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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:

• Effective Readers
• Effective Listeners
• Effective Writers

Course expectations:

• Students will come prepared to class with the following:
  • A three subject notebook
  • A pencil or pen (blue or black ink ONLY)
  • The text(s) under consideration.
• Students should expect to be doing an outside reading each term.
• Students should expect 30-45 minutes of homework each night.
• Students should expect a vocabulary quiz regularly.
• Students should expect to be writing in a variety of modes on a regular basis.

Course skills/ concepts:

• Students will be exposed to study and test taking skill building
• Students will be exposed to all genres: novel, play, short story, poetry, nonfiction.
• Students will be exposed to many literary terms.
• Students will be exposed to formats for paragraphs and the five-paragraph essay.
• Students will review grammatical constructions.
• Students will be exposed to vocabulary skill building.

Major units:

• Ancient Empires: Myth and Gilgamesh
• Classical World: Oedipus Rex
• Middles Ages: Canterbury Tales
• Renaissance: Romeo and Juliet
• Modern Age: Lord of the Flies

Text and requirements/ materials:

·        World Literature

·        Elements of Writing

·        Vocabulary for the High School Student

• Supplemental texts may be used for honors level

Homework policy/ major projects:

• Students should expect to do 30-45 minutes each night of homework.
• Students should expect to be reading an outside reading book each term.

Grading system:

• Each assignment will be graded using a point system. Each assignment will state a potential point value, but will generally fall into the following categories:
  • Homework                               10 Points
  • Quizzes                                    c. 50 Points
  • Tests                                        c. 100 Points
  • Writing Deadlines                     20 Points
  • Essays  /other assignments         As noted on the assignment

WORLD LITERATURE II

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 II, grade 10, College Preparatory and Honors

Student work will focus on the following NHS student expectations for learning:

• Effective Readers
• Effective Listeners
• Effective Writers

Course expectations:

• Students will come prepared to class with the following:
  • A three subject notebook
  • A pencil or pen (blue or black ink ONLY)
  • The text(s) under consideration.
• Students should expect to be doing an outside reading each term.
• Students should expect 30-45 minutes of homework each night.
• Students should expect a vocabulary quiz each week.
• Students should expect to be writing in a variety of modes on a regular basis.

Course skills/ concepts:

• Students will be exposed to study and test taking skill building
• Students will be exposed to all genres: novel, play, short story, poetry, nonfiction.
• Students will be exposed to many literary terms.
• Students will be exposed to formats for paragraphs and the five-paragraph essay.
• Students will review grammatical constructions.
• Students will be exposed to vocabulary skill building.

Major units:

• Renaissance and Reformation: Macbeth
• Victorian and Romantic: poetry and A Tale of Two Cities
• Modernism: A Doll’s House
• Colonialism: Things Fall Apart 

Text and requirements/ materials:

·        World Literature

·        Elements of Writing

·        Vocabulary for the High School Student

• Supplemental texts may be used for honors level

Homework policy/ major projects:

• Students should expect to do 30-45 minutes each night of homework.
• Students should expect to be reading an outside reading book each term.

Grading system:

• Each assignment will be graded using a point system. Each assignment will state a potential point value, but will generally fall into the following categories:
  • Homework                               10 Points
  • Quizzes                                    c. 50 Points
  • Tests                                        c. 100 Points
  • Writing Deadlines                     20 Points
  • Essays  /other assignments         As noted on the assignment