Saturday, January 18, 2014

Spring Semester Syllabus

Spring Semester Syllabus

Week/Date
Literature
Assign. Due
Writing
Grammar
Week 1
(1/16)
Introduction to Sherlock Holmes


Discuss:  Phrases

Week 2
(1/23)
Holmes:  “A Scandal in Bohemia” & “The Red-Headed League”

Problem/ Solution Pre-Write & College Essay
Discuss:  Phrases
Due:  Worksheets 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
Week 3
(1/30)
Holmes: “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” & “The Engineer’s Thumb”
Short Writing Assignment
Problem/ Solution Rough Draft
Discuss:  Phrases
Due:  Worksheet 6-4
Week 4
(2/6)
Holmes:  “The Final Problem” & “The Adventure of the Empty House"


Discuss:  Phrases
Due:  Worksheet 6-5
Week 5
(2/13)
Pushkin (p. 162); Tosltoy (p. 169); Chekhov (p. 26)
2 Short Story Worksheets
Problem Solution Final Draft
Discuss:  Phrases
Due:  Worksheet 6-6
Week 6
(2/20)
Dickens (p. 45); Wilde (p. 189); Kipling (p.101); Munro (p. 140)
2 Short Story Worksheets
Cause/Effect
Pre-Write & College Essay
Discuss:  Phrases
Due:  Worksheet 6-7
Week 7
(2/27)
Hawthorne (p. 73); Bierce (p. 10); Poe (p. 156)
2 Short Story Worksheets
Cause/Effect
Rough Draft
Discuss:  Clauses
Due:  Worksheet 7-1
Week 8
(3/6)
Harte (p. 64); Twain (p. 175)
Jewett (p. 87); Crane (p. 34)
2 Short Story Worksheets

Discuss:  Sentences
Due:  Worksheet 10-1
Week 9
(3/13)
Chopin (p. 30); London (p. 122); Mansfield (p. 130); Gilman (p. 50)
2 Short Story Worksheets
Cause/Effect
Final Draft
Discuss:  Sentences
Due:  Worksheet 10-2





Week 10 (3/27)
Pirandello (p. 149); de Maupassant (p. 134); Henry  (extra handout)
2 Short Story Worksheets
Evaluation Pre-Write
Discuss: Sentences
Due:  Worksheet 11-1
Week 11
(4/3)
Larsen (p. 110); Anderson (p. 1); Hardy (p. 56)
2 Short Story Worksheets
 Evaluation Rough Draft
Discuss: Sentences
Due:  Worksheet 11-3
Week 12
(4/10)
Bradstreet (p. 1); Wheatley (p. 1); Holmes (p. 21); Emerson (p. 4, 5); Longfellow (p. 6 – 10); Whitman (p. 22 – 26); Dickinson (p. 29 – 32)
Poetry worksheet for 3 of the poems.

Discuss:  Sentences
Due:  Worksheet 11-4





Week 13
(4/24)
Wilcox (p. 33); Thayer (p. 34); Dunbar (p. 41 – 43) Frost (p. 44 – 50); Sandburg (p.53 – 54); Williams (p. 60 – 61); Hughes  (p. 75 – 78)
Poetry worksheet for 3 of the poems/

Presentation of poetry recitations.
Evaluation Final Draft
Discuss:  Sentences
Due:  Worksheet 11-6
Week 14
(5/1)
Poetry Presentation
Poetry worksheet for 3 of the poems.
Presentation of poetry recitations.
Re-Write
Discuss:  Sentences
Due:  Worksheet 11-7
Week 15
(5/8)
Poetry Presentation, Final Exam

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