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Dates |
Writing/Rhetoric |
AHSGE/Language |
Literature/Vocabulary |
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Aug.
15 - 19 |
Personal response
essay: Stages of writing,
prewriting, outlines
Introduction to
rhetoric: writer & audience |
Language: quick
grammar overview
Style: nouns & action verbs |
Classes begin Aug.
15
Unit 1:
Introduction to literature as argument
Establishing identity in
Hurston's essay
|
|
Aug.
22 - 26 |
Paper 1: personal response essay
Essay structure:
drafting, revising, editing, proofreading |
Style: appositives, participles
Mechanics: commas |
Continue
Unit 1:
Introduction to literature as argument
Rhetorical strategies in
speeches, poems, short stories |
|
Aug. 29 -
Sept. 2 |
Complete
Everyday Use Chapter 1 |
Style: prepositional phrases, adjectives
Mechanics: commas |
Finish
Unit 1; Begin Unit
2 on early American literature |
|
Sept.
5 - 9 |
Begin Paper 2: Rhetorical
analysis
|
Style: absolutes
Mechanics: commas |
Unit 2: early
American literature
Labor Day holiday Sept.
5 |
|
Sept.
12 - 16
|
Continue Paper 2: Rhetorical
analysis
Essay structure:
outlines, drafting
Logical fallacies in argument
|
Style: conjunctions
Mechanics: semicolons, colons |
Unit 2: early
American literature |
|
Sept.
19 - 23 |
Paper 2: Rhetorical analysis
Essay structure:
intro. & concl., transition; revising, editing, proofreading |
Style: conjunctions
Mechanics: semicolons, colons |
Finish Unit 2:
early American literature if necessary
|
|
Sept.
26 - 30 |
Rhetorical analysis |
Style: sentence openers
Mechanics: semicolons, colons |
Unit 3: Age of
Reason literature |
|
Oct.
3 - 7
|
Rhetorical
analysis of nonfiction |
Style: sentence openers
Grammar: pronoun usage |
Unit 3: Age of
Reason literature |
|
Oct.
10 - 14
|
Rhetorical
analysis of nonfiction
Begin
Everyday Use
Chapter 2
|
Style: sentence closers
Grammar: pronoun usage |
Unit 3: Age of
Reason literature
First Nine Weeks ends Oct. 11 |
|
Oct.
17 - 21 |
Everyday Use Chapter 2:
rhetorical canons
Invention; arrangement |
Style: using figurative language
Grammar: pronoun usage |
Unit 4:
Romantic era poetry
|
|
Oct.
23 - 28 |
Everyday Use Chapter 2:
rhetorical canons
Invention; arrangement |
Style: splitting S-V patterns
Grammar: pronoun usage |
Unit 4:
Romantic era poetry & Transcendentalism
|
|
Oct. 31 -
Nov. 4
|
Everyday Use Chapter 2:
rhetorical canons
Style |
Style: periodic & loose sentences
Grammar:
sentence structure |
Unit 4:
Romantic era poetry & Transcendentalism |
|
Nov.
7 - 11 |
Everyday Use Chapter 2:
rhetorical canons
Style |
Style: advanced sentence patterns
Grammar:
conjunctions, sentence structure |
Unit 5: Romantic
era short stories
Veterans' Day
Nov. 11
|
|
Nov.
14 - 18 |
Everyday Use Chapter 2:
rhetorical canons
Memory & delivery |
Style: advanced sentence patterns
Grammar:
conjunctions, sentence structure |
Unit 5: Romantic
era short stories
|
|
Nov.
21 - 25 |
Thanksgiving
Break November 21 - 25 |
Thanksgiving
Break Nov. 21 - 25 |
Thanksgiving
Break November 21 - 25 |
|
Nov. 28 -
Dec. 2
|
Literary &
rhetorical analysis using secondary sources |
Style: inverting subjects &
verbs
Grammar:
diagnosing run-on sentences |
Unit 6: The
Scarlet Letter
|
|
Dec.
5 - 9
|
Literary &
rhetorical analysis using secondary sources |
Style: advanced sentence patterns
Grammar:
diagnosing run-on sentences & fragments |
Unit 6:
The Scarlet Letter
|
|
Dec.
12 – 16
|
Literary analysis:
synthesis |
Style: advanced sentence patterns
Semester exam? |
Unit 6:
The Scarlet Letter |
Holidays
September 5
Labor Day holiday
November 11
Veterans' Day
Nov. 21
Weather Day
Nov. 21 - 25
Thanksgiving holidays
December 16
Last day of semester
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Syllabus for 2nd Semester,
Spring 2012 Subject to change at teacher’s discretion.
|
Dates |
Writing |
AHSGE/Language/Rhetoric |
Literature/Vocabulary |
|
Jan.
2 - 6 |
Literary analysis (TBA) |
Lang. Obj. I-1, 2
, 3
Grammar: noun & verb forms |
Teacher Inservice (no school) Jan. 2
Unit
7: drama--The Taming of the Shrew |
|
Jan.
9 - 13 |
Literary analysis |
Lang. Obj. I-3, 5,
7; Lang. Test 1
Grammar: verb
usage & agreement |
Unit 7: drama--The Taming of the Shrew |
|
Jan.
16 - 20 |
Literary analysis |
Lang. Obj.
I-4, 6, 8
Grammar: pronoun &
modifier usage |
Unit 7: drama--The Taming of the Shrew |
|
Jan.
23 - 27 |
Literary analysis |
Lang. Obj. I-8, 9;
II-1
Grammar: diction |
Unit 8: The Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass |
|
Jan. 30 -
Feb. 3
|
Literary analysis |
Lang. Test 2; Lang. Obj.
II-2, III-1
Grammar: formal
style, sentence forms |
Unit 8:
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass |
|
Feb.
6 - 10 |
Literary analysis |
Lang. Obj. III-2,
IV-1, 4; Grammar: parallelism; Mechanics:
capitalization, quotation marks |
Unit 8:
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass |
|
Feb.
13 - 17 |
Literary analysis |
Lang. Test 3; Lang. Obj. IV-2
Mechanics:
commas |
Unit 9: Civil Disobedience |
|
Feb.
20 - 24 |
Literary analysis |
Lang. Obj. IV-3, 4
Mechanics:
semicolons, colons |
Unit 9: Civil Disobedience |
|
Feb. 27 -
March 2
|
Research:
source card,& note taking skills, note card practice; topics |
Lang. Obj. IV-5;
Lang. Test 4
Mechanics:
apostrophes, hyphens
|
Unit 9: Civil Disobedience |
|
March
5 – 9
|
Research: source cards, preliminary research; taking
notes from sources |
Review Reading
Standards I &
II |
Third Nine Weeks ends Mar.
9
Incorporating tenets of civil
disobedience in research paper |
|
Mar.
12 - 16 |
Research:
documentation; writing the rough draft |
Review Reading Obj. III
& IV |
Incorporating tenets of civil
disobedience in research paper |
|
Mar.
19 - 23 |
AHSGE Testing Mar. 19-23 |
AHSGE Testing Mar. 19-23 |
AHSGE Testing Mar. 19-23 |
|
Mar.
26 - 30
|
Spring Break March 26 - 30 |
Spring Break March 26 - 30 |
Spring Break March 26 - 30 |
|
April
2 - 6 |
Research: writing
the final copy |
Special grammar/mechanics topics as needed
(TBA) |
Unit 10: Whitman & Dickinson |
|
Apr.
9 - 13 |
Research: final copy
due |
Special grammar/mechanics topics as needed
(TBA) |
Unit 10: Whitman & Dickinson |
|
Apr.
16 - 20 |
Creative poetry projects
Emphasis on figurative language & rhetorical devices in poetry |
Special grammar/mechanics topics as needed
(TBA) |
Finish Unit 10: Whitman & Dickinson
Begin Unit 11: The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn |
|
Apr.
23 - 27
|
Creative poetry projects
Emphasis on figurative language & rhetorical devices in poetry |
Special grammar/mechanics topics as needed
(TBA) |
Unit 11:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
|
Apr. 30 -
May 4 |
Writing project TBA |
Special grammar/mechanics topics as needed
(TBA) |
Unit 11:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
|
May
7 – 11
|
Writing project TBA |
Special grammar/mechanics topics as needed
(TBA) |
Unit 12: Realism, Naturalism, and Local Color
stories |
|
May
14 – 18
|
Writing project TBA |
Special grammar/mechanics topics as needed
(TBA) |
Unit 12: Realism, Naturalism, and Local Color
stories |
|
May
21 – 25 |
Review for
semester exam |
Semester exams
May 22, 23
|
Teacher Inservice (no school) May 24
Graduation May 25
|
