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AP
English Literature
COURSE
OUTLINE
2007-2008
The mission statement of Norwell High School is to
provide an engaging, supportive environment where students
strive for excellence, practice respect and contribute to
society.
Integrity ¨
Learning¨Respect¨Responsibility
Course: AP English Literature, grade 12
Student
work will focus on the following NHS student expectations for
learning:
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Effective Readers
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Effective Writers
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Effective Speakers
Course
expectations:
- Students
will be expected to read closely a variety of genres of
literature, discuss these in class, write timed and untimed
analytical essays, take the AP examination, and complete a
year long enrichment project to be presented after the AP
exam.
Course
skills/ concepts:
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“Understand the ways writers use language to
provide both meaning and pleasure.”
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“Understand a work’s structure, style, and themes as well as
such smaller-scale elements as the use of figurative language,
imagery, symbolism, and tone.” (The College Board)
Major
units:
- First
Semester: Analysis of The Tortilla Curtain, Snow
Falling on Cedars, The Return of the Native; SAT
review; college essays; vocabulary review; AP practice tests;
enrichment project; timed and untimed analyses.
- Second
Semester: Analysis of Oedipus Rex and a variety of
short stories; AP practice tests, enrichment project; timed
and untimed analyses.
- Third
Semester: Analysis of short stories; Hamlet; analysis
of poetry; AP practice tests; enrichment project; timed and
untimed analyses.
- Fourth
Semester: Analysis of poetry; timed and untimed analyses; AP
Exam; enrichment project oral presentations.
Text and requirements/ materials:
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Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing
- The
Tortilla Curtain
- Snow
Falling on Cedars
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The Return of the Native
Homework
policy/ major projects:
- Quizzes
will be given on all reading assignments
- Students
will write college essays and analytical papers
- Students
will complete a year long enrichment project that combines
literature, art, and music
- Students
will take the AP exam
Grading
system:
- Grades
will be based on the content and form of analyses, AP practice
tests, vocabulary quizzes, pop quizzes on the literature,
attendance, and class participation. Fourth semester grade
will be based on the enrichment project presentation. It is
assumed that all homework will be done. Grades are based on a
100 point scale and weighted according to the value of the
assignment. Late papers are penalized ten points a day.
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WORLD
LITERATURE I
COURSE
OUTLINE
2007-2008
The mission statement of Norwell High
School is to provide an engaging, supportive environment where
students strive for excellence, practice respect and contribute
to society.
Integrity ¨
Learning¨Respect¨Responsibility
Course:
World Literature I, grade 9, College Preparatory and Honors
Student work will focus on the following
NHS student expectations for learning:
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Effective Readers
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Effective Listeners
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Effective Writers
Course expectations:
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Students will come prepared to class with a loose-leaf
notebook, pen/pencil, and text under consideration.
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Students should expect to be doing an outside reading each
term.
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Students should expect 30-45 minutes of homework each night.
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Students should expect a vocabulary quiz each week.
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Students should expect to be writing in a variety of modes on
a regular basis.
Course skills/ concepts:
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Students will be exposed to study and test taking skill
building
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Students will be exposed to all genres: novel, play, short
story, poetry, nonfiction.
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Students will be exposed to many literary terms.
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Students will be exposed to formats for paragraphs and the
five-paragraph essay.
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Students will review grammatical constructions.
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Students will be exposed to vocabulary skill building.
Major units:
- Ancient
Empires: Myth and Gilgamesh
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Classical World: Oedipus Rex
- Middles
Ages: Canterbury Tales
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Renaissance: Romeo and Juliet
- Modern
Age: Lord of the Flies
Text and requirements/ materials:
·
World
Literature
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Elements of
Writing
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Vocabulary for
the High School Student
Supplemental:
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Everyman
·
A Single Pebble
·
Julius Caesar
N.B.:
Texts may vary as to selection and order taught.
Homework policy/ major projects:
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Students should expect to do 30-45 minutes each night of
homework.
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Students should expect to be reading an outside reading book
each term.
Grading system:
- Each
assignment will be graded on a 100-point system and weighed
according to value.
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