Buchanan’s Class Units of Study and Tardy Policy
Humanitas American Literature/ Contemporary Composition PERIOD 2
- Please note that this is a fluid unit of study.
- We have a new textbook that will be utilized as well in each unit.
- Furthermore, this is more of a guideline as other factors determine what will be covered based on time, students’ needs, and available books.
Unit 1: Time Period: 1900-1930
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Unit 2: Time Period: 1940-1970’s
Flags of Our Fathers (excerpts) by James Bradley
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston
Unit 3: Time Period: 1960-1970’s
“Letter from A Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Things They Carried (excerpts) by Tim O’Brien
Unit 4: Time Period 1980’s
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Let’s Go to the Movies!
The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann, 2013, PG-13 for violence, sexual content, and language
American Pastime, directed by Desmond Nakano, 2007, PG-13 for language and violence
The Watsons go to Birmingham, directed by Kenny Leon, 2013, PG-13 for thematic elements and mild language
The Secret Life of Bees directed by Gina Prince-Blythewood, 2008, PG-13 for language and violence
Smoke Signals directed by Chris Eyre, 1998, PG-13 for language and mild violence
Tardy Policy: When you are tardy, please write your name under your period on the date you were tardy. You will lose credit on your warm-up assignments and this will affect your citizen and letter grade.
Other Extra Credit Opportunities:
Not Using Hall Passes: 30 points per term.
Other Assignments: 20 points per assignment
Need Help: 1. Ask for help during class.
2. Come to see me on the days and times listed on the syllabus.
3. Send me an email. I check it once daily. Usually in the morning.
Questions About Your Grade or Make-Up Work
1.First Step: Schoology: Go online and look over your grade. Compare with your assignments.
2. Second Step: Have questions written out and/ or print out of your grade.
3. Third Step: Make an appointment ahead of time to see me on either Monday or Tuesday after school.
4. Don’t Ever Ask What Your Grade is When I am Entering Grades! When I know, I will let you know. Look online! Do not look up your grade during class. DON’T wait for the last minute to find out your grade or to make up work!
Buchanan’s Class Units of Study and Tardy Policy
Humanitas English 9AB PERIOD 3
- Please note that this is a fluid unit of study.
- We have a new textbook that will be utilized as well in each unit.
- Furthermore, this is more of a guideline as other factors determine what will be covered based on time, students’ needs, and available books.
Overall Theme of the Class: You the Hero!
Unit 1: The Hero’s Journey:The Odyssey by Homer
Unit 2: The Price of Painful Choices: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Unit 3: Conflict, Cooperation, and Competition: Night by Elie Wiesel and The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen
Unit 4: Societal, Family, and Personal Value Regarding Life and Death: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Let’s Go to the Movies!
Star Wars, directed by George Lucas, 1977, PG for violence and language
Of Mice and Men, directed by Gary Sinise, 1992, PG for violence
The Promise directed by Terry George, 2017, PG-13 for thematic material including war and violence.
Romeo and Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann, 1996, PG-13 for violence and sensuality
Warm Bodies, directed by Jonathan Levine, 2013, PG-13 for violence and language
Tardy Policy: When you are tardy, please write your name under your period on the date you were tardy. You will lose credit on your warm-up assignments and this will affect your citizen and letter grade.
Other Extra Credit Opportunities:
Not Using Hall Passes: 30 points per term.
Other Assignments: 20 points per assignment
Need Help: 1. Ask for help during class.
2. Come to see me on the days and times listed on the syllabus.
3. Send me an email. I check it once daily. Usually in the morning.
Questions About Your Grade or Make-Up Work
- First Step: Schoology: Go online and look over your grade. Compare with your assignments.
- Second Step: Have questions written out and/ or print out of your grade.
- Third Step: Make an appointment ahead of time to see me on either Monday or Tuesday after school.
- Don’t Ever Ask What Your Grade is When I am Entering Grades! When I know, I will let you know. Look online! Do not look up your grade during class. DON’T wait until the last minute to find out your grade or to make up work.
Buchanan’s Class Units of Study and Tardy Policy
English 9AB Honors PERIOD 4
- Please note that this is a fluid unit of study.
- We have a new textbook that will be utilized as well in each unit.
- Furthermore, this is more of a guideline as other factors determine what will be covered based on time, students’ needs, and available books.
Unit 1: Time Period and Location 1930’s, California
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Unit 2: Time Period and Location: 1930’s, Alabama
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Unit 3: Time Period and Location: 1940’s World War II, Europe: Sighet, Auschwitz, Buna, Buchenwald and Lithuania and Siberia
Night by Elie Wiesel and Between Shades of Gray by RutaSepetys
Unit 4: Time Period and Location: 1400’s, Verona, Italy and Future America after the Zombie Apocalypse
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
Let’s Go to the Movies!
Star Wars, directed by George Lucas, 1977, PG for violence and language
Of Mice and Men, directed by Gary Sinise, 1992, PG for violence
The Promise directed by Terry George, 2017, PG-13 for thematic material including war and violence.
Romeo and Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann, 1996, PG-13 for violence and sensuality
Warm Bodies, directed by Jonathan Levine, 2013, PG-13 for violence and language
To Kill a Mockingbird, directed by Robert Mulligan, 1961, PG-13 for violence and language
Tardy Policy: When you are tardy, please write your name under your period on the date you were tardy. You will lose credit on your warm-up assignments and this will affect your citizen and letter grade.
Other Extra Credit Opportunities:
Not Using Hall Passes: 30 points per term.
Other Assignments: 20 points per assignment
Need Help: 1. Ask for help during class.
2. Come to see me on the days and times listed on the syllabus.
3. Send me an email. I check it once daily. Usually in the morning.
Questions About Your Grade or Make-Up Work
- First Step: Schoology: Go online and look over your grade. Compare with your assignments.
- Second Step: Have questions written out and/ or print out of your grade.
- Third Step: Make an appointment ahead of time to see me on either Monday or Tuesday after school.
- Don’t Ever Ask What Your Grade is When I am Entering Grades! When I know, I will let you know. Look online! Do not look up your grade during class. DON’T wait until the last minute to find out or to make up work!