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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
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 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:
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Ancient Empires: Myth and Gilgamesh
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Classical World: Oedipus Rex
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Middles Ages: Canterbury Tales
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Renaissance: Romeo and Juliet
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Modern Age: Lord of the Flies
Text and requirements/ materials:
·
World
Literature
·
Elements of
Writing
·
Vocabulary
for the High School Student
Supplemental:
·
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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Please see Quia link for homework assignments.
Grading system:
-
Each assignment will be graded on a point system and
weighed according to value.
- If
a student is absent, he or she is expected to see the
teacher regarding the work missed the day he or she
returns to school.
-
Late assignments will be penalized by the loss of one
grade per day late.
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World
Literature II
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, honors
Student
work will focus on the following NHS student expectations for
learning:
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Adaptable Learners
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Effective Readers
-
Effective Writers
Course
expectations:
- Students
will come prepared to class with a 3-ring binder, pen/pencil,
and text under consideration.
- 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.
- Tests
should be taken on time, and when absent, students should make
up tests in a timely manner.
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, and nonfiction.
- Students
will be exposed to many literary terms.
- Students
will be exposed to formats for paragraph and the
multi-paragraph essay.
- Students
will review grammatical constructions.
- Students
will be exposed to vocabulary skill building.
- Students
will be expected to do oral presentations.
Major
units:
-
Macbeth
- Tale
of Two Cities
- A
Doll’s House
-
Things Fall Apart
Text and requirements/ materials:
- World
Literature
-
Elements of Writing
-
Vocabulary for the High School Student
-
Pens/Pencils
- 3-ring
binder with loose paper and dividers
Homework
policy/ major projects:
- Students
should expect to spend 30-45 minutes each night on homework.
- Please
see Quia link for homework assignments.
Grading
system:
- Each
assignment will be graded on a point system and weighted
according to value.
- If a
student is absent, he or she is expected to see the teacher
regarding the work missed the day he or she returns to school.
- Late
assignments will be penalized by the loss of one grade per day
late.
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