10th Grade Honors English - PC\|MAC



10th Grade Honors English

Course Syllabus

1st Quarter 3rd Quarter

1st Wk. – Summer Reading Tests 1st Wk. – Writing Assessment Review

2nd Wk. – Study of Ayn Rand and 2nd Wk. – Julius Caesar Drama Unit

3rd Wk. - her book Anthem 3rd Wk. - “ “ “ “

4th Wk. – Review of Basic Grammar 4th Wk. - Language Review

5th Wk. - “ “ / Book Projects 5th Wk. - “ “ “ “

6th Wk. - Book Project Oral Presentations 6th Wk. - Reading Review

7th Wk. – Literature - Short Stories & Writing 7th Wk. - AHSGE

8th Wk. - “ “ “ 8th Wk. – Myths & Folklore Unit

9th Wk. - “ “ “ 9th Wk. – Myths & Folklore/Writing

2nd Quarter 4th Quarter

1st Wk. – Descriptive Writing Unit/Grammar 1st Wk. – Speech Unit

2nd Wk. - “ “ “ “ 2nd Wk. – Expository Speeches

3rd Wk. – Narrative Writing Unit/Grammar 3rd Wk. - “ “

4th Wk. - “ “ “ “ 4th Wk. – Persuasive Speeches

5th Wk. – Poetry Unit/ Writing 5th Wk. - “ “

6th Wk. - “ “ 6th Wk. – Special Occasion Speeches

7th Wk. - “ “ 7th Wk. - “ “

8th Wk. – Expository Writing Unit/Grammar 8th Wk. – Media Literacy Unit

9th Wk. - “ “ “ “ 9th Wk. – Non-fiction Unit/Writing

Vocabulary Lessons

One chapter of vocabulary will be covered each week. Students will be tested on a lesson each Friday and must bring their Vocabu-Lit workbooks to class on Fridays to begin the next lesson. These lessons incorporate classic literature to introduce students to ten new words, which they use to complete sentences, make synonym/antonym comparisons, and formulate analogies.

Notebook Tests

Students are expected to complete all homework and classroom assignments. These assignments are to be kept in a notebook, which will be used for a notebook test twice per quarter. The teacher will provide prior notice of the test, as well as a list of all items which should be in the notebook. It is the student’s responsibility to bring this notebook to class on the test day. Lost or misplaced notebooks cannot be graded at a later date.

Writing

Writing skills will be incorporated into each literature unit and covered in depth in separate units in order to prepare students for the Alabama Direct Assessment of Writing, which is administered in February, and to prepare students for the writing that will later be required of them in college.

Novels

All students will take the STAR test at the beginning of the year to determine their current reading levels. We will use these results to determine the difficulty of the novels each student may read. As their reading level improves throughout the year, students will begin reading higher levels of books. We will also administer the STAR periodically throughout the year and at the end of the year to determine the amount of progress each student made in improving his or her reading level. We will use the Literacy Skills computerized testing program for testing each student on the novel he or she reads. One novel will be read and tested on each month.

Daily Oral Language

Although Honors students have shown their proficiency with language skills prior to entering the Honors program, it is important to continue to review and polish those skills daily. Therefore, Daily Oral Language mini lessons will be presented each day to cover all grammar skills as listed in the Alabama Course of Study. This is also preparation for the language portion of the Alabama High School Graduation Exam which will be administered to 10th graders in March.

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