The English 11 curriculum overview aligns to the Common Core State Standards. Students will analyze canonical works from different genres, cultures, and time periods to gain profound insights. They will practice writing arguments by asserting and defending claims while citing evidence from sources. Students will also participate in structured conversations to build on ideas and express their perspectives clearly. The course will cover major works like The Great Gatsby and 1984, additional essays and stories, grammar, vocabulary, and public speaking. Students are expected to keep organized binders, bring required novels daily, and submit assignments on time to develop college and career readiness in language.
The English 11 curriculum overview aligns to the Common Core State Standards. Students will analyze canonical works from different genres, cultures, and time periods to gain profound insights. They will practice writing arguments by asserting and defending claims while citing evidence from sources. Students will also participate in structured conversations to build on ideas and express their perspectives clearly. The course will cover major works like The Great Gatsby and 1984, additional essays and stories, grammar, vocabulary, and public speaking. Students are expected to keep organized binders, bring required novels daily, and submit assignments on time to develop college and career readiness in language.
The English 11 curriculum overview aligns to the Common Core State Standards. Students will analyze canonical works from different genres, cultures, and time periods to gain profound insights. They will practice writing arguments by asserting and defending claims while citing evidence from sources. Students will also participate in structured conversations to build on ideas and express their perspectives clearly. The course will cover major works like The Great Gatsby and 1984, additional essays and stories, grammar, vocabulary, and public speaking. Students are expected to keep organized binders, bring required novels daily, and submit assignments on time to develop college and career readiness in language.
The English 11 curriculum overview aligns to the Common Core State Standards. Students will analyze canonical works from different genres, cultures, and time periods to gain profound insights. They will practice writing arguments by asserting and defending claims while citing evidence from sources. Students will also participate in structured conversations to build on ideas and express their perspectives clearly. The course will cover major works like The Great Gatsby and 1984, additional essays and stories, grammar, vocabulary, and public speaking. Students are expected to keep organized binders, bring required novels daily, and submit assignments on time to develop college and career readiness in language.
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ENGLISH 11 Regents
Curriculum Overview as Aligned to the Common Core State Standards
To become college and career ready, students will grapple with canonical works of whose range extends across genres, cultures, and centuries which offer profound insights into the human condition. To be competent and proficient writers, students will assert and defend their claims, showing what they know about a subject and conveying what they have experienced, imagined, thought, and felt. Students will practice gathering information, evaluating sources, and citing material accurately, reporting findings from their sources in a clear and cogent manner. Additionally, students will have ample opportunities to take part in a variety of rich, structured conversations-as part of a whole class, in small groups, and in partnerships-built around important content in various domains. Whatever their intended major or profession, high school graduates will depend heavily on their ability to listen attentively to others so that they are able to build on others meritorious ideas while expressing their own clearly and persuasively. To be college and career ready in language, students must have firm control over the conventions of standard English. Materials: * = Must take to class every day - *Three Ringed Binder - (Please do not bring in notebooks because I will be giving multiple handouts that must be organized neatly in your binders). - USB Drive - *Folder - *Writing Utensils: Pens, pencils, highlighters - *Novel - students must come to class prepared with their current novel on a daily basis.
Extra Help: I am always available after school or before school by
appointment.
The lazy man works twice as hard
What does this statement mean? Why am I presenting you with this?
The following is a sampling of some of the works we will be studying as a
class throughout this year: Major Works: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 1984 by George Orwell Additional and Supplemental Works: Short Essays and Nonfiction articles Selected short stories Poetry Grammar Instruction Vocabulary Building (SAT Focused) Grading Policy Writing Assignments, Projects, Tests = 50% Quizzes/ Journals = 35% Homework and Class work = 15% Quarters:
1st: 20%
2nd: 20%
3rd: 20%
4th: 20% Final Exam: 20%
Policies: Absence: Illness, Trip, Music lesson: It is the responsibility of the student to get the assignments and make up any missed work. o Music lessons are not an excuse for taking a test or quiz late or turning in work late. Stop in class first and get all assignments. Know your due dates. Lateness on Assignments: o Major assignments lose 5 points per day If you have printer problems, please email me the assignment. Email: Nschwartz@obenschools.org
o Negotiate: o If there is any serious illness or problem within your family that will prohibit you from completing a task on time, let me know and we will discuss an extension for you.
Lateness to class: o Come to class on time. o If you do come into class late, you must have a pass. o Walking in late with food, drinks, or lack of a pass will be unacceptable.
Participation: o Participation is essential for our class discussions. Together we will all be sharing our ideas, thoughts and opinions that will open up our minds to literature and life. o Attitude, promptness, and active engagement are all elements of participation. o All homework assignments will be meaningful towards discussion in class and will be designed to encourage successful participation. o Respect is expected and key to our class discussion! Every student must respect his/her classmate and teacher. Students will grow as listeners, speakers and critics through our class discussions. Homework / Unprepared for class: o Homework is due on the assigned day at the beginning of class. If there is a legitimate reason as to why your homework is not completed, please bring in a note from your parent(s) or guardian(s). Reading assignments are just as important as written homework. Be prepared to answer questions about the material either verbally or in writing. You begin the year with a homework grade that equals 100%. With each missing homework assignment, five points are negated. Classroom Protocol: o Please turn off all cell phones and electronic devices during class. Class is dismissed not by the bell, but by the teacher.
There is no crowding of the doorway or leaving your seat
unless otherwise indicated. Academic Dishonesty: o Plagiarism and/or academic dishonesty will not be tolerated in this classroom. Copying work or falsely using idea(s) from an outside source without citing will result in a grade of zero and/or further action. The seriousness of the offense will determine the severity of the action. COURSE OBJECTIVES: READING STANDARDS FOR LITERATURE and INFORMATIONAL TEXTS Key Ideas and Details: Use textual evidence to support analysis of texts explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Analyze the development of themes over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another. Analyze the impact of the authors choices regarding story elements. Craft and Structure: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. Analyze how an authors choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning. Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem evaluating how each version interprets the source text. Examine canonical works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics. WRITING STANDARDS Text Types and Purposes: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of topics or texts, using precise, knowledgeable claims. With awareness of audience, develop claims through the use of the most relevant and current evidence. Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas,
concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Production and Distribution of Writing:
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. Research to Build and Present Knowledge: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts (print and digital) to support analysis, reflection, and research while avoiding plagiarism. Range of Writing: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes. SPEAKING AND LISTENING STANDARDS Comprehension and Collaboration: Actively participate in group discussions by building upon peers ideas, asking insightful questions and maturely evaluating statements from all sides of an argument. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Present researched findings in a clear manner, strategically using digital media so the audience can make informed evaluations of the findings. LANGUAGE STANDARDS Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Knowledge of Language: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown words, phrases, figures of speech through the use of dictionaries, thesauri and web resources.
I have read this syllabus and I agree to follow the above guidelines in Ms. Schwartzs English class. My parent(s) or guardian(s) have also read the course description and requirements for English 11. Students Signature _________________________________
