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English 2H
SYLLABUS

2017-2018
MS. BRITTNEY CAIRNS
AH 210
BCAIRNS@CCHSDONS.COM

Course Overview: Required Materials:

Students study world literature with a focus on literary Paper, Pen, Notebook, iPad
movements, universal themes, and rhetorical devices. It is your responsibility to come to class
Students will produce MLA style, thesis-driven research with these items EVERYDAY!
papers, with special focus on the evaluation of academic Novels: :
sources, ethical and appropriate use of internet
Things Fall Apart
resources. Students are introduced to a variety of
Oedipus Rex
non-fiction pieces in order to emphasize rhetorical
A Dolls House
elements. This course is designed as a pre-AP Lang &
Comp course. Twelfth Night
The Stranger
Metamorphosis
Student Selected Novel

Grades: Late/ Make-Up Work:

Analytical Writing: 30% LATE HOMEWORK IS NOT ACCEPTED. Late
Reading Skills: 25% essays=20% deduction (1st day), 0 any day after.
Writing Skills: 10%
Oral Communication: 15% Homework for excused absences is due the day you
Final Exam: 20% return to class.

If you were absent during a test/quiz, it is your

responsibility to see me to schedule a time to take it.

If there is a situation that requires an exception to

this policy, the student MUST let me know IN
Class Expectations: ADVANCE.

Respect yourself and others, be responsible and

accountable, stay motivated, and use creativity. Genius Hour Project
Students will work on a project of their design. Each
Beginning of class: Be ready to work when the project will be contained on a blog/website using
bell rings, all cell phones away at all times, iPads weebly.com.
only when instructed.

Cheating, copying, or plagiarism of any kind will result in a zero for the assignment or test, contacting the students
parent(s), a detention and a referral, and placing written documentation of cheating in the students permanent file in
the Deans office.