Textbook: Collections 2- Students Will Also Be Able to Access Text on Line

CP English 2 Syllabus
Miss Dzurko
Room #2055

Credit for Course: 1 Unit
After school hours: Mondays until 4:30 pm

Textbook: Collections 2- Students will also be able to access text on line.

Course Overview: English 2 is an in-depth study of World Literature and literary nonfiction including Night by Elie Wiesel.

CCSD Grading Scale English Dept. Uniform Grading Policy
A= 90-100 Class work 15%
B=80-89 Quizzes 20%
C=70-79 Tests 25%
D=60-69 Essays/Projects 30%
F= 59-0 Homework 10%

Discipline
1st Offence- Verbal Warning
2nd Offence- Call or Email home
3rd Offence- Call/ after school detention
4th Offence- Call/ detention/ referral
*Serious offences result in immediate referral

Plagiarism
You will receive a zero for any assignment that is not documented properly; i.e. copy and pasting quotes without citing properly, and you will receive a referral.

Cheating
You and any other student(s) caught cheating will receive a zero for the assignment and you will receive a referral.

Make-up Work
If you missed a day of class please check the classroom calendar and ask for your assignments. You are responsible for remembering and obtaining it.
*Important Note per CCSD policy—a student has three (3) days to make up work!*
Late Work
Late work (not absent from school) is 10% each day.

Daily Materials
Failure to bring these materials every day will result in a substantial deduction in your participation grade.
(Participation falls under a 100 point test grade per quarter)

Notebook

Collections Textbook

Pen or Pencil

Class Structure
Agenda/ Bell Ringer- 15 minutes
Lecture- 15 minutes
Reading/Activity - 30 minutes
Practice - 25 minutes
Reflection- 5 minutes
*Socratic Seminars will be regularly used in this course.

Schedule
(Readings are subject to change based on Teachers’ discretion)

Week 1:

Syllabus/ Portrait Poems

Week 2:

What of this Goldfish Would You Wish Collection 1
Week 3:

My Life as a Bat, Collection 2
Week 4:

Excerpts from Kafka’s and Kuper’s Metamorphosis, Collection 3
Week 5:

Narrative Writing Assignment (personal narrative, memoir, or a fictional narrative)
Week 6:

Before I Got My Eye Put Out, Collection 4
Week 7:

Macbeth, Collection 5
Week 8:

Letter from Birmingham Jail, Collection 6
Week 9:

Research Paper
Weeks 10-17:

Night/ Art of an Argumentative Essay
Week 18:

Review/ Cumulative Final Exam

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Students and Parents-

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https://powerschool.charleston.k12.sc.us/public/