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Syllabus
Grade 10
Course Description
As a continuum from Technical Studies I this course will
further develop students reading and writing skills in all areas. More
emphasis will be placed on the appreciation of various types of literature
with special attention given to various learning styles.
Outcomes:
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Be able to analyze, interpret, draw conclusions and
question literary devices including flashback, foreshadowing, symbolism,
simile, personification, and alliteration.
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Be able to use technology to gather and organize
materials for a research paper.
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Be able to read various forms of literature to develop
a better understanding of self and others.
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Be able to write a quality essay with an introduction,
thesis and body with two to four major points supported by examples,
transitions and a conclusion.
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Possess personal writing styles (prewriting,
organizing, writing, revising, publishing).
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Be able to listen to challenge and form personal
opinions about fiction and nonfiction material.
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Be able to demonstrate understanding of a novel in
order to have a better knowledge of self and others.
Required Texts:
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Reading Literature, Blue Level, McDougall
Littell
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Survival, T.H. Peek Publisher, 1995
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, R.L. Stevenson
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Call of the Wild,Jack
London
English Department Requirements:
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All major papers must be typed.
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All written work must be completed in ink.
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All written work must be completed on loose leaf paper
on one side.
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All work must be handed in on time.
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No late work will be accepted.
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No extra credit will be given.
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Any form of plagiarism is unacceptable and will result
in an automatic zero.
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Required materials are expected in class on a daily
basis.
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A notebook is required (continuation of last year).
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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
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that work is completed upon return.
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Participation is required.
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Appropriate classroom behavior is expected.
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Writing Portfolio
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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.)
Literature Required:
1st Semester
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How Writers Write
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Short Stories
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Techniques
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Poetry
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2nd Semester
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Nonfiction
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Drama
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The Long Short Story
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