Syllabus for Honors Ten English 10B DRAFT

February 9-June 19,2009 DRAFT
Semester B Syllabus
Grade Ten Honors English 2008-2009
Instructional Dates/Material To Be Covered/Semester "B"

Week One
Opening Week Activities: Late Work Policy; Secondary Periodic Assessment Response to Literature Diagnostic; Bradbury Biography and Introduction to Fahrenheit 451; Preparation for Exposition Secondary Periodic Assessment

Presidents Day Holiday February 16, 2009

Week Two
Fahrenheit 451 Part One "The Hearth and the Salamander"; Imitative Writing from Fahrenheit 451; Talking Points Part One and Class Discussion; Exposition Secondary Periodic Assessment administered

Week Three
Fahrenheit 451 Part Two "The Sieve and the Sand"; Talking Points and Class Discussion

Week Four
Fahrenheit 451 Part Three "Burning Bright"; Talking Points and Class Discussion

Week Five
Literary Genre: Play
Introduction to Greek Tragedy and Sophocles; Before You Read Antigone; The Myth of Oedipus; To Kill A Mockingbird Part One: Chapters One-Five

Week Six
Antigone: Prologue and Parados

Week Seven
Antigone: Scene One and Ode One; Scene Two and Ode Two

Week Eight
Antigone: Scene Three and Ode Three; Scene Four and Ode Four

SPRING BREAK April 6-10, 2009

Week Nine
Antigone: Scene Five, Paean, and Exodos

Week Ten
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twenty Six to Thirty-One

Week Eleven
To Kill A Mockingbird Part One: Chapters One-Five

Week Twelve
To Kill A Mockingbird Part One: Chapters Six-Eleven

Memorial Day Holiday May 25, 2009

Week Thirteen
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twelve-Fifteen

Week Fourteen
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Sixteen-Twenty

Week Fifteen
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twenty-One to Twenty-Five

Week Sixteen
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twenty Six to Thirty-One

Week Seventeen
To Be Announced

Week Eighteen
To Be Announced

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

STUDYPATH* December 15-19, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. ShakespeareinAmericanCommunities.org outline due tomorrow
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Acts IV and V
3. Proofreading Warm-Ups in class
4. Reading Checks for Acts I, II, III, IV, and V due at end of play
5. Mark Antony's Funeral Speech essay due Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Outline due today
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V
3. Julius Caesar film screened Wednesday and Thursday in class
4. "The Bet" letters to the editor rewrites due by Friday
5. Grammar assignment

Wednesday
1. Julius Caesar film screening
2. "The Bet" final rewrites due by Friday

Thursday
1. Julius Caesar film screening
2. Caesar essay due Friday

Friday
1. Caesar essay due today
2. "The Bet" final rewrites due today
3. Winter Break December 20-January 11

STUDYPATH* December 8-12, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Acts III and IV all week; anthologies due in class
2. Homework Three continued in class
3. Outline of ShakespeareinAmericanCommunities.org due on Monday, December 15
4. Literary Terms
5. Grammar assignment

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Caesar Acts III and IV continued
2. Literary Terms

Wednesday
1. Caesar Acts III and IV continued
2. Homework Three continued in class
3. Grammar assignment

Thursday
1. Caesar Acts III and IV continued
2. Caesar essay assigned tomorrow; due on Wednesday

Friday
1. Caesar essay assigned; due Wednesday
2. Grammar assignment
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. Outline due Monday, December 15