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Dates |
Writing |
AHSGE/Language/Rhetoric |
Literature/Vocabulary |
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Jan.
4 - 8 |
Writing skills: brainstorming, variety of
sentence structures |
Grammar overview
Begin
Everyday Use Chapter 1 |
Classes begin Jan.
5
Introduction to rhetorical
strategies |
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Jan.
11 - 15 |
Writing skills: brainstorming, variety of
sentence structures & descriptive phrases
Paper 1 due |
Everyday Use Chapter 1
|
Unit 1: Early
American literature |
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Jan.
18 - 22 |
Analyzing persona & appeal;
Paper 2 assigned |
Everyday Use Chapter 1 |
Unit 1: Early
American literature
Jan. 18: School
Holiday (MLK. Jr.) |
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Jan. 25 - 29 |
Essay structure:
outlines, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading;
Paper 2 due |
Everyday Use Chapter
1--review & test
|
Unit 2: Age of
Reason |
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Feb. 1 - 5
|
Literary analysis |
Everyday Use, Chapter 2 |
Unit 2: Age
of Reason
Unit 3: American short
stories |
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Feb.
8 - 12 |
Literary analysis
Paper 3 due |
Everyday
Use,
Chapter 2 |
Unit 3: American short
stories
Unit 4: The Scarlet Letter
|
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Feb.
15 - 19 |
Literary analysis |
Everyday Use,
Chapter 2 |
Unit 4: The
Scarlet Letter
Feb. 15: Inservice--no school |
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Feb.
22 - 26 |
Alabama State Writing Assessment;
Paper 4 due in class
Research: note
taking skills, note card practice |
Everyday Use,
Chapter 2--review & test |
Finish Unit 4:
The Scarlet Letter
Unit 5: Transcendentalism |
|
March
1 - 5 |
AHSGE TESTS ALL THIS WEEK |
AHSGE TESTS ALL THIS WEEK
|
AHSGE TESTS ALL THIS WEEK |
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Mar.
8 – 12
|
Review & midterm
(?)
Research:
documentation skills |
Review & midterm |
Unit 5:
Transcendentalism |
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Mar.
15 - 19 |
Spring Break March 15 - 19 |
Spring Break March 15 - 19 |
Spring Break March 15 - 19 |
|
Mar.
22 - 26 |
Literary analysis; Paper 5
written in class |
Mechanics
|
Unit 6:
Frederick Douglass
|
|
Mar. 29 -
April 2
|
Literary analysis |
Mechanics |
Unit 7:
Huckleberry Finn
|
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April
5 - 9 |
Literary analysis; Paper 6
written in class |
Mechanics |
Unit 7: Huckleberry
Finn
Unit 8: Nonfiction
|
|
Apr. 12 - 16 |
Research:
choosing a topic |
Mechanics |
Unit 8: Nonfiction
Weather Days April 15 &16 |
|
Apr.
19 - 23 |
Research: note taking |
Mechanics |
Research in media center & at
home
|
|
Apr.
26 - 30
|
Research: writing the rough draft |
Mechanics |
Unit 9: Poetry
|
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May
3 - 7 |
Research: revising, preparing the
final copy |
Mechanics |
Unit 9: Poetry |
|
May
10 – 14
|
Creative writing |
Mechanics |
Unit 9: Poetry;
Unit 10: Drama |
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May
17 – 21
|
Creative writing |
Mechanics |
Unit 10: Drama |
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May
24 – 28 |
Review for
semester exam |
Semester exams
May 25, 26 (TBA)
|
Graduation May 28
|
Holidays
January 18:
Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
February 15: Inservice (no school)
March 15-19:
Spring Break
April 15-16: Weather
Days
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Syllabus for 1st Semester,
Fall 2009 Subject to change at teacher’s discretion.
|
Dates |
Writing/Rhetoric |
AHSGE/Language |
Literature/Vocabulary |
|
Aug.
10 - 14 |
Personal response essay
|
Language:
abbreviations
Style: action verbs |
Classes begin Aug.
10
|
|
Aug.
17 - 21 |
Intro. to genre &
writer’s identity: literary response & analysis essay
Introduction to class blog |
Lang. Obj. I-1, 2
, 3
Grammar: noun & verb forms
Style: appositives |
Unit 1:
Introduction to literature as argument |
|
Aug.
24 - 28 |
Introduction to
rhetoric: writer & audience
Stages of writing,
prewriting, outlines |
Lang. Obj. I-3, 5,
7; Lang. Test 1
Grammar: verb
usage & agreement
Style: participles |
Unit 1:
Introduction to literature as argument
Unit 2: American short stories |
|
Aug. 31 -
Sept. 4 |
Introduction to
intention & context
Essay structure:
outlines, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading |
Lang. Obj.
I-4, 6, 8
Grammar: pronoun &
modifier usage
Style: prepositional phrases |
Unit 2: Short stories |
|
Sept. 7 - 11
|
Essay structure:
outlines, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading
Essay structure:
intro. & concl., transition |
Lang. Obj. I-8, 9;
II-1
Grammar: diction
Style: adjectives |
Labor Day holiday Sept. 7
Unit 3:
the novel--The Scarlet Letter |
|
Sept.
14 - 18 |
Literary &
rhetorical analysis |
Lang. Test 2; Lang. Obj.
II-2, III-1
Grammar: formal
style, sentence forms
Style: absolutes |
Unit 3:
The Scarlet Letter
|
|
Sept.
21 - 25 |
Literary analysis:
synthesis of sources |
Lang. Obj. III-2,
IV-1, 4; Grammar: parallelism; Mechanics:
capitalization, quotation marks
Style: conjunctions |
Unit 4:
Autobiographies |
|
Sept. 28 -
Oct. 2
|
Rhetorical
analysis of nonfiction |
Lang. Test 3; Lang. Obj. IV-2
Mechanics:
commas
Style: conjunctions |
Unit 4:
Autobiographies |
|
Oct. 5 - 9
|
Review & midterm
|
Lang. Obj. IV-3, 4
Mechanics:
semicolons, colons
Style: review patterns |
Unit 5:
Huckleberry Finn |
|
Oct.
12 - 16 |
Literary &
rhetorical analysis |
Lang. Obj. IV-5;
Lang. Test 4
Mechanics:
apostrophes, hyphens
Review & midterm
|
Unit 5:
Huckleberry Finn
First Nine Weeks ends Oct. 10 |
|
Oct.
19 - 23 |
Research: topics,
source cards, preliminary research
Research:
note taking skills, note card practice |
Reading Obj. I-1,
2;
Grammar: pronouns
Style: sentence openers |
Parent
Day (no school) Oct. 19
Unit 6: Research
Weather Day
(no school) Oct. 23
|
|
Oct. 26 - 30
|
Research: taking
notes from sources |
Reading Obj. I-3 &
II-1, 2, 3, 4
Style: sentence closers |
Unit 7: Drama
|
|
Nov. 2 - 6 |
Research:
documentation
|
Reading Obj. II-5
& III-1, 2, 3
Style: inverting subjects & verbs
|
Unit 7: Drama
|
|
Nov.
9 - 13 |
Research: writing
the rough draft
|
Reading Obj. IV-1,
2, 3, 4
Grammar:
Style: splitting S-V patterns
|
Unit 8:
Nonfiction--persuasive essays
Veterans' Day
Nov. 11
|
|
Nov.
16 - 20 |
Literary &
rhetorical analysis |
Grammar:
conjunctions, sentence structure
Style: advanced sentence patterns
|
Unit 8:
Nonfiction--Transcendentalism
Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 23-27
|
|
Nov. 30 -
Dec. 4 |
Research: writing
the final copy |
Grammar:
verbs
Style: periodic & loose sentences
|
Unit 8:
Nonfiction--rhetorical techniques
|
|
Dec.
7 – 11
|
Literary analysis:
poetry explication |
Grammar:
verbs
Style: using figurative language
|
Unit 9: Poetry
|
|
Dec.
14 - 18 |
Literary &
rhetorical analysis
Review for
semester exam |
Grammar:
Fragments, run-ons, analogies
Style: review sentence patterns
|
Unit 10: Realism
Semester exams
Dec. 17, 18? (TBA)
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