ADVANCED ENGLISH STUDIES SYLLABUS
ADVANCED LEVEL
Course Length: 47 hours, 40 minutes
11 hours/week for 4 ⅓ weeks
COURSE 10: NORTH STAR READING & WRITING 4
Course description: The English for Effective Communication Course targets speaking and listening
skills through interactive student involvement in class activities. Because of this focus on oral
communication, students primarily develop reading and writing skills through homework and lab
assignments, such as essays, grammar exercises, and reading comprehension activities.
Grading Policy:
Attendance……………………………………..
Participation…………….……………………..
Assignments…………………………………….
10%
10%
10%
Situations
Peeping Tom Journalism; Focus on Bomb
Suspect, The Education of Frank McCourt;
The Miracle, Christian Scientist Parents on
trial in Girl's Death; Norman Cousin's Laugh
Therapy; How Smart is Smart?; Extreme
Perception and Animal Intelligence;
Longevity; Death Do Us Part; Toward
Immortality; The Social Burden of Longer
Lives
Written exam…………………………………..
Oral Exam………………………………………..
35%
35%
CCLS Academic Progress Policy: In order to maintain good
academic standing, students must not:



receive a failing grade (less than 70%) for a level
fail to meet CCLS attendance requirements (should not
miss more than 20% of cumulative class hours)
fail the same level of instruction twice
Failure to meet these standards will result in a meeting with
the school’s Director.
Language Functions
Interpret a photograph/cartoon; Paraphrase; Use examples to support
answers; Draw conclusions; Hypothesize another's point of view; Interpret
quotations; Make predictions; Categorize main ideas; Scan for supporting
details; Make inferences about author's view-point; Form/ express
opinions based on a text; Write a summarizing essay; Write an opinion
essay; Infer word meaning from context; Interpret meaning of a text;
Organize/synthesize information in different texts; Form and express
opinions based on a text; Write a compare and contrast paragraph;
Differentiate between main ideas and details; Scan for information;
Identify philosophical rationale for a text; Draw logical conclusions;
Categorize information; Re-evaluate assumptions; Develop
an opinion in outline form; Develop a classroom survey; Develop
descriptive writing skills; Use figurative language; Identify chronology in a
text; Extract logical arguments from a text; Establish cause and effect
relationships
Cultural Center for Language Studies - 3191 Coral Way, Miami, FL 33145 Tel: 305 529-2257
Email: [email protected] www.cclscorp.com
Grammar Structures
Passive and active voice; Gerunds and
infinitives; Past unreal conditionals;
Identifying adjective clauses;
Contrasting the simple past, present,
perfect, and present perfect continuous
ADVANCED ENGLISH STUDIES SYLLABUS
ADVANCED LEVEL
Course Length: 47 hours, 40 minutes
11 hours/week for 4 ⅓ weeks
COURSE 11: NORTH STAR READING & WRITING 4
Course description: The English for Effective Communication Course targets speaking and listening
skills through interactive student involvement in class activities. Because of this focus on oral
communication, students primarily develop reading and writing skills through homework and lab
assignments, such as essays, grammar exercises, and reading comprehension activities.
Grading Policy:
Attendance……………………………………..
Participation…………….……………………..
Assignments…………………………………….
Situations
Justin Lebo; Some Take the Time Gladys;
Mandatory Volunteering for High School
Diploma Not a Good Idea; The Satisfied
Leaner: How Families Homeschool their
Teens; The Fun They Had; The Chinese
Kitchen; "Slow Food" Movement
Aims at Restoring the Joy of Eating;
Poor Visitor; Nostalgia; Inside the House
Thoreau's Home
10%
10%
10%
Written exam…………………………………..
Oral Exam………………………………………..
35%
35%
CCLS Academic Progress Policy: In order to maintain good
academic standing, students must not:



receive a failing grade (less than 70%) for a level
fail to meet CCLS attendance requirements (should not
miss more than 20% of cumulative class hours)
fail the same level of instruction twice
Failure to meet these standards will result in a meeting with
the school’s Director.
Language Functions
Re-evaluate personal attitudes, assumptions and values; Infer
information not explicit in a text; Identify an author's opinions;
Identify motivations of characters; Relate specific examples to
broad themes; identify different perspectives within one text;
Paraphrase main ideas; Identify contrasting arguments in a text;
Express opinions; Write a persuasive essay; Use context clues to
find meaning; Evaluate and classify information; Read and
interpret bar graphs; View ideas from differing perspectives;
Compare and contrast information; Write a narrative essay;
Interpret imagery in a text; Take notes to organize information;
Analyze techniques in narrative voice; Organize ideas in
different frameworks; Support opinions with information from a
text; Use a chart to compare and contrast beliefs; Write a cause
and effect essay; Write/respond to interview questions; Use
signal words
Cultural Center for Language Studies - 3191 Coral Way, Miami, FL 33145 Tel: 305 529-2257
Email: [email protected] www.cclscorp.com
Grammar Structures
Contrasting the simple past, present perfect, and
present perfect continuous; Concessions; Direct
and indirect speech; Phrasal Verbs; Past Perfect;
Future progressive; Commas, semicolons, colons,
and dashes; Concession clauses; Parallel sentence
structures; Transitional expressions; Subordinating
conjunctions
ADVANCED ENGLISH STUDIES SYLLABUS
ADVANCED LEVEL
Course Length: 47 hours, 40 minutes
11 hours/week for 4 ⅓ weeks
COURSE 12: NORTH STAR READING & WRITING 5
Course description: The English for Effective Communication Course targets speaking and listening
skills through interactive student involvement in class activities. Because of this focus on oral
communication, students primarily develop reading and writing skills through homework and lab
assignments, such as essays, grammar exercises, and reading comprehension activities.
Grading Policy:
Attendance……………………………………..
Participation…………….……………………..
Assignments…………………………………….
10%
10%
10%
Situations
My Time in a Bottle; Addiction: Looking
for the Lie: There is such a thing as Truth;
Gotta Dance; Kids Learn Poise Through
Dance; A Fable for tomorrow: The Story of
Silent Spring
Written exam…………………………………..
Oral Exam………………………………………..
35%
35%
CCLS Academic Progress Policy: In order to maintain good
academic standing, students must not:



receive a failing grade (less than 70%) for a level
fail to meet CCLS attendance requirements (should not
miss more than 20% of cumulative class hours)
fail the same level of instruction twice
Failure to meet these standards will result in a meeting with
the school’s Director.
Language Functions
Infer characters' motivations; Predict content; Hypothesize
unreal situations; Evaluate personal experiences; Identify
the logic of an argument; Identify an author's biases; Order
information according to a timeline; Summarize main ideas;
Recognize personal attitudes and values; Contrast a
common theme in two texts; Write an essay with unified
paragraphs; Develop a paragraph with a topic sentence,
illustrations, and a conclusion; Develop thesis statements
and introductory hook; Identify personality traits; Examine
imagery in a text; Analyze author's purpose; Compare and
contrast cultural customs; Write an opinion statement;
Write a dialogue; Identify and interpret trends; Write an
interview; Write a paragraph analysis; Locate information
in the text; Relate the text to personal value; Identify an
author's point of view
Cultural Center for Language Studies - 3191 Coral Way, Miami, FL 33145 Tel: 305 529-2257
Email: [email protected] www.cclscorp.com
Grammar Structures
Past unreal conditionals; Double comparatives;
Identifying and non-identifying adjective clauses;
Adverb clauses and discourse connectors to
express cause and effect; Quotations marks;
Adverb clauses of comparison and contrast
ADVANCED ENGLISH STUDIES SYLLABUS
ADVANCED LEVEL
Course Length: 47 hours, 40 minutes
11 hours/week for 4 ⅓ weeks
COURSE 13: NORTH STAR READING & WRITING 5
Course description: The English for Effective Communication Course targets speaking and listening
skills through interactive student involvement in class activities. Because of this focus on oral
communication, students primarily develop reading and writing skills through homework and lab
assignments, such as essays, grammar exercises, and reading comprehension activities.
Grading Policy:
Attendance……………………………………..
Participation…………….……………………..
Assignments…………………………………….
Situations
Religion; Peace Prevails; Howard
Schultz's; Swiping at Industry; Women
at War; In peace, Women Warriors
Rank low; The cellist of Sarajevo; The
Soloist; Can Extreme Poverty Be
Eliminated?; Making Ends Meet
10%
10%
10%
Written exam…………………………………..
Oral Exam………………………………………..
35%
35%
CCLS Academic Progress Policy: In order to maintain good
academic standing, students must not:



receive a failing grade (less than 70%) for a level
fail to meet CCLS attendance requirements (should not
miss more than 20% of cumulative class hours)
fail the same level of instruction twice
Failure to meet these standards will result in a meeting with
the school’s Director.
Language Functions
Compare religious backgrounds; Paraphrase/ Interpret quotations;
Write summary statements; Make predictions; Infer word meaning
from context; Categorize/Identify/Summarize main ideas; Scan for
details; Write an interview; Classify information; Develop an outline;
Write an essay; Interpret a cartoon/photograph; Analyze information
to form a recommendation; Infer information not explicit in the text;
Evaluate advantages and disadvantages; Summarize questionnaire
data; Take notes to prepare for writing; Examine and develop thesis
statements; Make generalizations; Support opinions with information
from the text; Write a personal letter; Compare and contrast
experiences; Write a summary; Construct a dialogue; Embed
quotations in a written work; Compare tastes and preferences; Write
an introductory paragraph; Develop an outline; Analyze statistics;
Propose solutions to a problem; Refute opposing points of view;
Develop a logical argument for/against an issue; Compose statements
of concession
Cultural Center for Language Studies - 3191 Coral Way, Miami, FL 33145 Tel: 305 529-2257
Email: [email protected] www.cclscorp.com
Grammar Structures
Definite and indefinite articles; Count and noncount nouns; Infinitives and gerunds; Direct
and indirect speech; The passive voice; Noun
clauses in apposition