American Literature/Contemporary Composition (Period 3,4,5) Assignments
- Instructors
- Term
- Fall 2010
- Department
- English
- Location
- Room 36
- Description
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A college preparatory, computer enriched standards-based course covering the breadth of American Literature from precolonial Native American to contemporary. Students will write many different types of compositions and become practiced in the art and craft of writing. Texts: The Language of Literature; The Crucible; College Summit Launch; Junior Great Books Online resources: College Summit CSNav; Vantage Learning My Access
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Final work required for 20 Week Grading period:
1. Maturity Essay 1st draft 4.0+ MyAccess 10 Points
2. Maturity Essay final draft 5.0+ MyAccess 15 Points
3. Cask of Amontillado glossary 1 (Mr. A) 5 Points
4. Cask graphic organizer 10 Points
5. Cask, Path, Heidegger glossary 2 (Student's own) 10 Points
6. Mood Essay for Cask 4.0+ My Access 15 Points
7. Outside reading record 5 Points
8. Outside reading Chapter summaries 10 Points
9. Outside reading Book Report 15 Points
10. Final exam 15 Points
All due on Tuesday, December 14; 110 Points Total (Graded as percent)
1. Maturity Essay 1st draft 4.0+ MyAccess 10 Points
2. Maturity Essay final draft 5.0+ MyAccess 15 Points
3. Cask of Amontillado glossary 1 (Mr. A) 5 Points
4. Cask graphic organizer 10 Points
5. Cask, Path, Heidegger glossary 2 (Student's own) 10 Points
6. Mood Essay for Cask 4.0+ My Access 15 Points
7. Outside reading record 5 Points
8. Outside reading Chapter summaries 10 Points
9. Outside reading Book Report 15 Points
10. Final exam 15 Points
All due on Tuesday, December 14; 110 Points Total (Graded as percent)
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Complete graphic organizer and write the questions and complete, thoughtful responses to the six questions in your notebook beginning on a page titled "Cask of Amontillado" questions.
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Bring your Notebook and a parent or two to Student Led Conferencing, which begins at 5:30 on Wednesday, October 27. You will show them your work and communicate to them how things are going for you in the class, areas in which you are doing well, and areas in which you need to improve. This is a very important homework assignment and will count toward your final grade for the semester. If you cannot make it on Wednesday, alternative arrangements MUST be made, and this MUST be completed by November 12.
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You will take your midterm unit exam on Thursday, November 4. It will contain fifty multiple choice questions and 5 short constructed responses. It will cover the textbook pp. 2-92, and anything in or related to your Notebook through October 29.
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Textbook, pages 81-92. Read all. Do p 81, RN; 88, 1-6;Writing Option 1, 2 or 3 (Choose one); 90, Vocabulary in Action (complete sentences); 91-92, 1-4 and Comparing Texts.