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Mrs. Theresa Mallette

English I

LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

LAKELAND, FL 33801

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Mrs. Mallette and Mrs. Schraw

English I

Class Rules:

Question Everything

Read Everything

Be prepared and on time

Be nice

Expect the same . . .

Oh, and no food, drinks, gum or candy.

Things you will need:

1. Two paper folders with tabs to hold paper (pockets are not necessary)

2. Loose-leaf paper

3. Dark blue or black ink – no gels or pretty colored inks.

4. #2 pencils

5. Highlighter

6. A small binder ½ inch is fine

7. Binder for notes and returned papers

8. A box of tissues (please)

You need a novel to read on Friday’s and whenever you are finished with your other work. This book is your responsibility to get before class.

Books you will not use for this assignment:

Tangerine

Holes

Hatchet

The Giver

The Outsiders

Where the Red Fern Grows

Catalogs or reference books

Comic books

Reading Log Directions

v Every Friday you will read for 30 minutes and then write about what you read.

v This is a weekly assignment regardless of whether we have school on Friday or if you are absent.

v Reading Logs will be collected at the end of the period on Friday.

Course Syllabus

Mrs. Mallette & Mrs. Schraw

English I

I. Writing

A. Review Writing as a Process

1. Pre-writing, rough draft, proofreading/editing, revising, final copy

2. Topic Sentence and supports

3. Organizational patterns: cause/effect, chronological, comparison/contrast, spatial

4. Author’s purpose: criticize, describe, entertain, express opinion, explain, inform

B. Types of Writing

1. Narration

a. True Narrative (Conflict)

2. Persuasive

3. Expository

a. Compare & Contrast

b. Cause & Effect

C. Grammar

a. Parts of Speech

b. Sentence Structure

c. Punctuation

D. Vocabulary

E. Practice Timed Writings

II. Reading Strategies:

A. Main ideas, fact/opinion/ sequencing, cause/effect, details, conclusion, comparison /contrast, author’s purpose, point of view, summarize/paraphrase passages

B. Vocabulary in Context

C. Elements of Plot: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

D. Fiction Terms: antagonist, characterization, conflict, dialect, dialogue, diction, flashback, foreshadowing, irony, mood, point of view, protagonist, satire, setting, symbolism, theme, tone

E. Poetry – ballad, epic, haiku, limerick, narrative, sonnet

F. Poetry Elements

G. Short Stories from Elements of Literature

H. Novels: Seedfolks

The House on Mango Street

I. Drama: “Romeo and Juliet”

J. Drama terms: act, drama, monologue, props, setting, scene, soliloquy, stage directions, tragedy

K. Epic: The Odyssey

L. Research Skills

III. Listening and Speaking

A. Storytelling

B. True Narrative

C. Presentation of Romeo and Juliet

D. Read aloud

Monday, January 28

"If I Were in Charge of the World"

Write and read poems to the class.

Helping verbs -- Get rid of those "to be" verbs!

Rewrite paragraphs about the good pizza and vacant room.

Tuesday, January 29

Pretest: Persuasive essay

Wednesday, January 30

What makes humans different than animals?

Why do we like a good chase scene?

Discuss the difference between external and internal conflict.

Read "The Dangerous Game"

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