- (1) 3-ring notebook with dividers
- loose-leaf notebook paper
- black or blue ink pens
- #2 pencils
- Assigned textbooks
EOCT (Georgia end of course test) = 15%
Quizzes (vocabulary, grammar, etc.) = 15%
Unit Tests, Novel Tests, Projects, Essays = 25%
Daily Participation = 20%
Notebook = 25%
Required independent reading:
- Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
- Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
You must read 2 of the following novels and complete a standard English Department test and essay question over the novel on the posted Novel Tests throughout the semester.
- Kate Chopin’s The Awakening
- Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
- William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying
- Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises
- Ernest Hemingway’s Farewell to Arms
- Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five
- J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
- Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine
- John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wraith
- Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood
- Pat Conroy’s The Lords of Discipline
- Toni Morrison’s Beloved
1. Arrive to class on time. The door will be locked after the tardy bell. If you arrive to class after the tardy bell, you will not be admitted to the classroom without a pass.
2. Use the restroom, etc. during your breaks between classes and NOT during our class.
3. No cell phones or other electronic devices are allowed in class. These items will be taken up and turned in to the front office. NO EXCEPTIONS and NO WARNINGS.
4. Food and gum are not allowed. You may bring a water bottle to class. Do not ask to go to the snack or drink machines during class.
5. No sleeping.
6. Upon arrival to class, immediately start to work on the posted assignment.
7. Class is not dismissed when the bell rings. You must remain seated, until I formally dismiss you.
1. Talking during tests is prohibited. Once a test has been passed out to the first student, anyone who talks will receive a ZERO for the test. NO EXCEPTIONS.
2. If you need to ask me a question during the test, please raise your hand and wait until you are spoken to.
3. After you complete a test and turn it in, you are to remain quiet. If you talk, you will receive a ZERO for the test.
4. If you cheat on a test or an assignment, you will receive a ZERO. You will also be expected to write a letter to your parents explaining why and how you cheated. Your parents must sign this letter and return it to me or else you will not be eligible to take the next unit test, and you will receive a ZERO. Cheating will NOT be tolerated under any circumstances.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated in this class. Plagiarism is when you pass off the ideas of others as your own; it is stealing the ideas and/or the words of others.
If you do use the ideas and/or words that are not your own, then you must cite the source of this information. In English classes, we follow the Modern Language Association’s (MLA) format to cite this information.
If you plagiarize, then you will receive a ZERO for the assignment. You will also be expected to write a letter to your parents explaining why and how you plagiarized. Your parents must sign this letter and return it to me or else you will not be eligible to attempt the next writing assignment, and you will receive a ZERO.
1. You are expected to attend class each day. Class participation counts 20% of your final grade.
2. If you are present in class each day, you are eligible to drop your lowest Unit Test grade.
1. All makeup work for the first 9 weeks must be completed and turned in by Monday, March 9, 2009.*
2. All makeup work for the second 9 weeks must be completed and turned in by Friday, May 22 at 3:30 PM.
*At the start of the second 9 weeks, makeup work from the first 9 weeks will not be accepted.
Week 1
Introduction
Pre-tests
American Literature Unit: Pre-Colonialism & Colonialism
Week 2;
American Literature Unit: Pre-Colonialism & Colonialism cont.
Start reading Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
Week 3; January 19 – January 23
No school on Monday
American Literature Unit: Pre-Colonialism & Colonialism cont.
The Scarlet Letter cont.
Unit Test/Project due on Friday, January 23
Week 4; January 26 – January 30
American Literature Unit: American Romanticism, Dark Romanticism, and Transcendentalism 1800 – 1860
The Scarlet Letter cont.
Week 5; February 2 – February 6
American Literature Unit: American Romanticism, Dark Romanticism, and Transcendentalism cont.
The Scarlet Letter cont.
Week 6; February 9 – February 13
American Literature Unit: American Romanticism, Dark Romanticism, and Transcendentalism cont.
The Scarlet Letter cont.
Unit Test/Project due on Friday, February 13
Week 7; February 16 – February 20
No school on Monday
No school on Tuesday
American Literature Unit: American Poetry
The Scarlet Letter Unit Test on Friday, February 20
Start reading Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Week 8; February 23 – February 27
American Literature Unit: American Poetry cont.
Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Week 9; March 2 – March 6
American Literature Unit: Realism and Naturalism
Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn cont.
Week 10; March 9 – March 13
American Literature Unit: Realism and Naturalism cont.
Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn cont.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Unit Test on Thursday, March 12
Thursday, March 12 – End of 9 weeks
Week 11; March 16 – March 20
American Literature Unit: Modernism
Week 12; March 23 – March 27
American Literature Unit: Modernism
Week 13; March 30 – April 3
Monday, March 30 - Georgia High School Graduation Test - English
American Literature Unit: Modernism
Week 14; SPRING BREAK
Week 15; April 13 – April 17
American Literature Unit: Modernism
Independent Novel Test on Friday, April 17
Week 16; April 20 – April 24
American Literature Unit: The Harlem Renaissance
Week 17; April 27 – May 1
American Literature Unit: Contemporary/Post Modernism
Week 18; May 4 – May 8
American Literature Unit: Contemporary/Post Modernism
Week 19; May 11 – May 15
Wednesday and Thursday – American Lit End of Course Test
American Literature Unit: Contemporary/Post Modernism
Week 20; May 18 – May 22
American Literature Unit: Contemporary/Post Modernism
Independent Novel Test on Monday, May 18
Contemporary/Post Modernism Unit Test during the Final Exam time period
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