Spring 2013

Rhet I

Syllabus

Course Schedule
Unit I: Unit II: Unit III: Unit IV: Unit V: Unit VI: Short Stories Poetry The Scarlet Letter Greek Drama Julius Caesar Nonfiction

Best Contact Times

Before School: 7:45am-7:55am Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays: 8:45am-9:30m Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays: 11:15am-12:40pm Wednesdays: Thursdays: After School: 11:15am-1:15pm 7:55am-9:30am 3:10pm-3:30pm

Finals: May 22, 23, & 24 Please Note: This syllabus is subject to change!

Course Overview
This freshman honors composition course introduces the students to the special techniques of writing introductions and conclusions, moving quickly into the drafting of the body of expository papers. Emphasis is placed on theme organization with stress upon unity and coherence in the structure. The course also clarifies and completes rudimentary and secondary aspects of English grammar. This course is also a survey of the various genres of literature: short story, drama, essay, poetry, and the novel. Although students will be expected to give knowledgeable explications of the literature, the major emphasis will be placed upon acquiring and utilizing a sound literary vocabulary in analyzing literary works. from Pontiac Township High School Curriculum Guide

Required Materials
3-Ring Binder Blue or Black Pen Pencil Pocket Folder Loose-Leaf Paper A Novel to Read

Suggested Materials

Spiral Bound Notebook for Taking Notes Red (or other color) Pen Markers Highlighters

Course Texts
Prentice Hall Literature Gold Mythology by Edith Hamilton Fourth Edition. Prentice The Scarlet Letter by Hall, 1996. Nathaniel Hawthorne Julius Caesar by William Supplemental Handouts Shakespeare

A: 100-92 1

B: 91-83

C: 82-74

D: 73-65

F: 64-0

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Intro to Poetry
Description

Syllabus

Schedule
1. Ballad: Barbara Allen 2. Narrative: Casey at the Bat; The Raven; & The Charge of the Light Brigade 3. Dramatic: Incident in a Rose Garden; The Runaway; & Jabberwocky 4. Imagery, Metaphor, & Simile: The Seven Ages of Man 5. Lyric: George Gray; Winter; The Dark Hills; I Hear an Army; & The Funeral 6. Meter & Sound: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud; The Sound of the Sea; & Sonnet 30 7. Imagery, Theme, Tone, & Mood: To Be of Use; The Eagle; Dream Deferred; & Splinter 8. Alliteration, Assonance, & Consonance: The Bells 9. Catalog, Repetition, & Parallelism: I Hear America Singing & Chicago Please Note: This syllabus is subject to change!

The poetry unit of Rhetoric I will consist of a blended course design (traditional face to face classroom and online instruction). Emphasis will be given to exploring and analyzing poetry through literary terminology with the ultimate goal of students successfully crafting a written interpretation of a poem by defending that interpretation with specifics from the text and using appropriate terminology as well as following the conventions of standard English.

Objectives
1. Craft a written document which successfully and accurately (coming from a Reader-Response perspective) interprets a poem, defending that interpretation with specifics details and examples from the text while using appropriate poetic terminology as well as observing the conventions of standard English. 2. Successfully analyze and interpret the poems provided, and defend all interpretations with specifics from the texts while using appropriate literary terminology. 3. Accurately identify a variety of literary/poetic devices in the poems provided. 4. Define introductory-level poetic terms and devices. 5. Accurately identify a variety of poetry genres from various literary periods and movements.

Standards
CC.9-10.R.L.1: Key Ideas and Details: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CC.9-10.R.L.2: Key Ideas and Details: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. CC.9-10.R.L.5: Craft and Structure: Analyze how an authors choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. CC.9-10.R.L.10: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

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