REWRITE OR PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES AND TRANSFORMATION RULES OF GRAMMAR WERE FEATURED IN THIS STUDENT VERSION GRAMMAR GUIDE. THE PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES DEFINED WAYS TO REWRITE OR SUBSTITUTE ONE SYMBOL FOR ANOTHER UNTIL AN UNDERLYING, OR KERNEL, SENTENCE IS FORMED. THE TRANSFORMATION RULES DESCRIBED THE WAYS THAT THESE KERNEL SENTENCES COULD BE…

THESE TWO UNITS FOR 12TH-GRADERS INTRODUCE STYLE AS THE UNIFYING CONCEPT OF THE YEAR'S RHETORIC STUDY. THE FIRST, "THE WORLD OF THE WRITER," REVIEWS CONCEPTS TAUGHT IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND FOCUSES ON THE PROCESSES OF CONSCIOUS SELECTION AND PURPOSEFUL SHAPING OF MATERIAL. LESSONS PROVIDED ARE--(1) SEARCHING FOR A WORKABLE AND MEANINGFUL…

VARIOUS FORMS OF PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES AND EXPANSION, AND THE SINGLE-BASE AND DOUBLE-BASE TRANSFORMATIONS WERE INCLUDED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THIS GRAMMAR REVIEW GUIDE FOR NINTH-GRADERS. THE REVIEW COVERED INDIRECT OBJECT VERBS, TRANSITIVE VERBS, DETERMINERS, DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES, IMPERATIVES, NEGATIVES, AND CONTRACTIONS AND WAS BASED…

THIS 11TH-GRADE RHETORIC UNIT PRESENTS THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN CHOOSING THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND PERSUASIVE WAY OF ARTICULATING AN IDEA. LESSON 1 OF THE UNIT, "SOUND REASONS," EXPLAINS DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE LOGICAL PROOFS. LESSON 2, "WHAT'S THE EVIDENCE," ATTEMPTS TO HELP THE STUDENT UNDERSTAND THE USES OF EVIDENCE AND THE…

THE FIRST OF THESE TWO 12TH-GRADE LITERATURE UNITS, "SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING OLD," IS DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE EXPRESSIONS OF COMMON EXPERIENCE PRESENT IN LITERARY WORKS REGARDLESS OF WHEN THEY WERE WRITTEN. WORKS SELECTED FOR THIS UNIT ARE GROUPED UNDER FOUR TOPICS--"YOUTH AND AGE,""THE NATIVITY, CHRISTIAN…

THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF SUBJECT, FORM, AND POINT OF VIEW, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE LAST, IS THE CONCERN OF THIS 10TH-GRADE LITERATURE UNIT. BACKGROUND INFORMATION, STUDY AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, AND SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS ARE PROVIDED FOR SIX SHORT STORIES REPRESENTING VARIED POINTS OF VIEW--(1) H.G. WELLS'"THE COUNTRY OF…

THIS MANUAL IS A REFERENCE AID FOR 11TH-GRADE STUDENTS PREPARING SPEAKING ASSIGNMENTS. CHAPTER 1, "THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SPEECH," CONTAINS INFORMATION ON THE SPEECH ORGANS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS IN THE PRODUCTION OF SOUNDS. THE MAIN POINTS OF "ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER" ARE OUTLINED IN CHAPTER 2. CHAPTER 3 GIVES ATTENTION TO OUTLINING…

GREATER PRECISION IN THINKING AND IN PERSUADING THROUGH ARGUMENTATION ARE THE CONCERNS OF THESE TWO 11TH-GRADE UNITS. THE FIRST, "OPINION IN WRITING AND SPEAKING," ATTEMPTS TO GUIDE THE STUDENT TO A DEFINED OPINION OR THESIS AS A FIRST STEP TOWARDS EFFECTIVE, RATIONAL, SUSTAINED EXPRESSION. THIS UNIT CONTAINS FOUR LESSONS--(1) ARRIVING…

A RATIONALE IS PROVIDED IN THIS INTRODUCTION FOR AN 11TH-GRADE ENGLISH CURRICULUM IN LITERATURE, LANGUAGE, AND RHETORIC. THE SECTION ON LITERATURE JUSTIFIES A SPIRALLY-DEVELOPED CURRICULUM, AN INDUCTIVE TEACHING METHOD, AND AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO PLAYS, POEMS, AND FICTIONAL WORKS AND EMPHASIZES THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF FORM AND CONTENT. IN…

IN THIS FINAL UNIT OF THE GRADE 11 RHETORIC CURRICULUM, STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO APPLY WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED IN EARLIER UNITS BY WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER BASED ON READINGS FROM DIVERSE SOURCES BUT UNIFIED IN THEME--"THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TODAY." THE CASEBOOK WHICH IS PROVIDED LISTS READINGS ON THE THEME AND MAKES SUGGESTIONS FOR…

THIS OVERVIEW OF THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER'S ENGLISH PROGRAM FOR GRADE 12 DEVOTES SEPARATE SECTIONS TO LITERATURE, LANGUAGE, AND RHETORIC. EACH SECTION CONTAINS A REVIEW OF THE EMPHASES, AIMS, AND MATERIAL COVERED IN GRADES 7-11 AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GRADE 12 CURRICULUM. THE LITERATURE AND RHETORIC SECTIONS DESCRIBE THE AREAS OF…

THE SUBJECT OF STYLE IS TREATED GENERALLY AND SPECIFICALLY IN THESE TWO RHETORIC UNITS FOR 12TH-GRADERS. THE FIRST UNIT, "THE PERSONAL VOICE," FOCUSES ON THE MANY CHOICES A WRITER MUST MAKE IN WRITING MEANINGFULLY ABOUT HIS OWN EXPERIENCE AND COMPLEMENTS ANOTHER 12TH-GRADE UNIT, "ELEMENTS OF STYLE." EXAMPLES OF WRITING USING…

THIS CULMINATING UNIT OF THE 12TH-GRADE OREGON LITERATURE CURRICULUM IS BASED UPON ONE WORK, "HAMLET." THE TEACHER VERSION INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF (1) THE RELEVANCE OF HAMLET'S CHARACTER TO MODERN TIMES, (2) THE PROBLEMS IN THE CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE GHOST, CLAUDIUS, AND HAMLET, (3) THE PLAY'S THREE-PHASE STRUCTURE, (4) THE PLAY'S…

THE FIRST OF THESE TWO 12TH-GRADE UNITS IS DESIGNED TO SHOW STUDENTS THAT THE UNIMAGINATIVE OVERUSE OF LITERARY CONVENTIONS LEADS TO TRITENESS, VERBOSITY, AND DULLNESS. LESSONS ARE ORGANIZED BY GENRE AND FOCUS ON LITERARY SELECTIONS WHICH SHOW VARYING DEGREES OF ORIGINALITY IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF LITERARY CONVENTIONS. AMONG WORKS DISCUSSED ARE…

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH FROM ANGLO-SAXON THROUGH THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER TO THAT OF SHAKESPEARE IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS UNIT FOR 11TH- OR 12TH-GRADERS. THOSE HISTORICAL EVENTS AND CONDITIONS WHICH HAVE HAD A DIRECT EFFECT ON THE LANGUAGE OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES ARE EXAMINED, ALONG WITH THE MAJOR INTERNAL CHANGES IN ENGLISH WHICH TOOK PLACE…