COURSE SYLLABUS – Policies & Procedures
English IV: The British Tradition
Huntsville High School
Instructor:Amy Langley
Room Number:1508
E-Mail:
Website:
School Phone Number:(936) 435-6100
School Address:441 FM 2821 East Huntsville, TX 77320
Conference Period:5th
Tutorial Times:By Appointment
Supplies:Spiral notebook
Notebook paper and binder
Black or Blue Pens (NO other colors accepted!)
Pencils
Course Outcomes:As cited by TEA, students will be able to (understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about: #s 1-11)
1.new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
2.theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
3.the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding while making sure to evaluate the changes in sound, form, figurative language, graphics, and dramatic structure in poetry across time periods.
4.the structure and elements of drama and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding while evaluating how the structure and elements in drama change in the works of British dramatists across literary periods.
5.the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
6.the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support understanding while analyzing the effect of ambiguity, contradiction, subtlety, paradox, irony, sarcasm, and overstatement in literary essays, speeches, and other forms of nonfiction.
7.how an author’s sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support understanding while analyzing author’s use of imagery, allusions, conceits that reveal theme, set tone, and create meaning in metaphors, passages, and literary works.
8.the author’s purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from text to support understanding while analyzing the consistency and clarity of the expression of the controlling idea and the way in which the organizational and rhetorical patterns of text support of confound the author’s meaning or purpose.
9.expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
10.persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis.
11.how to glean and use information in procedural texts and documents.
12.Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning.
13.Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
14.Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas. Students are responsible for at least two forms of literary writing.
15.Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes.
16.Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues.
17.Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing.
18.Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions. Students spell correctly. Students are expected to spell correctly, including using various resources to determine and check correct spellings.
19.Research/Research Plan. Students ask open-ended research questions and develop a plan for answering them.
20.Research/Gathering Sources. Students determine, locate, and explore the full range of relevant sources addressing a research question and systematically record the information they gather.
21.Research/Synthesizing Information. Students clarify research questions and evaluate and synthesizecollected information.
22.Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas. Students organize and present their ideas and information according to the purpose of the research and their audience. Students are expected to synthesize the research into an extended written or oral presentation.
23.Students will use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings.
24.Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students are expected to formulate sound arguments by using elements of classical speeches (e.g., introduction, first and second transitions, body, and conclusion), the art of persuasion, rhetorical devices, eye contact, speaking rate (e.g., pauses for effect), volume, enunciation, purposeful gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively.
25. Students work productively with others in teams. Students are expected to participate productively in teams, offering ideas or judgments that are purposeful in moving the team towards goals, asking relevant and insightful questions, tolerating a range of positions and ambiguity in decision-making, and evaluating the work of the group based on agreed-upon criteria.
Scope and Sequence:Coursework may consist of but not be limited to the following:
Anglo-Saxon Period/Beowulf
Medieval Period/ Prologue and selected Canterbury Tales
The Renaissance/Macbeth and/or Hamlet
Enlightenment/ “A Modest Proposal”
Victorian Period/ Film Study: Tale of Two Cities and/or Wuthering Heights
Romantic Period/ “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and/or Frankenstein
Twentieth Century (Modern)/ The Stranger, Lord of the Flies and/or All Quiet…
Additional material covered: The Writing and Research Process (to include Narratives, Research-Based essays, and technical writing for the workforce), Speeches, Author Biographies, Non-Fiction selections, Poetry and Film/Media Study.
***Note: Grammar, spelling and vocabulary will be taught/reviewed within the context of the literature. Scope and sequence is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor. ***
Grade Scale:Major Assignments60%
(essays, timed writings, research projects, tests, six nine week journals, projects)
Daily Assignments40%
(in-class assignments, homework, vocabulary exercises, etc.)
In compliance with Huntsville ISD’s grading policy, grades will be tabulated every six weeks for report cards and three weeks for progress reports.
The approved grade scale is as follows:
A= 90-100
B= 80-89
C= 75-79
D= 70-74
F= 0-69
***Note: Grades can be checked at any time by contacting the instructor or using Home Access Center. The letter “X” means that a student has been exempted from that assignment and is NOT REQUIRED to make up the work. Grading rubrics will be given for all projects.***
Absences:If absent, it is the student’s responsibility to find out what was missed. Upon returning to class, check with a classmate or Google classroom online for each day’s objectives and journal entry. Check for any missed readings/handouts. If, after checking, the student still has questions, they may ask the instructor. If the student is absent for a day, they must be prepared to make up work and turn in assignments the day of their return; student has up to 5 days to complete tests, quizzes, and turn in make up work after an absence. Otherwise, the student will receive zeros for incomplete work. It is the student’s responsibility to schedule a time to take missed quizzes and tests. Any quiz, test, or project that was assigned before the absence and due during or after same absence must be turned in at the due date or the first day the student returns to school, whichever is sooner.
Late Work:Daily grade work will be accepted late with 10 points deducted per class day. Major grades will be accepted late with 10 points deducted per day. Approval is still subject to school policies and the instructor.
Plagiarism:Any instances of plagiarism/cheating will result in failure of the assignment (without make up) and the adherence to discipline measures in accordance with school policies.
Discipline:Any/All instances of improper behavior will NOT be tolerated. Discipline measures will be taken on the first offense and every one thereafter in accordance with school policies.
BYOT: Use of electronic devices is highly encouraged within the scope of academic purposes in class. If this privilege is abused, disciplinary steps will be taken, in accordance with the school district’s policy.
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Acknowledgement of English IV Policies and Procedures for Mrs. Langley’s class
I have read the English IV Syllabus and Policies/Procedures information and understand the expectations of this class and the instructor.
I understand that student grades may be checked at any time online with the parent viewer program or by contacting the instructor.
**Student Signature______
**Guardian Signature______
Please return this form no later than September 9, 2016. Thank you!
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