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CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE – ENGLISH II

(2013-2014)

Syllabus

Mr. Konrath

fpkonrath@cps.edu (Preferred Method of Contact)

(773) 535-2500 Ext.

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Course Description:

English II: World Literature is an interdisciplinary course designed to develop critical readers and writers. The course explores the essential elements within a story: plot, setting, point of view, character, figurative language, style, tone, mood, and ultimately, theme. The course also examines the conventions of rhetoric and poetry. Overall, we will apply the Common Core and College Readiness Standards for English Language Arts to both fiction and non-fiction works alike.

As a foundation for each unit, we will use celebrated American mythologist Joseph Campbell's teachings on the power of myth, storytelling, and archetypes to analyze how a hero's journey embodies the memes and values of a civilization. Through this lens, we will discover the role stories play in creating culture as well as the importance they possess in establishing a nation's identity.

The chronological units within the course will ask you to complete guided reading activities, quizzes, tests, and compositions. The grading breakdown is as follows:

Guided Activities: 25%

Reading Tests/Quizzes: 25%

Grammar Tests/Quizzes: 25%

Compositions: 25%

Textbooks

Elements of Literature. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2006. Print. World Literature.

Warriner, John E. Warriner's English Grammar and Composition, Third Course. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. Print.

Class Supply List:

The following items should be brought to class on a daily basis:

• Binder

• Dividers and tabs for the binder

• Spiral/Composition notebook

• Black/blue pens

• Red pens for corrections

• Highlighters

• College-ruled loose-leaf

• Flash drive

Units

Ancient Greek and Roman Literature: The Life Worth Living

800 B.C. – A.D. 200

➢ "Allegory of the Cave" by Plato

➢ Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

➢ Selections from The Odyssey by Homer

➢ Selections from The Aeneid by Virgil

Literature of India, China, and Japan: The Search for Truth and Enlightenment

2500 B.C. – A.D. 1800’s

➢ “Philosophy and Spiritual Discipline” from the Bhagavad-Gita

➢ “Rama and Ravana in Battle” from the Ramayana

Literature of Africa and the Middle East: The Power of the Word

700 B.C. – A.D. 1800's

➢ Selections from Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali

European Literature from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment: A Time of Transition 500-1800

➢ Macbeth by William Shakespeare

European Literature in the Nineteenth Century: Imagination and Reality

1800-1900

➢ A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

Modern and Contemporary World Literature: A World Without Borders

1900-Present

➢ The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

➢ Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

➢ The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is copying information directly from another source (website, book, magazine, etc) without using quotations and citing the source. It can also be defined as taking and using an idea, expression, plot, writing, invention, from another person and using as one’s own.

 

For more information and a summary of consequences:

Refer to the school Academic Dishonesty Policy located in your school handbook.

 

In an effort to detect and prevent plagiarism, faculty members at CHSAS will use a tool called Turnitin to compare a student’s work with multiple sources.

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