Students Will Receive Regular Instruction In

Mrs. Emily Gilbert

English II 2017-2018

Ketchikan High School Room 229

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The textbook for English II is Prentice hall Literature: Language and Literacy

Students will receive regular instruction in:

●Vocabulary and Grammar

●Writing paragraphs and essays

●Analyzing and responding in paragraphs or essays

●Reading skills and strategies

Students will need:

●Paper

●Pencil

●2 composition notebooks

●A folder or binder

Projects:

Students will have to complete an outside novel project per quarter. This is a novel of their choosing as long as it is their reading level or higher. Students cannot not read from one series. They may choose one book from a series but then must read a different book from a separate series the following quarter.

Quarter 1

Short story unit

Writing paragraphs and essays

Summarizing, paraphrasing, citing text

Works cited pages

Class Novel: Night

Book Analysis

Quarter 2

Hero Unit

Tragic hero: Antigone

Modern Hero:

Hero Research Paper

Refining summarizing, paraphrasing, and citations

Quarter 3

Poetry Unit

Understanding and Analyzing poems

Shakespeare: Julius Caesar

Responding to Julius Caesar

Quarter 4

Ender’s Game

Reading and Responding

Using all learned writing techniques.

Responsibilities and Policies:

Absent:

Students who are absent are responsible for asking about any work missed while they were gone. If students know they will be absent ahead of time they are also responsible for obtaining what they will be missing while they are gone.

Late work:

Any work turned in after the due date, without an excused reason, will lose 10% for every day that it is late- up to 50%. After 5 days, the highest grade the work will earn is a 50%.

Cell phone and headphones:

Cell phones will be allowed unless they become a distraction to students. Headphones may be used while students are working or reading independently, also, unless they become a distraction. This will be left to my discretion.

Tardies:

Students are given a hall passes at the beginning of the semester. They may use this paper to erase any tardies they have to my class. Any passes left at the end of the quarter can be used as extra credit.

My hopes are that my classroom will be a safe and creative learning environment for all students to come to learn and grow in their reading and writing. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

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