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…

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…

AN EXPLANATION OF THE THEORY OF DEEP STRUCTURE AS IT SERVES TO DESCRIBE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SIMPLY, CONSISTENTLY, AND COMPLETELY CONSTITUTES THIS LANGUAGE UNIT FOR 11TH-GRADERS. PRESUPPOSING THE STUDENT'S KNOWLEDGE OF PHRASE STRUCTURE AND TRANSFORMATION RULES, THE CONCEPT OF DEEP STRUCTURE IS ILLUSTRATED IN THE IMPERATIVE AND PASSIVE SENTENCE…

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate associations between four categories of maltreatment and substance use among adolescents. Method: All 10th through 12th graders (n=2,187) at six public high schools in a rural Oregon county filled out an anonymous survey that included questions about their experience of emotional, sexual, and…

Curriculum mapping activities can be useful in analyzing curriculum goals and planning curriculum revision. This document is specifically designed using the Science Education Curriculum Goals articulated by the State of Oregon for grade 11. The goal areas include concepts, processes, manipulative skills, interests, values, interactions and…

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…

DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE NARRATIVE AND DRAMATIC MODES CAN BEST BE UNDERSTOOD BY EMPHASIZING WHAT IT MEANS TO THINK AND CREATE DRAMATICALLY. ALTHOUGH BOOKS (WHICH ARE READ) AND PLAYS (WHICH ARE SEEN) TREAT PLOT, CHARACTER, AND SETTING SIMILARLY, CONVENTIONS THAT PARTICULARLY DISTINGUISH THEATRICAL FORM ARE--(1) THE AUTHENTICATING REALITY OF THE…

THIS POETRY UNIT FOR 11TH-GRADERS ILLUSTRATES HOW VERSE STRUCTURE AND POETIC TECHNIQUES CONTRIBUTE TO A POEM'S MEANING. IN PART 1, IMAGERY, METAPHOR, SYMBOLISM, IRONY, PARADOX, AND MUSICAL AND RHYTHMICAL SOUND PATTERNS ARE DISCUSSED AS WAYS OF SAYING THE "UNSAYABLE" AND OF REINFORCING THE MEANING AND MOOD OF THE POEM. THE POEMS OF SUCH…

THIS 11TH-GRADE LANGUAGE UNIT ON ADVERBIALS IS DESIGNED TO SHOW THAT THE TRANSFORMATION WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR THE EMBEDDING OF RELATIVE CLAUSES ALSO EXPLAINS THE PRESENCE OF ADVERBIAL CLAUSES, THEREBY REINFORCING THE PRINCIPLE THAT THERE ARE GENERAL RULES WHICH EXPLAIN ECONOMICALLY MANY COMPLEX LANGUAGE STRUCTURES. THE TEACHER VERSION FOR THE UNIT…

THIS DERIVED-ADJECTIVE UNIT FOR 11TH-GRADERS EXPLAINS THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE OF SOME WORDS ENDING IN "-ING" AND "-EN" WHICH ARE DERIVED FROM VERBS AND USED IN NOUN PHRASES. THE TEACHER VERSION CONTAINS A SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE UNIT AND ANSWERS TO THE EXERCISES IN THE STUDENT VERSION. THE LATTER CONTAINS EXPLANATIONS AND…

THE NARRATIVE MODE CAN BEST BE UNDERSTOOD THROUGH A STUDY OF THE CONVENTIONS WHICH SHAPE A STORY'S FORM AND SUBSTANCE. OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE IN PERCEIVING THE INTENTION OF THE NARRATIVE IS TO LOOK AT THE CONVENTION OF POINT OF VIEW--THE…

Learning skills determined by Oregon teachers to be necessary for all Oregon students are presented in this booklet. The skills are divided according to seven outcome goals expected of students by the end of grades 3, 5, 8 and 11: (1) ability to demonstrate the use of vocabulary, speech, numerals, and other symbol systems essential for effective…

A comparison was made of student understandings of marine science and marine resource concepts in two geographically distant but similar sociocultural regions of the United States. The study is based on the nature of ecological events, students' understanding in the context of meaningful learning, and the cultural context in which learning takes…