Required Supplies: TWO-INCH BINDER (2x), blue/green pens, pencils, erasers, college ruled filler paper, binder dividers, white-out, highlighter, personal stapler,and sticky notes; LHS Google,  SpringBoard Digital, Turnitin.com, and Easybib.com accounts

Major Texts: SpringBoard Grade 12 Workbook; I’ve Been Thinking About You, Sister (short story); The Red-headed Hawaiian (nonfiction); The Legends and Myths of Hawaii (anthology); Think of a Garden (drama)

SEMESTER 1 (FALL):  Expository Writing 2 =  ½ credit

This semester course is a continuation of and expands on Expository Writing 1. Exposition is a type of oral or written discourse that is used to explain, to describe, and to give information. This course will cover the three main types of Exposition as described by the Common Core State Standards Initiative: Argumentative, Informative/Explanatory, and Narrative Writing.

Senior Project & Portfolio

• Proposal - Completed Spring of Junior Year
• Draft(s)
• Formal Proposal with necessary signatures
• Parent Waiver
• Mentor Signature / Parent Agreement
• Complete Mentor Hours: Tracking Sheets + Reflections
• Argumentative Research Paper: “Current Controversy”
• Outline + rough thesis statement
• 1st Rough - with minimal sources (encyclopedia, website, etc)
• 2nd Rough - with additional sources (newspaper, academic journal, etc)
• 3rd Rough - with extensive sources (books, academic research, government data)
• Final + MLA formatted works cited page; minimum 10 unique sources

Senior Project & Portfolio

• Final Slideshow (Google)
• Final Presentation with Portfolio

• Final Portfolio - Due December 12

Additional Summative Assessments

Novel Reading Assignment; additional Embedded Assessments from SpringBoard

SEMESTER 2 (SPRING): Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Literature =  ½ credit

In Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Literature, students will read representative selections from traditional and contemporary Hawaiian and Pacific literary traditions. Through their reading, discussion, and writing, students will develop an understanding of the scope and diversity of literary traditions of the Pacific and the effects of these traditions on the contemporary thought. Using personal, interpretive, and critical response to this literature, students will gain empathy and understanding of the world view of Pacific Islanders. Texts used will reflect traditional to contemporary Hawaiian Pacific Literature. For the purposes of this course, Hawaiian Pacific Literature is defined as literature written by indigenous people of the Pacific about their respective cultures, histories, perspectives, and experiences. Writing and oral communication support students’ exposure to and experience of the selected works.

Unit Themes:  Perspective

Summative Assessments - Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Reading assignments

• Informative Research
• Argumentative Text
• Narrative Script & Performance