Course: 12th Grade World Literature Instructor: Mr. DeGrazia Year: 2012-2013 Email: adegrazia@detroitedisonpsa.

org Course Description: 12th Grade World Literature will focus on the novel. We will read 8 novels throughout the course of the year, and each of these novels will be supplemented in class with relevant articles, short stories, and poetry. We will focus on developing critical thinking skills through group work and critical response essays. Each quarter will include one large project, one large essay, and an assortment of smaller-scale essays. You will learn: To become a natural, life-long learner To develop literacy and critical thinking skills To improve reading and thinking skills and develop world views

You will begin to embody the Student Learner Profile as you display the following qualities:
an inquiring/questioning approach to your learning ~ actions that suggest you are knowledgeable and reasoned in your thinking ~ an ability to use critical thinking skills as you read ~ an ability to communicate your ideas and receive the ideas of others ~ an honest, fair, and principled approach to your behavior and learning ~ an open-mindedness toward others attitudes and beliefs ~ an empathy, compassion, and caring for others ~ a willingness to leave your comfort zone and become risk takers ~ a balance in all aspects of your life ~ an ability to reflect on lifelong learning

The methods in which we will learn: Collaborative learning Project-based learning Assessments to measure your demonstrations of learning:
Our daily assessment will be in the form of exit tickets, quick writes, or formative quizzes Weekly assessments tasks like homework will be book club assignments and/or essays Unit assessment will be in-class tests, take-home projects, essays, etc.

Grading Policy: Test 30% 15% Quizzes 15% Classwork/Projects 25%

Homework (Read and Respond ELA) Participation/Planners 15%

Texts: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens The Crucible, by Arthur Miller Uncle Toms Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy

Classroom Environment: There will be a do now posted everyday. When the bell rings, you are expected to take your seat and quietly begin the do now. During direct instruction, students are expected to remain in their seat and have their notebook and pencil out to take notes. If you need to get up, we will use hand signals, which will be explained in class. During the work time you will have much more freedom as to how you can get your work done. Please be advised that homework is expected to be turned in the next day. Homework that is turned in one day late will receive 50% credit. Homework assignments will not be accepted more than one day late. Projects and large essays will lose 10% for each day they are late. Projects and large essays will not be accepted more than three days late.