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English 11-1

This semester we will be studying American Literature, including short stories, drama, poetry, nonfiction, and essays.  We will be reading works by Benjamin Franklin, Edgar A. Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, Robert Frost, and others.  Our studies will also cover grammar, composition, and vocabulary.  I look forward to a successful and interesting semester with each of you!

In order for us to work well together there are certain expectations I have of you.  They are simple and few:

1. You will bring your notebook, pencil, pen, and textbook with you to class unless told otherwise by the teacher.
2. You will be in your seat ready to begin class when the tardy bell rings.
3. You will be courteous to each other and to the teacher.
4. You will punctually do all assignments to the very best of your ability.
5. You will follow the code of conduct and dress for Pickens High School as outlined in your Student Handbook.

Class Materials:
                       
A supply of #2 pencils with erasers.
A blue or black ink pen.
A three-ring binder notebook with loose-leaf paper.

Grading Policy:

Grades are determined very simply in this class.  Daily grades and quizzes are recorded once in the grade book and tests are recorded twice.  At the end of the grading period all grades are then added together and divided by the total number of grades.  This determines your nine weeks’ grade which is eighty-five percent of your final semester grade. Your final exam at the end of the semester is worth fifteen percent of your semester grade.  All eleventh grade final exams consist of the Georgia End of Course Test. 

Honors English 11

This semester we will be studying American Literature, including short stories, drama, poetry, nonfiction, and essays.  We will be reading works by Benjamin Franklin, Edgar A. Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, Robert Frost, and others.  Our studies will also cover grammar, composition, and vocabulary.  I look forward to a successful and interesting semester with each of you!

In order for us to work well together there are certain expectations I have of you.  They are simple and few:

1. You will bring your notebook, pencil, pen, and textbook with you to class unless told otherwise by the teacher.
2. You will be in your seat ready to begin class when the tardy bell rings.
3. You will be courteous to each other and to the teacher.
4. You will punctually do all assignments to the very best of your ability.
5. You will follow the code of conduct and dress for Pickens High School as outlined in your Student Handbook.

Class Materials:
                       
A supply of #2 pencils with erasers.
A blue or black ink pen.
A three-ring binder notebook with loose-leaf paper.

Grading Policy:

Grades are determined very simply in this class.  Daily grades and quizzes are recorded once in the grade book and tests are recorded twice.  At the end of the grading period all grades are then added together and divided by the total number of grades.  This determines your nine weeks’ grade which is eighty-five percent of your final semester grade.

Your final exam at the end of the semester is worth fifteen percent of your semester grade.  All eleventh grade final exams consist of the Georgia End of Course Test. 

Pickens High School English Department
Curriculum Map—11th Grade English

A.  American Literature
            1.  Pre-Colonial and Colonial:  Two Weeks
            2.  Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Dark Romanticism, and the Renaissance: 
Three Weeks

1. The Scarlet Letter:  Throughout out the first five weeks plus one week
2. American Poetry Masters—Whitman and Dickinson:  One and a Half Weeks
3. Realism and Naturalism:  Two Weeks
4. Modernism:  Four Weeks
5. The Harlem Renaissance:  One Week
6. Contemporary/Post-Modernism:  One Week
7. Huckleberry Finn:  Two Weeks

B.  Writing
            1.  Writing Process:  Continually throughout the semester

C.  Conventions
            1.  Daily Grammar Practice:  Continually throughout the semester

D.  Listening, Speaking, Viewing
            1.  Note Taking:  Continually throughout the semester
2.  Oral Communications:  Continually throughout the semester
            3.  Vocabulary:  Weekly—Units 1-15
            4.  Film Viewing:  When time is available during appropriate units

English 12-1

This semester we will be studying British Literature, including short stories, drama, poetry, nonfiction, and essays.  We will be reading works by Chaucer, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, and others.  Our studies will also cover grammar, composition, and vocabulary.  I look forward to a successful and interesting semester with each of you!

In order for us to work well together there are certain expectations I have of you.  They are simple and few:

1. You will bring your notebook, pencil, pen, and textbook with you to class unless told otherwise by the teacher.
2. You will be in your seat ready to begin class when the tardy bell rings.
3. You will be courteous to each other and to the teacher.
4. You will punctually do all assignments to the very best of your ability.
5. You will follow the code of conduct and dress for Pickens High School as outlined in your Student Handbook.

Class Materials:
                       
A supply of #2 pencils with erasers.
A blue or black ink pen.
A three-ring binder notebook with loose-leaf paper.

Grading Policies:

Grades are determined very simply in this class.  Daily grades and quizzes are recorded once in the grade book and tests are recorded twice.  At the end of the grading period all grades are then added together and divided by the total number of grades.  This determines your nine weeks’ grade which is eighty-five percent of your final semester grade. Your final exam at the end of the semester is worth fifteen percent of your semester grade. 

Pickens High School English Department
Curriculum Map-Senior English

A.  British Literature
            1.  The Anglo-Saxons:  Two Weeks
            2.  The Middle Ages:  Three Weeks
            3.  The Renaissance:  Two Weeks
            4.  Hamlet:  Three Weeks
            5.  The Restoration and Eighteenth Century:  Two Weeks
            6.  The Romantic Period:  Two Weeks
            7.  The Victorians:  Two Weeks
            8.  The Moderns:  Three Weeks

B.  Writing
            1.  Writing Process:  Continually throughout semester
            2.  Vocabulary:  Weekly Units 1-15

C.  Conventions
            1.  Daily Grammar Practice:  Daily

D.  Listening, Speaking, Viewing
            1.  Oral Communications:  Continually throughout semester