English III
This course presents advanced work in composition and
reading. Students’ practice both reading and writing as a
process. The course provides an overview of American
literature from the Colonial Period to the Contemporary
Period, allowing students to examine samples of
traditional, classic, and multi-ethnic selections that
represent this country’s cultural diversity. Selections
include poetry, drama, fiction, literary nonfiction, and
informational texts. As students read, they are asked to
focus on comprehension, analysis, and evaluation. As
they write for varied audiences and purposes, students
work to develop their ideas and apply effective voice,
word choice, fluency, logical organization of material, and
appropriate conventions of language. In addition to
process pieces, students produce in-class, timed
writings. The skills of listening/speaking and the
enhancement of media literacy are addressed in the
fabric of the course.
This course presents advanced work in composition and
reading. Students’ practice both reading and writing as a
process. The course provides an overview of American
literature from the Colonial Period to the Contemporary
Period, allowing students to examine samples of
traditional, classic, and multi-ethnic selections that
represent this country’s cultural diversity. Selections
include poetry, drama, fiction, literary nonfiction, and
informational texts. As students read, they are asked to
focus on comprehension, analysis, and evaluation. As
they write for varied audiences and purposes, students
work to develop their ideas and apply effective voice,
word choice, fluency, logical organization of material, and
appropriate conventions of language. In addition to
process pieces, students produce in-class, timed
writings. The skills of listening/speaking and the
enhancement of media literacy are addressed in the
fabric of the course.
Journal Entries
You will be required to keep a journal in response to literature. Please observe the following guidelines:
*Write your entries single-spaced on 8 1/2 X 11 paper and keep them in an inexpensive lightweight folder where paper is held with metal tabs (no folders with loose leaf pages).
*The outside of your folders should be labeled with your name and the course period.
*One entry per story is required ( a total of 8 entries by the end of the 9 weeks). Each entry should be a little over a half a page (past the 6 inch ruler mark on the left hand side) single-spaced, if typed, or a full page single-spaced (29 lines), if handwritten. If typed then use Times Roman Numeral with 12 font.
*The content of your journal entries should have a short summary and then transition into your own story that relates to the topic found in the selection. The title of the story should appear within your journal.
11th Grade Journal Entries:
Adventures in American Literature
Spirituals: Go Down, Moses: 362
My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas pg 364
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln pg 367
I hear America Sing by Walt Whiman pg 354
For My Sister Molly Who In the Fifties by Alice Walker pg 16
The Bluest Eyes by Toni Morrison pg 69
Online Short Stories:
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connellhttp://fiction.eserver.org/short/the_most_dangerous_game.html
The Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence http://www.englishlibrary.org/story_rockinghorse.html
The Charge of The Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson http://poetry.eserver.org/light-brigade.html
A very Old Man With Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez http://salvoblue.homestead.com/wings.html
A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane http://americanliterature.com/author/stephen-crane/short-story/a-dark-brown-dog
The Legend of Sleepy Hallow by Washington Irving http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LegSle.shtml
The Lady or The Tiger by Francis Richard Stockton http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LadyTige.shtml
The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick http://americanliterature.com/author/philip-k-dick/short-story/the-hanging-stranger
Reinventing Aaron by Aaron Williams
In class:
Freedom Writers by Erin Gruwell
You will be required to keep a journal in response to literature. Please observe the following guidelines:
*Write your entries single-spaced on 8 1/2 X 11 paper and keep them in an inexpensive lightweight folder where paper is held with metal tabs (no folders with loose leaf pages).
*The outside of your folders should be labeled with your name and the course period.
*One entry per story is required ( a total of 8 entries by the end of the 9 weeks). Each entry should be a little over a half a page (past the 6 inch ruler mark on the left hand side) single-spaced, if typed, or a full page single-spaced (29 lines), if handwritten. If typed then use Times Roman Numeral with 12 font.
*The content of your journal entries should have a short summary and then transition into your own story that relates to the topic found in the selection. The title of the story should appear within your journal.
11th Grade Journal Entries:
Adventures in American Literature
Spirituals: Go Down, Moses: 362
My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas pg 364
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln pg 367
I hear America Sing by Walt Whiman pg 354
For My Sister Molly Who In the Fifties by Alice Walker pg 16
The Bluest Eyes by Toni Morrison pg 69
Online Short Stories:
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connellhttp://fiction.eserver.org/short/the_most_dangerous_game.html
The Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence http://www.englishlibrary.org/story_rockinghorse.html
The Charge of The Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson http://poetry.eserver.org/light-brigade.html
A very Old Man With Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez http://salvoblue.homestead.com/wings.html
A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane http://americanliterature.com/author/stephen-crane/short-story/a-dark-brown-dog
The Legend of Sleepy Hallow by Washington Irving http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LegSle.shtml
The Lady or The Tiger by Francis Richard Stockton http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LadyTige.shtml
The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick http://americanliterature.com/author/philip-k-dick/short-story/the-hanging-stranger
Reinventing Aaron by Aaron Williams
In class:
Freedom Writers by Erin Gruwell
Book Files
reinventing_aaron.docx | |
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abraham_lincoln_vampire_hunter.pdf | |
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the_heir_chronicles_01_-_the_warrior_heir.pdf | |
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frank_peretti_and_ted_dekker_-_house.pdf | |
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Rubrics
literature_essay_rubric.docx | |
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qualities_of_an_effective_book_review.docx | |
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research_report_rubric.docx | |
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Recources
literary_terms.docx | |
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Assignments
Assignments:
Blogs:
My Perfect Weekend: Tell about your perfect weekend in a paragraph or more
Racism (Find three cases and write about them and use MLA format for Works Cited: www.ncwiseowl.com)
Stereotypes: Talk about your feelings on stereotypes that we discussed in class. You may share a personal story.
Virtues: You took a week of moderation from things that burden your life. Talk about the things that you chose and write about your ups and downs with living a virtuous life.
News Blog: Choose a topic from the past week that brings forth emotion and discuss it in a paragraph. Use MLA format for Works Cited.
Journal:
Read "The Rocking Horse Winner" and write a journal. Connect to the story. Look at the guidelines and the example that I gave in class.
IXL Grammar: Complete four grammar assignments from ixl.com (1st Week), 8 (2nd Week), 6 (3 Week), 8 (4th Week).
Marshmallow Challenge: We recently did the Marshmallow Challenge. Look at this exciting lesson: Ted Talks
Literary Terms: We are working on an activity with Puns. The students are to create a list of puns. Go to Cloudy and practice puns. Turn it in for a participation grade. 25 Puns in Under Two Minutes.
The students took a test based on Colonial Literature: Declaration of Independence, etc.
We are working on Irony: Situational, Dramatic, Verbal Irony.
Students are working on the horror genre. They read a short story and then filled in a worksheet "Character Description Organizer". Then they filled out "How to Write Your Own Scary Story" and "The 5 W's of Scary Story Writing". This is to help them with brainstorming their two page story. They had to create an outline: Act 1, Act 2, Act 3. This is 4 paragraphs that help with the creative process. They then received a "Writing Rubric" and further guidelines to create a two page, single space, Times New Roman. 12 font.
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Questions for Legend of Sleepy Hollow
reading_comprehension_questions_losh.docx | |
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Creating A Short Story
scary_story_ideas.docx | |
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Bitstrips for Schools Student Login Instructions
Step 1
Go to http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/login/
Step 2
Under Student Login on the left, enter the following classroom code: MEPHII and click on the Go button
Step 3
Select your name from the name box. If this is the first time you are logging in, create your password and click Set Password.
If you have logged in before, enter the password you made on your first login and click Login
Create your Avatar. Then create a minimal 6 box storyboard based on The Legend of Sleepy Hallow and The Smurfs The Legend of Smurfy Hollow.
Step 1
Go to http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/login/
Step 2
Under Student Login on the left, enter the following classroom code: MEPHII and click on the Go button
Step 3
Select your name from the name box. If this is the first time you are logging in, create your password and click Set Password.
If you have logged in before, enter the password you made on your first login and click Login
Create your Avatar. Then create a minimal 6 box storyboard based on The Legend of Sleepy Hallow and The Smurfs The Legend of Smurfy Hollow.
http://www.vocabulary.com/lists/228620#view=notes
http://ringlingcreativeawards.info/
Oct 17: Read A Dark Brown Dog, create a journal, and upload.
storymap.pdf | |
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