Sophomore English Alma Bryant High School Manley 2007-2008
Course Syllabus School phone: 824-3213 Conference block : 4
G: Grammar L: literature W: Writing R: Reading H: homophones/ confused words SSR: silent reading
Week 1: ( 2 days)
G: Diagnostic Test
L: Diagnostic Test
W: Rev. Six Traits
R: Summer Rdg Info
H: often confused words/ Intro
SSR…..weekly; not listed
Week 2:
G: verb tense
L: Reading Skills Rev.
W: Rev. of Wrtg. Process
R: Sum. Rdg. TEST/ Skills Rev.
H: set #1
SSR
Week 3:
G: verb forms/ tense review
L: Rev. author’s purpose/audience
W: Narrative Practice
R: Main idea/ details
H: Set #2
Week 4:
G: subject-verb agreement
L: Voice : Myths
W: Conclude Narrative Wrtg.
R: Comprehension skills
H: Set #3
Week 5:
G: Tense shifts
L: Major trends in American Lit: Puritans
W: Expository practice
R: Preview/ Predict outcomes
SSR
Week 6:
G: Pronoun case
L: Jonathan Edwards “Sinners…”
W: Expository Practice Timed
R: Literary elements; comprehension
SSR
Week 7:
G: Pronoun-Antecedent agreement
L: Examined Life section
W: Persuasive Wrtg. Practice
R. Literary elements; main idea
SSR
Week 8:
G: Commas and clauses
L: Continue Romanticism
W: Persuasive/ timed
R: “Rip Van Winkle” and others
SSR
Week 9:
G: colon/ semicolon usage
L: Whittier and Holmes work
W: Sentence Structure in Persuasive
R: Trial CRT practice
SSR
Week 10:
CRT review; Trial tests.
CRT first quarter test given
SECOND QUARTER BEGINS
Week 11:
G: Daily Oral Grammar ( DOG)
L: Romantic Poetry
W: Poetry Analysis begins
R: Literary elements
H: next set
SSR
Week 12:
G: Daily Oral Grammar
L: conclude Romantic poetry
W: Poetry Analysis due/ Research begins
R: American Renaissance: Thoreau/ Emerson
SSR
Week 13:
G: Sentence structure
L: Works of Edgar Allan Poe
W: Research completed/ creative Wrtg.
R: context clues/ symbolism
H: next set
SSR
Week 14:
G: Participles/ modifier errors
L: Whitman/ Dickinson
W: complete Creative Writing
R: Skills review
H: next set
SSR
Week 15:
G: parallelism
L: Realism Unit
W: Six Traits review
R: understanding cause-effect
H: next set
Week 16:
G: CRT Review of skills begins
L: Realism
W: Persuasive Essay
R: propaganda, fallacies
SSR
Week 17:
G: Active/passive voice
L: Julius Caesar begins
W: Persuasive wrtg. completed
R: Literary elements
H: next set
SSR
Week 18:
G: sentence structure (TEST)
L: Caesar continues
W: response to Julius Caesar ( journal)
R: audience/ literary elements
H: last set before CRT
Cumulative test next week!
Week 19:
G : CRT trial quizzes
L: Caesar concludes
W. Literary response to Caesar
R: CRT skill review begins
H: final rev and test
Week 20:
G: CRT trial tests/ review
L: Sample test items
R: Skills review
W: Literary response due
CRT TEST GIVEN
END SEMESTER I
* This syllabus is a guide to the work that will be ongoing in class. If you are absent, call a peer or email me for specific instructions:
Course Description: Sophomore English explores an anthology of early American literature until 1900. The course is paired with sophomore history covering the same era so the student can make connections across the curriculum. Through reading and writing about the history and literature, the student should see that our past holds a mirror to the present. The course also focuses on the grammar and writing addressed by the sophomore year’s high stakes testing. One goal of this class is to prepare the student to excel on the AHSGE as well as the ADAW.
TEXTS:
Language Network, MacDougal Littell,
ISBN:0-395-96740-6
Elements of Literature, Fifth course, Holt, Reinhart. ISBN: 0-03-064923-4
Language Network Handbook, a workbook provided to each student. (0-03-052403)
SSR: Reading of class novels for discussion and writing purposes.
Grading Policy: Point system; tests and projects count for heavier points.
Class policies:
All necessary materials are required daily.
Disruptions nor sleeping will not be tolerated.
Respect everyone in your class.
Late work will receive point reductions
Materials:
Blue or black pens.
Loose leaf paper and a three-ringed binder.
Texts and workbooks.
Homework, when applicable.
An open mind….daily!
Make-up work: Students who have excused absences are allowed to make-up work missed. Be sure to check the CLASS LOG BOOK for your block whenever you are absent. Write down the work you must turn in. Tests will be made-up on Tuesdays and Thursdays during BREAK time.
NOTE: Please be sure that you and your student are acquainted with the information in the MCPSS handbook given to students. Pay close attention to the information on attendance.