one-year English/Language Arts credit. Each unit as well as each semester concludes with a final exam. The pace is one lesson per day, with the expectation of spending 1 1/2 - 2 hours per lesson (includes reading and writing work). Although each unit includes parent overview with answers/talking points (could be easily removable), each Unit Worktext is consumable, providing background information, literary instruction, discussion questions, vocabulary exercises, worksheets, and graphic organizers as well as detailed lessons and assignments. Students are expected to keep a journal as they progress through the course. Books vary from 130 to 295 pgs, spiral-bound. ~ Janice
| Product Format: | Paperback |
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| Grades: | 9-10 |
| Brand: | Epiphany Curriculum |
| ISBN: | 9781638511762 |
| Length in Inches: | 11.125 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.875 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.75 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1.25 |