Honors English Language, Literature, and Academic Writing I
Tentative 2020-2021 Course Outline
This syllabus is subject to revision
Tentative 2020-2021 Course Outline
This syllabus is subject to revision
Literature
The Aeneid, Virgil (Fagles translation)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Simon Armitage translation
Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare
Don Quixote, Cervantes (Walter Starkie translation/abridgment)
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
The Chosen, Chaim Potok (tentative)
A variety of short stories exemplifying various literary elements and themes.
A selection of poetry highlighting relevant themes and literary/poetic devices.
A several speeches and non-fiction essays highlighting rhetorical devices.
Other required texts:
MLA Handbook, 8th Edition, Modern Language Association
Partial List of Skills Taught
Building on skills taught in L&C 3, students will:
Literature:
Focus of Work
In class:
-A balance of direct instruction and group discussion focusing on literary analysis and literary appreciation.
-Focused lessons on grammar and composition.
-Guided practice in composition.
-Review of weekly grammar homework.
Homework:
-Read assigned literature and prepare for discussion.
-Complete weekly composition assignments.
-Complete weekly grammar practice.
-Compose several short MLA literary essays throughout the year
-Compose 3-4 MLA research papers throughout the year
This syllabus is subject to revision.
The Aeneid, Virgil (Fagles translation)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Simon Armitage translation
Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare
Don Quixote, Cervantes (Walter Starkie translation/abridgment)
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
The Chosen, Chaim Potok (tentative)
A variety of short stories exemplifying various literary elements and themes.
A selection of poetry highlighting relevant themes and literary/poetic devices.
A several speeches and non-fiction essays highlighting rhetorical devices.
Other required texts:
MLA Handbook, 8th Edition, Modern Language Association
Partial List of Skills Taught
Building on skills taught in L&C 3, students will:
Literature:
- continue a study of literary classics
- encounter the chivalric romance as a genre
- encounter the beginnings of the modern novel as a genre
- intelligently discuss and identify parody in literature and its uses
- grapple with thematic ideas probing what it means to be human
- demonstrate understanding of the importance of context in understanding literature
- deepen understanding of the interrelationship of setting, character, and theme
- continue their personal reading journals
- interact in classroom discussion around elements of story and thematic ideas
- begin to compare author ideas with own (i.e. “Is the author telling the truth as he/she understands it to be? Do I agree with the author?”)
- recognize a variety of rhetorical modes
- expand familiarity with standard proofreader's marks in editing
- become familiar with more elaborate MLA rules
- continue working on unity, coherence and cohesion throughout a composition
- practice modeling well-written pieces and generating original compositions
- write more complex research papers using multiple sources
- use knowledge of grammar to develop style and improve clarity.
- use knowledge of grammar to correctly punctuate compositions.
- use knowledge of grammar to edit compositions.
Focus of Work
In class:
-A balance of direct instruction and group discussion focusing on literary analysis and literary appreciation.
-Focused lessons on grammar and composition.
-Guided practice in composition.
-Review of weekly grammar homework.
Homework:
-Read assigned literature and prepare for discussion.
-Complete weekly composition assignments.
-Complete weekly grammar practice.
-Compose several short MLA literary essays throughout the year
-Compose 3-4 MLA research papers throughout the year
This syllabus is subject to revision.