GUNTERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
English 101/102 Dual Enrollment 2010-2011
Texts:
English 101: Wyrick, Jean.
Steps to Writing Well with Additional
Bragg, Rick. Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg.
English 102: Arp, Thomas R. and Greg Johnson. Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense. Boston: Thomson Higher Education, 2009.
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First Nine Weeks |
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Nine Weeks |
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Vocabulary:
Glossary writing terms Language Skills:
Review of
grammar, punctuation, & mechanics
Prewriting,
drafting, revising
Writing
thesis, body, beginnings, & endings
Sentence style
& diction
Narration
description, examples, classification/division
Writing about
literature Reading:
Novels:
1984
Wuthering Heights
Silas Marner
Writing Products
Essay question answers
Essays about literature
Essays of narration, description, examples,
classification/division |
Vocabulary:
Elements of Fiction
Elements of poetry Language Skills:
A.
Plot, character, theme, p oint of view, symbol and
Irony, tone.
B.
Diction/tone, imagery, figurative language, allusion,
Theme, tone, musical devices, rhythm and meter. Reading:
Short Story selections
Death of Ivan Ilych
Writing Products:
Contest
entries
Short
story analysis papers
Poetry
analysis paper |
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Second Nine Weeks |
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Fourth Nine Weeks |
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Vocabulary:
Glossary terms
Research vocabulary Language skills:
Argumentation & persuasion
Critical
thinking & fallacies of logic
Exposition developed by comparison/contrast, process,
Cause/effect, definition, argumentation/persuasion
Using
MLA documentation to write a research paper Reading:
Selected essays of comparison/contrast, process,
Cause/effect, definition, argumentation/persuasion
Somebody Told Me
Writing Products:
Essays using argumentation
Expository essays developed by process, comparison/contrast
Cause/effect, definition, argumentation/persuasion
Annotated bibliography
Literary
research paper
Argumentative research paper
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Vocabulary:
Elements of poetry
Elements of drama Language skills:
B.
Continued from 3rd 9 weeks.
Realistic
drama
Classical
drama
Tragedy
and comedy Reading:
Poetry
selections
Oedipus Rex and
Antigone
Othello
and
Macbeth
Trifles
A Doll House
The Sandbox
Death of a Salesman Writing Products:
Comparison/contrast poetry paper
Definition paper -
drama
Theme
analysis paper - drama
Autobiography
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First Semester
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Week of |
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Thurs |
Fri |
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Aug 9-13 |
Summer reading test |
Into to course/ syllabus |
Intro to course/ syllabus |
Writing essay exams |
Writing about lit and in-class assignments |
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Aug 16-20 |
Novel 1 |
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test |
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Aug 23-27 |
Novel 2 |
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test |
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Aug 30-Sept 3 |
Novel 3 |
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test |
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Sept 6-10 |
Labor Day |
Grammar review |
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Sept 13-17 |
Resumes |
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Sept 20-24 |
Thesis |
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Body |
Beginnings and endings |
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Sept 29-Oct 1 |
Narration |
In class Essay 1 |
Description |
In class Essay 2 |
Exam I |
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Oct 4-8 |
Exposition |
In class Essay 3 Example essay |
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In class Essay 4 Division/ Classification essay |
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Oct 11-15 |
Exposition |
In class Essay 5 Process essay |
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In class Essay 6 Cause and effect |
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Oct 18-22 (Fall Break) |
Exposition |
Read Somebody Told Me with assignment: Essay 7 due Mon |
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Oct 25-29 |
Exposition |
In class Essay 8 Compare/contrast essay |
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In class Essay 9 Definition essay |
Exam II |
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Nov 1-5 |
Argumentation |
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In class Essay 10 |
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Nov 8-12 |
Argumentation |
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Vet Day |
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Nov 15-19 |
Argumentation |
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Exam III |
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Nov 22-26 |
Argumentation |
Research paper due |
Thanksgiving |
Thanksgiving |
Thanksgiving |
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Nov. 29-Dec 3 |
Somebody Told Me oral presentations |
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Dec 6-10 |
Paper revisions |
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Dec 13-17 |
Review |
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Final Exams |
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HOLIDAY READING ASSIGNMENT:
Chopin, Kate.
The Awakening.
(class set) OR
Kafka, Franz.
Metamorphosis.
(class set)
Note:
Changes to the course outline
OR to due dates are at the discretion of the instructor.
*There are no exemptions for the English
101 Final Exam.