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English 9A — Foundations of Narrative, Rhetoric and Argument
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4 Sections
20 Lessons
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Unit 1: Foundations of Narrative Craft & The Hero’s Journey
5
1.1
The Epic Tradition, Invocation, and In Medias Res
45 mins
1.2
Language Lab — Semicolons, Conjunctive Adverbs, and the Analytical Sentence
40 mins
1.3
Seminar — Arete or Hubris? Odysseus in the Cyclops’s Cave
50 mins
1.4
Writing Workshop — Thesis, Topic Sentence, and the Embedded Quotation
50 mins
1.5
Key Assignment — Heroic Archetype Analytical Essay
150 mins
Unit 2: Dualities of Human Nature & Gothic Allegory
5
2.1
Setting as Psychological Mirror — Fog, Doors, and Victorian London
45 mins
2.2
Framed Narrative, Point of View, and the Colon
45 mins
2.3
Seminar — Biology or Repression? Emerson, Stevenson, and the Source of Hyde
50 mins
2.4
Writing Workshop — Claim, Counterclaim, and the Concession Paragraph
50 mins
2.5
Key Assignment — Symbolic Duality Argument Essay & Socratic Defense
150 mins
Unit 3: Rhetorical Appeals & The Art of Argument
5
3.1
The Rhetorical Triangle — Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Pericles
45 mins
3.2
Language Lab — Parallel Structure, Anaphora, and Rhetorical Cadence
45 mins
3.3
Listening Lab — Evaluating a Speaker’s Reasoning and Naming Fallacies
50 mins
3.4
Writing Workshop — The Four-Sentence Rhetorical Precis
50 mins
3.5
Key Assignment — Rhetorical Analysis and Audience Rewrite
150 mins
Unit 4: Synthesis, Research, and Comparative Defense
5
4.1
Inheritance and Argument — How an Author Transforms Source Material
45 mins
4.2
Research Lab — Source Credibility, Signal Phrases, and MLA Citation
50 mins
4.3
Media Lab — The Same Subject in Different Mediums
50 mins
4.4
Writing Workshop — Synthesis as Braiding, Not Reporting
50 mins
4.5
Key Assignment — Synthesis Research Paper and Digital Presentation
200 mins
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