Practical English 4 is your 12th-grade English class.
Course Description and Objectives:
Students read and analyze a variety of literary and nonfiction texts, exploring the characteristics and techniques authors use to achieve their purpose.
Language study extends a student's vocabulary in learning about connotations, denotations, word origins, and structures.
Students apply their understanding of grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraphing in frequent writing assignments.
Students build on their understanding of writing as a process of prewriting, drafting, revising, and publishing.
Communication skills are developed through oral presentations.