Mrs.
Roderick
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@MrsRRoderick
@ib327yearbook
@ibhsyearbook
@ibhs_dramaclub
@ibhs.drama.club
1: Publications
2: Prep
3: Dual Credit English 110/111
4. English 9
5: English 9 (B Lunch)
6: Prep
7: English 9
8: Community Hour/Advisory
English 9
Current
Units
Publications
Publications
The Publications staff works as a class and an extra curricular to create multiple print and digital publications on behalf of the district.
Middle School PR Video -- In Progress
Social Media (Below)
In conjunction with Illinois Central College
DUAL CREDIT- ENGLISH 110
This course progresses the student from writing expressive compositions (expressing the ideas of the writer) to writing referential compositions (explaining or analyzing the subject matter for the reader) to writing persuasive compositions (persuading an audience), through critical reading, discussion, exercises, conferences, and revision. The majority of the writing is referential. A grade of C or higher fulfills IAI General Education Core Curriculum requirements for transfer programs.
FALL SEMESTER
.5 English credit with Illini Bluffs
3 credit hours with Illinois Central College
WEEK 1: Introductions & Tone | WEEK 2: The Rhetorical Situation | EEK 3: Analyzing Rhetoric | WEEK 4: Reading Rhetorically | WEEK 5: Rhetoric & Digital Texts | WEEK 6: Narration & Description | WEEK 7: Profiles | WEEK 8: Evaluations | WEEK 9: Critical Analyses | WEEK 10: Invention | WEEK 11: Structuring Paragraphs | WEEK 12: Classification & Division | WEEK 13: Comparison & Contrast | WEEK 14: Cause & Effect | WEEK 15: Integrating Patterns Part I | WEEK 16: Integrating Patterns Part II | WEEK 17: FINALS
In conjunction with Illinois Central College
DUAL CREDIT- ENGLISH 111
This course progresses the student from writing analysis of and inquiring about issues to writing argumentative and persuasive compositions using research, through critical reading, discussion, exercises, conferences, and revision.
spring semester
.5 English credit with Illini Bluffs
3 credit hours with Illinois Central College
WEEK 1: Intro to the Argument, WEEKS 2-5: EXPLORING A TOPIC: Selecting a Topic; Researching - Databases, Librarians, & Other Resources; The Annotated Bibliography & Identifying and Avoiding Plagiarism; Identifying Fallacies | WEEK 6: Exploring Argument Styles | WEEK 7: Choosing Organizational Strategies | WEEK 8: Selecting a Pattern for Writing | WEEK 9: Outlining an Essay | WEEKS 10-11: Reviewing Ethos, Pathos, & Logos | Drafting the Essay | WEEK 12: Revising an Essay - Using The Studio | WEEKS 13-16: Final Project--The Visual Argument | WEEK 17: FINALS
Getting
into your
Grandma Era
Cross-Stitching Community Hour
Photography
Community hour
2023-2024
