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English · Grade 12

Advanced Reading and Independent Inquiry

Learners open their senior year by reading challenging older prose from Francis Bacon's “Of Studies” (1625) and Ralph Waldo Emerson's “Self-Reliance” (1841). They paraphrase archaic syntax and vocabulary accurately, annotate an argument's moves (claim, concession, example, definition and qualification), generate factual, interpretive, evaluative and open inquiry questions, and keep an inquiry log that synthesizes ideas across texts.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 140 minutes
  • Advanced reading and inquiry check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Paraphrase challenging older prose accurately by unpacking archaic vocabulary, inverted word order and omitted words.
  • Annotate an argument's moves (claim, concession, example, definition, qualification) and explain how they build the argument.
  • Generate factual, interpretive, evaluative and open inquiry questions, and choose questions that can sustain an investigation.
  • Keep an inquiry log that records evidence, paraphrase and connections, and synthesizes ideas across texts.

Lessons

  1. Paraphrase older prose 6 steps3 practiceabout 35 min
  2. Annotate an argument's moves 6 steps3 practiceabout 35 min
  3. Questions that drive inquiry 5 steps3 practiceabout 33 min
  4. An inquiry log that synthesizes 5 steps3 practiceabout 37 min
  5. Advanced reading and inquiry check 10 questions at the end

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