Tragedy And The Common Man Arthur Miller Analysis

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It is imperative that high school students develop the composition skills needed to be successful their freshman year of college. With the Ohio Department of Education’s decision to implement and promote the College Credit Plus program for middle school and high school students, it is very likely that the high school where I teach will begin teaching composition courses worth college credits to students in-house. By asking qualified teaching professionals to teach College Credit Plus courses as the high school the district will save a tremendous amount of money on college tuition for its students while still meeting the state’s educational requirements I created this course with the intent of being able to use this information and the assignments in the event that the high school needs a college level-appropriate course. Because the state requires that teaching professionals who teach College Credit Plus courses have their Master’s degrees in the content area, and only a handful of my colleagues have their Master’s degree in English, it is extremely likely that administrators will approach me to teach a college-level composition course …show more content…

This essay will help students better understand the notion of a tragic hero and that not all heroes are entirely good. Miller’s essay will also give students more experience with nonfiction writing, a literary genre that has become the central focus for many Common Core standards. Goodwin and Miller state, “The new Common Core language arts and literacy standards attempt to correct this imbalance by placing more emphasis on reading nonfiction.” When students write their final research papers, they will be able to revisit information from this essay when deciding which characteristics to describe in their

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