Language

Students will be able to identify and explain various narrative modes, including unreliable narration, stream of consciousness, and the epistolary novel.

Students will be able to identify a homonym and show understanding by using the correct homonym in a sentence.

Students will understand the function of nouns, how to make nouns plural (including irregular plural nouns), and how to use pronouns in place of nouns in a sentence.

Students will be able to identify and to describe the key literary elements of fiction: setting, characters, plot, and resolution.

Students will be able to identify and use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs correctly in sentences.

Students will be able to define prefixes and suffixes and deduce their meanings in context.

Students will be able to define common idioms and use them correctly in sentences.

Students will be able to define compound words and use them correctly in sentences.

Students will be able to define puns and use them appropriately in text.

Students will be able to distinguish between quoting, summarizing, and paraphrasing. They will understand the attributes of a properly constructed paraphrase and summary and how to avoid plagiarism.

Students will be able to identify the active and passive voice in context and change passive voice to active voice to improve writing.

Students will be able to define and identify satirical works and evaluate the satirical value of parodies.

Students will be able to explain the function and placement of pronouns in sentences.

Students will be able to analyze and solve analogies by explaining relationships between ideas.

Students will be able to define and identify simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

Students will be able to make inferences about fictional characters and will be able to define and identify character traits.