In Miss. Brennan's English classes, students  will focus on reading, writing, and speaking and listening. Students will become independent readers, gaining confidence and analytic skills while selecting reading material that appeals to them.

  When analyzing and evaluating various forms of literature students will recognize and explain how they relate to what they are reading. Drawing on prior knowledge and learned concepts, students will evaluate the perceived message, or theme, communicated by the author.

 Students will recognize the challenges faced by fictitious and historical characters and make inferences as to the root of the challenge. Further, they will evaluate a character’s reaction and the subsequent consequences.

Students will analyze poetry for its perceived meaning while creating poetry of their own.

Students will use various novels and dramatic works to evaluate the structure of a tragedy. They will recognize how a flaw in the main character, or how outside forces lead to a downfall for that character.

Students will be able to explain how the conflict in a piece of literature escalates toward a climax, and will draw conclusions as to the resolution of that conflict. Students will read short stories, novels, and plays written by authors such as Hemingway, Poe, Shakespeare, Steinbeck, and more!

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