PAS American Literature Honors 2012-2013 Home

Monday, September 24, 2012

For Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Please be sure to bring your Holt Reader to class on Wednesday.

Posted by Ms. Lucy at 4:41 PM

Email This BlogThis!Share to X Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest

No comments:

Navigate

Home
Analysis
Literary Terms
Vocabulary
PRS

Blog Archive

► 2013 (34)
- ► June (1)
- ► May (6)
- ► April (7)
- ► March (7)
- ► February (7)
- ► January (6)

▼ 2012 (31)
- ► December (6)
- ► November (8)
- ► October (9)
- ▼ September (6)
- ► August (2)

Useful Links

Purdue OWL

Search This Blog

About Me

Ms. Lucy: I am both an educator and a student. I love to impart knowledge, but am always seeking to absorb more myself as well. Rather than depositing information into students' brains though, I love leading them to places they find interesting, or demonstrating how to see what they thought was ordinary (or boring) in new ways. Most of all, my goal is for my students to cultivate and persuasively defend their own opinions.

View my complete profile

Syllabus

Required Class Materials:

Holt McDougal Literature 2012 student edition G11

The Little, Brown Handbook

The Scarlet Letter

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Great Gatsby

Supplies (suggested, but not limited to): a notebook, a computer with the equivalent of Microsoft Word and Powerpoint, access to a printer, access to the internet, a gmail account, access to the class blog, google documents, and a prezi account

Course Description:

HS American Literature Regular encompasses a correlated study of listening, speaking, discussion, presentation, language development, reading, critical thinking, and composition. This course will survey selected works of literature representing American literature beginning with the earliest literature and progress to “modern-day” literature. The novels and accompanying selections from the textbook will address the idea of “The American Dream.” In addition to evaluating the works, students use them as the inspiration for their own writing and interpretive projects.

Course Objectives:

The broad learning objectives are adapted from the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards of the United States. For the complete standards, please refer to http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards/english-language-arts-standards/reading-literature-6-12/grade-11-12/. After this course, students should be able to:

Standards:

ñ Determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.

ñ Demonstrate knowledge of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

ñ Read for key ideas and details, so as to be able to cite evidence from a text to support an analysis, identify central themes and ideas of a text, and analyze an author's choices in a text.

ñ Read for craft and structure, so as to be able to determine the literal and figurative meaning of a text, identify how an author's choice of structure impacts the text, and to determine how the point of view affects how a text is meant to be read.

ñ Read for integration of knowledge and ideas, so as to be able to analyze multiple interpretations of the same text and demonstrate knowledge of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same time period treat similar topics.

ñ Initiate and participate in a range of collaborative discussions.

ñ Present information with a clear and distinct perspective, making strategic use of digital media.

ñ Produce clear and coherent writing.

In addition, it is my hope that after this course, students will love literature, be critical thinkers in all areas, understand and encompass literacy, be able to communicate effectively, and be good citizens.

Course Requirements:

Students will be expected to come to class on time for every class and to participate fully, which includes but is not limited to coming prepared, staying awake, speaking only English, taking notes, answering questions, thinking, contributing to discussion, and completing class assignments.
Students must complete assigned tasks on time. Assignments will not be counted as complete unless the student's first and last name are clearly visible. Late homework will be self-graded and count for half the points. Quizzes and tests can only be made up under extenuating circumstances. Essays received late will lose one letter grade per calendar day after the due date and will not be accepted five calendar days after the due date.
Students must be able to work independently and in cooperative groups to complete assigned tasks.
Oral participation and writing assignments will be done on a regular basis.
Students are responsible for compiling a portfolio to be used for parent conferences.
Academic dishonesty (cheating of any kind, but especially plagiarism) will result in a grade of 0 for the section of the assignment the first time, a grade of 0 for the entire assignment the second time, and a failing grade for the quarter the third time.

Classroom Expectations: Failure to comply with the policies may result in parent conferences and/or Administrative referral

Be respectful
Be productive

Explanation of behavior expectations:

Be respectful

Be productive

No food (not even energy drinks)
Cell phone on silent
No headphones
Pay attention
No sleeping (you may be asked to stand in the back)
If you need to go to the bathroom, sign out, take a hall pass, sign back in
No swearing at others, bullying, teasing
Keep your hands to yourself
Keep your area clean

1. Show up to class on time

2. Be ready with homework, books, etc.

3. Participate

4. Do your work

5. Write your first and last name on all of your assignments

6. Self-regulate

7. No speaking a language other than English

8. No plagiarism

Pacing Guide: This is a rough guide of what will be covered when that we will try to adhere to throughout the year.

Week	Story	Novel
1	Setting up
2	Jonathan Edwards: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (Camp)	The Scarlet Letter
3
4	Thomas Jefferson: The Declaration of Independence
5	Thomas Jefferson: The Declaration of Independence
6	Edgar Allen Poe: The Raven (Double 10^th Day)
7	Edgar Allen Poe: The Raven (Double 10^th Day)
8	Arthur Miller: The Crucible
9	Arthur Miller: The Crucible	SL Project
10	Midterm
11	F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams	The Great Gatsby
12	F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
13	Ralph Waldo Emerson: Self-Reliance
14	Ralph Waldo Emerson: Self-Reliance
15	Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman
16	Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman
17	Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography
Winter Break
18		Gatsby Project
19	Final
20	Mark Twain: Life on the Mississippi	To Kill a Mockingbird
21	Langston Hughes: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
22	William Faulkner: A Rose for Emily
Chinese New Year
23	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
24	Henry David Thoreau: Civil Disobedience
25	Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address
26	Arna Bontemps: A Black Man Talks of Reaping
27	Langston Hughes: Harlem
Spring Break
28	Midterm
29	Amy Tan: Rules of the Game	Independent Novel
30	Amy Tan: Rules of the Game
31	Own Choice
32	Own Choice
33	Own Choice
34		Start Project Presentations
35		Start Project Presentations
36	Final

Major assignments: This is not all of the assignments students will be doing; this is just a sample of the Major Assignments. There will be many different assignments graded throughout the course done in class and as homework. Due dates will be determined as assignment is given.

ñ 4 in-class essays

ñ 4 projects

ñ 2 midterms and 2 finals

ñ An on-going, cumulative portfolio

Evaluation: The grading system will be based on content specific writing components, reading selections, quizzes, exams, completed assignments, essays, projects, and class participation. A final grade will be given based on the percent average of the previous and according to the countywide grades scale.

A+ = 97-100 A = 93-96 A- = 90-92

B+ = 87-89 B = 83-87 B- = 80-82

C+ = 77-79 C = 73-76 C- = 70-72

D+ = 67-69 D = 63-66 D- = 60-62

F = 60 and below

Class Grading; Semester Grade is based on a scale of 100% (category percentages are approximate)

Papers = 20% of the total grade

Projects = 20% of the total grade

Exams = 20% of the total grade

Quizzes = 12% of the total grade

Discussion = 10% of the total grade

Homework = 5% of the total grade

Participation = 5% of the total grade

Notes = 4% of the total grade

Portfolio = 4% of the total grade

TOTAL = 100%

ñ Extra Credit: Students will be given extra credit opportunities (projects, critiques) during the term.

ñ It is recommended that you record the names, phone numbers, and email of at least two other classmates to form a study group. It is the student's responsibility to be informed of class assignments.

Picture Window theme. Powered by Blogger.

Monday, September 24, 2012

For Wednesday, September 26, 2012

No comments:

Post a Comment