Syllabus

Grade 12
Course Description

This class builds upon the literary and analytical skills developed in American Literature/Composition. Students apply these skills to selections by various authors such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Swift, Orwell and others. Writing assignments will be incorporated building upon skills refined in previous English classes.

Outcomes:

Be able to write a traditional college level essay.
Be able to relate literature to self and the real world.
Be able to present oral and written literary analyses.
Be able to participate meaningfully in a discussion of a given work of literature.
Be able to respond to a question in one of the traditional essay forms.
Be able to gather, research, integrate, analyze, and synthesize ideas and information.
Be able to write a quality essay questioning a particular novel using the proper criteria.
Be able to respond in a creative fashion to all types of literature.

Required Texts:

The British Tradition, Prentice Hall, 1999 Edition
Survival, T.H. Peek Publisher, 1999
SF Writer, 2^nd Ed., Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc., 2002
Grendel, John Gardner
The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy
1984, George Orwell
Lord of the Flies, William Golding

English Department Requirements:

All major papers will by typed.
All written work must be completed in ink.
All written work must be completed on loose-leaf paper on one side.
All work must be handed in on time.
No late work will be accepted.
No extra credit will be given.
Any form of cheating will result in an automatic zero.
Plagiarism is unacceptable and will result in no credit.
Required materials are expected in class on a daily basis.
A notebook is required (continuation of prior years).
It is your responsibility to see the teacher (at the beginning of the class period) the day you return about missed assignments due to excused absence(s). Quizzes and tests must be made up immediately on your own time. Dates for these will be assigned when you return. Assignments given on the day of the absence will be assigned a later due date. Work given or due as a result of an unexcused absence or tardy will result in a zero. Prearranged absence - it is your responsibility to check before the actual absence so that work is completed upon return.
Participation is required.
Writing Portfolio
Computer disc required.

Grading:

Various methods of evaluation will be used. The purpose of this is to give you the exposure and experience to a variety of procedures. All work given will be assigned point values as determined by their importance. The total points will determine the final grade. The quarterly work and semester exam will all constitute a certain percentage of the grade as determined by the student handbook.

Composition Techniques Required:

(Each grade builds upon the prior composition formats that are required.)

Investigative Paper

Literature Required:
1^st Semester

Unit I - From Legend to History (449-1485)
Unit II - Celebrating Humanity (1485-1625)
Unit III - A Turbulent Time (1625-1798

2^nd Semester

Unit IV - Rebels and Dreamers (1798-1832)
Unit V - Progress and Decline (1833-1901)
Unit VI - A Time of Rapid Change (1901-Present)