English I Syllabus
First Quarter
Subject to change
Week 1 Rituals/routines
--seminar rubric
--writing a summary
--Summer Reading (counts as a test grade. I
hope everyone did their's)
Week 2 Summary rubric
-- how to score holistically
-- how to open and close a summary
-- using MLA format
Week 3 Writing Essay Answers
-- brainstorm/prewrite strategies
-- develop essays with examples
-- close with significance
Week 4 Full Essays
-- Graphic organizers/outlines
-- Transitions
-- Closure with significance
Week 5 Editing
-- Close reading strategies
-- Peer editing strategies
-- 9th GLEs-sv, transitions, verbs
Week 6 Timed Essays
-- holistic scoring
-- problem solving
-- more editing strategies
Week 7 Portfolio
-- selecting and refining an artifact
-- reflection performance indicators
-- Producing a reflective essay
-- Editing essay
Week 8 RIEPS
-- reflection
-- conferences
-- submission
Week 9 AUTHOR STUDY READING PROJECTS DUE
Syllabus 2007-08 School Year
Sophomore English
FIRST SEMESTER : AUGUST 29 THROUGH JANUARY 18
All material for first semester will appear on mid year exam.
QUARTER 1
Narrative (Required Class Reading)
We will spend approximately one week on each story; some less. There will be a quiz at the end of each literary period and a test at the end of the quarter
Myth
"When Grizzlies Walked Upright (p19)
Romantic Period
"The Devil and Tom Walker" Washington Irving
(p242)
"The Fall of the House of Usher" Edgar Allan
Poe (p308)
"The Minister's Black Veil" Nathaniel
Hawthorne (p336)
Quiz on Romantic Era
Realism and Naturalism
"Episode of War" Stephen Crane (p476)
"The Story of an Hour" Kate Chopin (p634)
Quiz on Naturalism and Realism
"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" Katherine
Anne Porter (p846)
"The Rockpile" James Baldwin (p1148)
Test on all of the above ( due around 10/29)
Outside reading
5 short stories which will count as 1 book
towards the 25 book campaign.
Prepare a survey for each story.
Due end of 1st Quarter.
1 Test Grade (due around 10/29)
Writing
Write an original fictional narrative or
myth.
Final Draft 1 Test Grade
This will be done in stages and you will be
required to hand in each stage of the writing process. Each will stage will have a
grade assigned.
Write a Reflective Essay on your Fictional
Narrative or myth.
1 Quiz grade.
Additional Assignments:
Each story will have additional class and
homework assignments that will count towards your grade.
QUARTER 2
Non-fiction (Required Class Reading)
Transcendentalists (p384)
Emerson and Thoreau
Nature (p388)
Self-Reliance (p391)
Walden- “I went to the woods..."
(p406-11)
Civil Disobedience (p412)
Quiz on Transcendentalism
Persuasive Speeches
Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address (p522)
The Second Inauguration Address (p523)
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Letter from Birmingham Jail” (p180)
John F. Kennedy
Inaugural Address (p196)
Chief Joseph
“I Will Fight No More Forever” (p602)
Quiz on Persuasive Speeches
Test on all pieces of non-fiction (around 1/18)
Outside Reading
You will choose a work of non-fiction by or
about an American. This can be a biography, autobiography, essays, etc. I will have some
suggestions for you at the beginning of the quarter. We will also discuss the format your
assessment will take.
1 test grade (due around 1/18)
Writing
Persuasive Essay: In line with state
requirements, you will be writing a persuasive
essay to prepare you for state testing in
March.
Pre-writes will be required and graded
accordingly.
Final draft 1 test grade.
Oral Presentation
In line with state standards, you will be
required to give a brief persuasive
presentation. Don’t panic, it doesn’t hurt.
Really!
1 Test Grade.
Additional Assignment:
Each literary piece will have additional class
and homework assignments that will count
towards your grade
Mid Year Exam: Covers all of the above
Any student or parent who is interesed in helping with or participating in Drama, please contact me. We need people to help build sets, make costumes, take care of tickets and the box offic, and help with publicity. No experience necessary.
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