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Western Mennonite School English II, Grade 10 Course Syllabus
Dates to Remember: End of Terms All late work must be turned in by these dates First Six Weeks: Thursday, October 11
Contents
Second Six Weeks: Tuesday, November 20
Course Description
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First Semester: Thursday, January 17
First Semester Course Content
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Fifth Six Weeks: Thursday, April 18
Attendance Policy
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Goals and Objectives:
Second Semester: Wednesday, June 5
Second Semester Course Content
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Students will be given the opportunity to:
Assessments and Grading
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Procedures
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Materials
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Expectations
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Reminders
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Important Dates
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Academic Dishonesty, MLA
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Fourth Six Weeks: Thursday, February 28
PLEASE SIGN UP FOR ENGLISH II ALERTS ON TEXTCASTER. GO TO WESTERNMENNONITESCHOOL.ORG AND FOLLOW THE LINK.
* weekly plans *links to presentations and handouts
Cite Your Sources! USE MLA STYLE FORMATTING
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ “Forms of plagiarism include the failure to give appropriate acknowledgement when repeating another’s wording or particularly apt phrase, paraphrasing another’s argument, and presenting another’s line of thinking. You may certainly use other person’s words and thoughts, but the borrowed material must not appear to be your creation. In your writing, then, you must document everything you borrow; not only direct quotations and paraphrases, but also information and ideas.” Jospeh Gibaldi,. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing,. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1998.
Diana Blackstone-Helt dhelt@westernmennoniteschool.org 503-371-3612 ext. 230
WMS Consequences for Academic Dishonesty (See Student Handbook for more details)
Grade reduction on the assignment in question
Grade of zero (0) for the assignment in question
Notification to your parents
Conference with me, your parents or guardian, and an administrator
Suspension for repeated offenses
Failing grade for six weeks or semester
Inclusion of the citation in your disciplinary record
Attendance: If a student is absent from class, it is his or her responsibility to ask about and complete missed work. Check the “absent student box” for missed handouts. Students will be given the same amount of time as other students had to complete this work before it is counted late. Quizzes and tests must be made up the day the student returns.
Course Description
This two semester course integrates the study of literature, reading comprehension, writing, vocabulary, language usage, research, critical thinking, and speaking skills. Students will produce short projects and papers using MLA standards and formatting. Some will be creative and/ or responsive in nature, and some will be research-based. Literature selections emphasize theme and language usage (e.g. figures of speech, irony, allusion, and imagery).
1. Read, analyze, and evaluate various types of literature 2. Gain awareness of values and issues raised in literature 3. Make connections to modern society and contemporary literature 4. Improve writing skills 5. Practice research skills 6. Build grammar skills and enrich vocabulary 7. Participate in class discussions through listening and responding 8. Work cooperatively with class members on various assignments 9. Present reports and projects to the class 10. Keep an organized English binder and record of assignments
First Semester Course Content
First Six Weeks: Greek Mythology Review major characters and themes Read and study Antigone Short stories, fables, and/or excerpts from novels Projects and written work TBD
Second Six Weeks: Arthurian Literature Investigate legend of King Arthur Study additional Arthurian legends Projects and written work TBD
Third Six Weeks: Undetermined novel study OR short stories and excerpts from novels. Analyze elements of fiction (plot, character, setting, theme, point of view)
Projects and written work TBD
Remember to get a confirmation signature from your parents that they read this!
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Second Semester Course Content Fourth Six Weeks: Shakespeare’s
Julius Caesar
Study information on Shakespeare Read and study the play Projects and written work TBD
EXTRA CREDIT You may increase your grade up to 10% with extra credit. It will not count unless ALL regularly assigned work is in at the end of the grading period.
Grading A: 90 – 100 B: 80 – 89 C: 70 - 79 D: 60 – 69 F: 0 – 59
Sixth Six Weeks: Fifth Six Weeks: Of Mice and Men by Nonfiction John Steinbeck and Poetry (April) Read selections of auto- Investigate social issues of the Great Debiography and memoirs pression Analyze language usage Complete autobiograph- Analyze elements of novel ical writings Projects and written Define poetry and understand poetry techniques Write poems Analyze and write about assigned poems Participate in poetry month activities
Assessments
English binder (will contain notes, charts, pre-writing activities, literature responses, journal entries, grammar and vocabulary study, etc.). Participation and discussion Homework GET YOUR WORK IN! Papers Projects and presentations I do not give F’s to students who Quizzes and tests have all their work turned in and Semester exams who have put forth reasonable effort on it, even if the percentage is lower than 60..
Work meets or exceeds expectations, in on time A day late or contains a few errors or omissions Late and/or barely meets expectations Very late and/or work lacks quality/thoroughness Very late and/or work does not meet expectations
Please have all class materials by September 10. Thank you!
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Procedures
Enter room quietly, and be ready to work when class starts. Keep all food and drink out of the classroom (except for water bottles). Turn off cell phones and music players. Check white board for assignments or other important information. Record assignments in planner. Turn due assignments into the assignment box. If an assignment is due but not ready to hand in before class is dismissed, complete and turn in a Missing Work Log in its place. Do not sharpen pencils or talk to others while someone is addressing the class or asking a question for the class to hear. Remain seated at the end of class until dismissed.
Materials Provided by school: textbook, novels, planners Provided by student: Alternate system for recording assignments if school planner isn’t used, pens (blue or black), pencils and erasers, 2” binder used solely for English with pockets and 4 dividers, loose leaf paper in a binder, glue sticks, Google account
Poetry Month Activities Poetry Out Loud Poem in Your Pocket Sidewalk Poetry
Expectations Contribute to a community of respect. Stay on task and work quietly Be quiet during instruction Cooperate in groups and do your fair share Help other students when appropriate Keep the room clean and in good repair Keep requests to drink water or use the restroom during class time to a minimum
Be prepared. Come to class with all materials (books, notebooks, pens, etc.) Complete assignments on time
Produce quality work. Write legibly or type when required, MLA format
Students are expected to bring planners (or alternate system) every day and copy assignments from the board. Assignments are due by 4:00 p.m. on the due date (or 3:30 on Fridays). If completed after class time, bring it to me directly (I will normally be in my office), or take it to the main office. Have Dora or Sheila write the time on it and initial it before putting it in my box. I will deduct 10% per day from the points you earn on late work, up to 50%.
Donations desired, used or new: Extra glue sticks, scissors, dry erase markers, pens, regular graphite and colored pencils, erasers.
Use blue or black ink on handwritten work Recheck all answers Revise all work Spend time on each assignment