|
Dates |
Writing/Rhetoric |
AHSGE/Language |
Literature/Vocabulary |
|
Aug.
15 - 19 |
Intro. to course
Personal response
essay: topic, brainstorming, outlining |
Language: quick
grammar overview
Language:
noun forms (plurals and possessives)
|
Classes begin Aug.
15
|
|
Aug.
22 - 26 |
Personal response
essay: outlining, drafting, revising |
Language:
capitalization, mechanics, and usage |
Native American literature |
|
Aug. 29 -
Sept. 2 |
Paragraph fundamentals |
Language:
capitalization and usage |
Native American literature |
|
Sept.
5 - 9 |
Paragraph fundamentals |
Language:
Usage
|
Native American literature
Labor Day holiday Sept. 5 |
|
Sept.
12 - 16
|
Fundamentals of composition & style;
Expository essay: topic, brainstorming, outline |
Language:
commas |
Analysis of sample essay: "Capturing Life
Moment by Moment" |
|
Sept.
19 - 23 |
Fundamentals of composition & style;
Expository essay: detailed outline, drafting, revising |
Language:
commas |
Analysis of sample essay |
|
Sept.
26 - 30 |
Descriptive essay: transitions, introductions &
conclusions
Research Skills |
Language:
commas, semicolons, colons
Punctuation used with research skills |
Research Skills |
|
Oct.
3 - 7
|
Research in library: source cards & note cards
for research paper |
Research Skills: in library |
Research Skills: reading primary sources |
|
Oct.
10 - 14
|
Identifying & summarizing main ideas in
nonfiction |
Pronoun-antecedent agreement and
pronoun case |
Age of Reason literature
First Nine Weeks ends Oct. 11 |
|
Oct.
17 - 21 |
Identifying & summarizing main ideas in
nonfiction |
Pronoun-antecedent
agreement and pronoun case |
Age of Reason literature |
|
Oct.
23 - 28 |
Identifying & summarizing main ideas in
nonfiction |
Pronoun-antecedent
agreement and pronoun case |
Age of Reason literature |
|
Oct. 31 -
Nov. 4
|
Writing the research paper rough draft |
Writing the research paper rough draft |
Writing the research paper rough draft |
|
Nov.
7 - 11 |
Writing responses to literature: reading
journal; literary devices |
Language:
S-V Agreement |
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Veterans' Day
Nov. 11
|
|
Nov.
14 - 18 |
Writing responses to literature: reading
journal; literary devices |
Language:
S-V Agreement |
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
|
|
Nov.
21 - 25 |
Thanksgiving
Break November 21 - 25 |
Thanksgiving
Break Nov. 21 - 25 |
Thanksgiving
Break November 21 - 25 |
|
Nov. 28 -
Dec. 2
|
Writing the research paper final copy |
Writing the research paper final copy |
Romantic Era Poetry
|
|
Dec.
5 - 9
|
Writing the research paper final copy
Tentative due date: Dec. 6 |
Writing the research paper final copy |
Romantic Era Poetry
|
|
Dec.
12 – 16
|
Semester exams
Dec. 13-16: TBA |
Review for exam |
Romantic Era Poetry
|
Holidays
September 5
Labor Day holiday
November 11
Veterans' Day
November 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: quoting skills |
AHSGE
Lang. Obj. I-1, 2
, 3
Grammar: noun & verb forms |
Teacher Inservice (no school) Jan. 2
Romantic Era short stories |
|
Jan.
9 - 13 |
Literary analysis: paraphrasing skills |
AHSGE
Lang. Obj. I-3, 5,
7; Lang. Test 1
Grammar: verb
usage & agreement
|
Romantic Era short stories |
|
Jan.
16 - 20 |
Literary analysis: paragraph responses |
AHSGE
Lang. Obj.
I-4, 6, 8
Grammar: pronoun &
modifier usage
|
Romantic Era short stories |
|
Jan.
23 - 27 |
Literary analysis: topic, brainstorming,
outlining |
AHSGE
Lang. Obj. I-8, 9;
II-1
Grammar: diction
|
The Scarlet Letter |
|
Jan. 30 -
Feb. 3
|
Literary analysis: outlining, drafting |
Lang. Test 2;
AHSGE
Lang. Obj.
II-2, III-1
Grammar: formal
style, sentence forms
|
The Scarlet Letter |
|
Feb.
6 - 10 |
Literary analysis: peer editing, revising
|
AHSGE
Lang. Obj. III-2,
IV-1, 4; Grammar: parallelism; Mechanics:
capitalization, quotation marks; Style: conjunctions
|
The Scarlet Letter; Transcendentalism |
|
Feb.
13 - 17 |
Persuasive writing: topics, brainstorming,
outlining |
Lang. Test 3;
AHSGE
Lang. Obj. IV-2
Mechanics:
commas
Style: conjunctions |
Transcendentalism |
|
Feb.
20 - 24 |
Persuasive writing: outlining, drafting |
AHSGE
Lang. Obj. IV-3, 4
Mechanics:
semicolons, colons
Style: review patterns |
Civil Disobedience |
|
Feb. 27 -
March 2
|
Persuasive writing: revising, reviewing |
AHSGE
Lang. Obj. IV-5;
Lang. Test 4
Mechanics:
apostrophes, hyphens
|
Civil Disobedience |
|
March
5 – 9
|
Review Reading
Standards I &
II |
Review Reading
Standards I &
II |
Third Nine Weeks ends Mar.
9 Civil War
literature |
|
Mar.
12 - 16 |
Review Reading
Standards I &
II |
Review Reading Obj. III
& IV |
Civil War literature |
|
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 |
Creative poetry projects
Emphasis on figurative language & structure in poetry |
Grammar:
conjunctions, sentence structure |
Whitman & Dickinson |
|
Apr.
9 - 13 |
Creative poetry projects
Emphasis on figurative language & structure in poetry |
Grammar:
conjunctions, sentence structure
Style: appositives, participles |
Whitman & Dickinson |
|
Apr.
16 - 20 |
Creative poetry projects;
Emphasis on figurative language & structure in poetry
|
Style: participles, absolutes |
Whitman & Dickinson
Drama |
|
Apr.
23 - 27
|
Group projects on drama |
Style: adjective phrases |
Drama |
|
Apr. 30 -
May 4 |
Group projects on drama |
Style: prepositional
phrases |
Drama |
|
May
7 – 11
|
Review of writing skills |
Style: action verb |
Realism & Naturalism |
|
May
14 – 18
|
Review of writing skills |
Style: sentence variety |
Realism & Naturalism |
|
May
21 – 25 |
Review for
semester exam |
Semester exams
May 22, 23
|
Teacher Inservice (no school) May 24
Graduation May 25
|
