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Freshman/Sophomore English:

This course is required for current freshmen and sophomores, and runs on a two-year loop.  This year the course will focus on American literature and will run concurrently with U.S. History class, enabling students to see connections between subject areas and learn subject matter from both classes in a deeper and more meaningful fashion.  This class includes experiences with literature, writing, and speech as studied in three major units each semester. 

First semester will include the units focused around the following topics: Personal narratives (Civil War), Oral Traditions, and Short Stories (1920's).  Technical writing, vocabulary development, and grammar skills are a continual focus of the class.   
9/3,4

FIRST DAY OF CLASS

-Welcome and introductions

-Course overview

-Unit 1 overview

-Memory by ages

9/5,8

-Nonfiction notes part I

-Autobiographical incident draft #1

9/9,10

-Autobiographical incident draft #1 DUE

-Nonfiction notes part II

9/11,15

-Autobiographical incident draft #2 DUE

-Read excerpts by Fredrick Douglas

--Answer reading questions

9/16,17 -Harriet Jacobs reading
9/18,22

-Discuss Harriet Jacobs reading

-Autobiographical Incident revisions

9/23,24 -Nonfiction Test
9/25,26 -Autobiographical Incident final is DUE
9/29,30 Letter analysis intro
10/1,2 Sullivan Ballew letter
10/3

Start Civil War letter analysis Assignment

FORMS: Archives form Letter specific questions

LETTERS:

--David Demus to Mary Jane Demus 1 2

--Letters of E. and Fannie Hunt 1 2

--Samuel M. Potter to Cynthia Potter 1 2

--Brooks Family Letters 1 2

--Letters of the Cochran Family 1 2

--Mary Todd Lincoln 1 (Do a keyword search)

10/6

Letter Transcription

--Assignment

--Document original, easier to read

10/7,8

College Day

Continue letter analysis

10/9,13

Present letters

Intro to Reconstruction Newspapers
10/14,15 Washington Health Survey
10/16, 17 Reconstruction Newspaper analysis
10/20,21

Non-fiction quiz

Jokes

Public speaking unit intro

10/22,23

Introduction to Oral traditions

Impromptu speeches

10/24,27

Gertrude Bonnin intro

Read Bonnin chapters and answer Q's

10/28-31 Prepare Bonnin presentations
11/3,4 Present Bonnin chapter to the class
11/5,6

Persuasion reading (Lit. book p 468-9)

Persuasive speech topic brainstorm
11/7,10

Semi-Impromptu speeches
11/12,13

Choose speech topics

Review speech requirements

Research time

11/14,17

Persuasive speech hints

Outline assignment

Reseach time
11/18-26

Persuasive Speeches research and work time

OUTLINE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE 11/25-26

12/1-5

PERSUASIVE SPEECHES

12/8-9 Native American stories
12/10-19 Steinbeck/Of Mice and Men research projects
12/22-1/2 WINTER BREAK- NO SCHOOL
1/5-6 PRESENT: Steinbeck/Of Mice and Men research projects DUE
1/7-8

Begin Of Mice and Men

-Go over study guide intro

-Pass out books

-Start reading

1/9-12

OMAM Chapter 1 reading and study guide due

You've got a friend reading activity

1/13-14

OMAM Chapter 2 reading and study guide due

Character profile and poster assignment

1/15-16

OMAM Chapter 3 reading and study guide due

Mood and setting

1/20-21

OMAM Chapter 4 reading and study guide due

What's in a name?

-- Name Research-Your Name

-- Name Research-Character Names

1/22-23

OMAM Chapter 5 and 6 reading and study guides due

Foreshadowing

1/26-27

OMAM

-Theme

-Title meaning

-Review

1/28-29

OMAM Final

END OF SEMESTER

 
 

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