Grade Ten Honors English Syllabus 2007-2008
Instructional Dates/Material To Be Covered/Semester "B"
March 3-March 7
Opening Week Activities: Syllabi Questionnaire; Late Work Policy; Semester "A" Reflections; Accelerated Reader Off-Track Assignments Due March 7; Secondary Periodic Assessment Response to Literature Diagnostic; Bradbury Biography and Introduction to Fahrenheit 451
March 10-14
Fahrenheit 451 Part One "The Hearth and the Salamander"; Imitative Writing from Fahrenheit 451; Talking Points Part One and Class Discussion
March 17-21
Fahrenheit 451 Part Two "The Sieve and the Sand"; Talking Points and Class Discussion
March 24-28
Fahrenheit 451 Part Three "Burning Bright"; Talking Points and Class Discussion; Introduction to Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird
March 31-April 4
Literary Genre: Play
Introduction to The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (?1599), Introduction to The Elizabethans and William Shakespeare; How to Read the Play; Before You Read/The Play's Characters; To Kill A Mockingbird Part One: Chapters One-Five
April 7-11
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I; The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act II; To Kill A Mockingbird Part One: Chapters Six-Eleven
April 14-18
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act III; To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twelve-Fifteen
April 21-25
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV; To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Sixteen-Twenty
April 28-May 2
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V; To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twenty-One to Twenty-Five
May 5-9
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twenty Six to Thirty-One; Research Paper Abstract and Assignment Chronology
May 12-16
Introduction to Greek Tragedy and Sophocles; Before You Read Antigone; The Myth of Oedipus; Research Paper Initial Outline and Sources Cited List Due Date to be set
May 19-23
Antigone: Prologue and Parados; Research Paper Finalized Outline and Sources Cited List Due Date to be set
May 26
Memorial Day Holiday
May 27-30
Antigone: Scene One and Ode One; Scene Two and Ode Two; Research Paper Initial Draft Due Date to be set
June 2-6
Antigone: Scene Three and Ode Three; Scene Four and Ode Four; Research Paper Final Draft Due Date to be set
June 9-13
Antigone: Scene Five, Paean, and Exodos
June 16-20
Portfolio Preparation
June 23-27
Final Examinations
THIS SYLLABUS IS BEING UPDATED OVER SEVERAL DAYS. STUDENTS SHOULD CHECK BLOG FOR POSTING OF NEW INFORMATION.
Useful Web Sites
Online Writing Labs http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Composition formatting
Oxford English Dictionary http://www.oed.com/
Vocabulary for the AP student
Strunk and White http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/
Rules of style for written prose
Teacher Web Log http://www.hollywoodhighschool.net
Weekly blog postings of assignments due
Apex Learning http://www.apexvs.com/
AP diagnostic tests; literary terms; study strategies
Go My Access/Vantage Learning http://www.gomyaccess.com
Intellimetric prompts and rubric-scored writing
