Honors English 10 Syllabus for 2005-2006 School Year
Honors English10 Syllabus
Materials Needed:
· Materials for first week:
o 2 clip Folders
o 3” ring binder
o a packet of college-ruled notebook paper
o several pens of blue, black, or purple ink
o liquid paper
Materials for first nine weeks:
o a packet of 3” x 5” lined note cards
o a packet of 4” x 6” lined note cards
The First Nine Weeks:
You will re-assess your summer literary analysis essays based upon our discussion of Lord of the Flies and To Kill a Mockingbird, choose one and revise it for grading. You will be graded on clarity of thought and presentation of ideas as well as Ries’s Rules on Writing.
We will discuss writing techniques and style.
You will learn about and take notes on several grammatical items and have a test on them. You will also use them in your essay assignments below.
You will write a definition essay using assigned grammatical items.
In the second four and a half weeks, you will begin to research, and write. A five-minute oration on a socially relevant topic. Focus will be on organization of ideas, grammar, writing skills, and speaking skills. You will use MLA style and the Landmark Citation Project at http://citationmachine.net/ for the citation of sources.
The Second Nine Weeks:
The first weeks will be focused on the delivery of the oration.
We will read and discuss several poems and short stories. We will discuss all aspects of poems and short stories thoroughly. For the poems you will be keeping an analysis journal, and for the short stories you will be leading the discussion. You will be doing several in-class essays on both poems and short stories. You will also be tested on selected writings and the form and structure of both poems and short stories.
You will also write original poems and an original short story to better understand the creative process involved in the creation of written works.
Poems
“Barbie Doll” Marge Piercy
“Mother to Son” Langston Hughes
“Mid-Term Break” Seamus Heaney
“One Art” Elizabeth Bishop
“Neutral Tones” Thomas Hardy
“All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace” Richard Brautigan
“Theme for English B” Langston Hughes
And two more poems of my choice.
Short Stories
“Barn Burning” William Faulkner
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” Flannery O‘Connor
“Hills Like White Elephants” Ernest Hemingway
“The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Ambrose Bierce
“The Rocking-Horse Winner” D.H. Lawrence
And one more short story of your choice (okayed by me).
The Third Nine Weeks:
You will also participate in a group presentation project. You will be divided into groups and will be asked to choose a legend or a figure in Greek/Roman or Norse mythology and prepare a presentation for the class. You will be graded on the written and presentation portions of the assignment. As this project grows closer, you will be given the specifics as to what will be expected of you.
We will read and discuss the following plays. You will complete notes and essay assignments—both in-class and out of class—on the material covered. You will take a multiple-choice test on one of the plays. Also, you will read the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn out of class. You will take a multiple-choice test on the book.
Hamlet William Shakespeare
Macbeth William Shakespeare
Antigone Sophocles
The Fourth Nine Weeks:
We will read the following novels and discuss them in class. You will have to write an essay on one of the novels and be tested on one of the other two.
Beowulf Anonymous
Catcher in the Rye J.D Salinger
Ordinary People Judith Guest
Extra Credit:
Throughout the year, you will have several opportunities to gain extra credit points. Those opportunities will vary. Once a nine weeks, you may also choose to read one of the following novels and write an analysis essay on the book: After the First Death Robert Cormier, Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte, Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller or Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte. The essay must be hand-written in blue, black or purple ink and submitted in a clip folder. You will receive up to 25 extra credit points for completing this assignment each nine weeks.
**The contents of this syllabus are subject to change at my discretion**
--Mr. Ries
Materials Needed:
· Materials for first week:
o 2 clip Folders
o 3” ring binder
o a packet of college-ruled notebook paper
o several pens of blue, black, or purple ink
o liquid paper
Materials for first nine weeks:
o a packet of 3” x 5” lined note cards
o a packet of 4” x 6” lined note cards
The First Nine Weeks:
You will re-assess your summer literary analysis essays based upon our discussion of Lord of the Flies and To Kill a Mockingbird, choose one and revise it for grading. You will be graded on clarity of thought and presentation of ideas as well as Ries’s Rules on Writing.
We will discuss writing techniques and style.
You will learn about and take notes on several grammatical items and have a test on them. You will also use them in your essay assignments below.
You will write a definition essay using assigned grammatical items.
In the second four and a half weeks, you will begin to research, and write. A five-minute oration on a socially relevant topic. Focus will be on organization of ideas, grammar, writing skills, and speaking skills. You will use MLA style and the Landmark Citation Project at http://citationmachine.net/ for the citation of sources.
The Second Nine Weeks:
The first weeks will be focused on the delivery of the oration.
We will read and discuss several poems and short stories. We will discuss all aspects of poems and short stories thoroughly. For the poems you will be keeping an analysis journal, and for the short stories you will be leading the discussion. You will be doing several in-class essays on both poems and short stories. You will also be tested on selected writings and the form and structure of both poems and short stories.
You will also write original poems and an original short story to better understand the creative process involved in the creation of written works.
Poems
“Barbie Doll” Marge Piercy
“Mother to Son” Langston Hughes
“Mid-Term Break” Seamus Heaney
“One Art” Elizabeth Bishop
“Neutral Tones” Thomas Hardy
“All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace” Richard Brautigan
“Theme for English B” Langston Hughes
And two more poems of my choice.
Short Stories
“Barn Burning” William Faulkner
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” Flannery O‘Connor
“Hills Like White Elephants” Ernest Hemingway
“The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Ambrose Bierce
“The Rocking-Horse Winner” D.H. Lawrence
And one more short story of your choice (okayed by me).
The Third Nine Weeks:
You will also participate in a group presentation project. You will be divided into groups and will be asked to choose a legend or a figure in Greek/Roman or Norse mythology and prepare a presentation for the class. You will be graded on the written and presentation portions of the assignment. As this project grows closer, you will be given the specifics as to what will be expected of you.
We will read and discuss the following plays. You will complete notes and essay assignments—both in-class and out of class—on the material covered. You will take a multiple-choice test on one of the plays. Also, you will read the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn out of class. You will take a multiple-choice test on the book.
Hamlet William Shakespeare
Macbeth William Shakespeare
Antigone Sophocles
The Fourth Nine Weeks:
We will read the following novels and discuss them in class. You will have to write an essay on one of the novels and be tested on one of the other two.
Beowulf Anonymous
Catcher in the Rye J.D Salinger
Ordinary People Judith Guest
Extra Credit:
Throughout the year, you will have several opportunities to gain extra credit points. Those opportunities will vary. Once a nine weeks, you may also choose to read one of the following novels and write an analysis essay on the book: After the First Death Robert Cormier, Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte, Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller or Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte. The essay must be hand-written in blue, black or purple ink and submitted in a clip folder. You will receive up to 25 extra credit points for completing this assignment each nine weeks.
**The contents of this syllabus are subject to change at my discretion**
--Mr. Ries
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You must email me at mr.ries@gmail.com to recieve any points.
Ries
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