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English 12 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES David W. Butler High School Teacher Name: Mary S. McDuffie Room #: 723 Tutoring/Makeup Times: Tuesday 2:30 – 3:30 By appointment Phone: 980 343-6300, Voice box - #590 E-mail: [email protected] Texts: Holt Elements of Language, Sixth Course, Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2004. Holt Elements of Literature, Sixth Course, Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2006. Description: The English 12 course focuses on a variety of higher-level thinking skills, goals and activities. This course includes the following components: study of British literature in chronological order by literary periods; critical reading and interpretation of a wide range of literary forms including essays, poems, articles, novels, and plays; analysis of form, content, and the author’s style through seminar and writing; creation of and analysis of different forms, purposes and occasions; SAT Prep strategies and other test-taking skills as needed; and integration of the goals and objectives in the North Carolina English/Language Arts Standard Course of Study and demonstration of cumulative knowledge through the Graduation Project Curricular Goals: to demonstrate effective communication and critical thinking skills by expressing reflections and reactions to print and non-print text as well as personal experience to respond to literature and broad-based ideas, conduct personal interviews, explore general principles of work in life and literature to demonstrate problem-solving skills through collecting and synthesizing information, through presentations or defenses of personal points of view, both written and oral to analyze and critique texts from various perspectives and approaches to develop individual styles adaptable to different occasions for writing and speaking to demonstrate sequential mastery of skills which include effective use of research skills, written and oral presentation skills through completion of the Graduation Project to deepen understanding of British literature through exploration and extended engagement to apply conventions of grammar and language usage Requirements/Methods of Assessment: --teacher-made tests – mostly essay --oral presentations --cooperative learning/jigsaw activities --reading logs, letters, diaries, and reflective journals --the Graduation Project – review board letter, speech outline, progress checks See page 2. --critical essays --seminar participation --daily reading check quizzes --original poems, stories, articles --other projects Timeline for achievement of goals by grading periods: 1st Grading Period Anglo-Saxon Period Background Requirements of Graduation Project - Product Reflection, Résumé *Beowulf and “The Seafarer,” poetry Writing—essay after each selection Reading Check Quizzes Elizabethan Period/English Renaissance Presentation Skills for Graduation Project Historical Context *Shakespeare – Macbeth, Hamlet (if time) *Sonnets – Petrarchan and Shakespearean Cooperative learning/jigsaw Medieval Period—Period Background Graduation Project – Review Board Letter, Product *Chivalry, feudalism, knights, and castles *Chaucer—The Canterbury Tales (selected tales-3 minimum) Writing: essay test, character sketches and fables *Ballads – characteristics Original poems 2nd Grading Period Seventeenth Century *Metaphysical poetry—Herbert and Donne *Essays—Bacon, Swift, Lamb Eighteenth Century Historical context of the Period *Essays and diaries *Pepys, Addison, Steele, Pope Romantic Period Historical Context *Odes, sonnets, and other select poems *Byron, Keats, Wordsworth *Selected works in each of the literary periods Victorian Period Historical Context *Bronte, Tennyson, Browning, Bronte, Dickens, Hardy Twentieth Century Historical Context *Novels, short stories, elegies, drama Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights Pride and Prejudice Frankenstein Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime The Mayor of Casterbridge And Then There Were None 1984 *Independent reading assignments Writing—reading logs, letters, diaries, and reflective journals Graduation Project Presentation of the Graduation Project will be integrated into the curriculum as required by CMS guidelines. The Graduation Project for seniors consists of three distinct parts: a tangible or intangible product which the student creates and which reflects application of the research findings, a portfolio, an evidence binder and an oral presentation (based on the research findings and the product) delivered before a review board. Students will receive specific instruction from the English teacher. The English teacher and the parent will oversee the creation of an appropriate product, portfolio, and the preparation of the oral presentation. Please check with your son/daughter for timelines and other pertinent information. Most information will be posted on the Butler website. The Graduation Project score counts 20% of the Second Grading Period Average in the English 12 course. Graduation Project Review Board Dates: April 11-15, 2011-- after school ENGLISH 12H COURSE OUTLINE 12A Course: English 12 Teacher: M. McDuffie Contact information: [email protected] Graduation Project Presentation of the Graduation Project will be integrated into the curriculum as required by CMS guidelines. The Graduation Project for seniors consists of three distinct parts: a tangible or intangible product which the student creates and which reflects application of the research findings, a portfolio, an evidence binder, and an oral presentation (based on the research findings and the product) delivered before a review board. Students will receive specific instruction from the English teacher. The English teacher and the parent will oversee the creation of an appropriate product, portfolio, and the preparation of the oral presentation. Please check with your son/daughter for timelines and other pertinent information. Most information will be posted on the Butler website and my website. The Graduation Project score counts 20% of the Second Grading Period Average in the English 12 course. Graduation Project Review Board Dates: April 11-15, 2011-- after school Graduation Project Timeline — Semester II 2010-2011 Due Date Event Due dates are not negotiable. No late submissions will be accepted. 1/26 (A Day) Senior English teachers discuss timeline and accessing the forms at www.butlerhigh.net. Forms needed: Progress Checks 1-3, Product Log, Review Board Letter Outline 1/26 English teachers present Graduation Project process overview/major changes to students. 1/27 -2/2 Students receive product training. 2/3 – 2/4 English teachers teach writing of the résumé. 2/9 (A Day) English teachers collect résumé. 2/9-2/14 English teachers teach writing of the Review Board Letter. 2/17 (A Day) Students submit Progress Check #1: Review Board Letter. English Teachers collect typed rough draft of the review board letter. 2/28-3/4 English teachers teach presentation skills. 3/14 – 3/15 (A Day) Students submit Progress Check #2: Outline for oral presentations and tangible evidence (visual) of work on product 3/16 English teachers report names of students without typed outline and evidence to administration. 3/21 – 3/25 Students practice oral presentations and write final reflection. 4/4 (A Day) Students submit Progress Check #3: Final typed Review Board Letter and final Reflection. 4/11 – 4/15 Students submit final products with typed Review Board Letter, portfolios and make oral presentations (with a visual) to Community Review Board. Course: English 12 Teacher: M. McDuffie Contact information: [email protected] Graduation Project Presentation of the Graduation Project will be integrated into the curriculum as required by CMS guidelines. The Graduation Project for seniors consists of three distinct parts: a tangible or intangible product which the student creates and which reflects application of the research findings, a portfolio, an evidence binder, and an oral presentation (based on the research findings and the product) delivered before a review board. Students will receive specific instruction from the English teacher. The English teacher and the parent will oversee the creation of an appropriate product, portfolio, and the preparation of the oral presentation. Please check with your son/daughter for timelines and other pertinent information. Most information will be posted on the Butler website and my website. The Graduation Project score counts 20% of the Second Grading Period Average in the English 12 course. Graduation Project Review Board Dates: April 11-15, 2011-- after school Graduation Project Timeline — Semester II 2010-2011 Due Date Event Due dates are not negotiable. No late submissions will be accepted. 1/26 (A Day) Senior English teachers discuss timeline and accessing the forms at www.butlerhigh.net. Forms needed: Progress Checks 1-3, Product Log, Review Board Letter Outline 1/26 English teachers present Graduation Project process overview/major changes to students. 1/27 -2/2 Students receive product training. 2/3 – 2/4 English teachers teach writing of the résumé. 2/9 (A Day) English teachers collect résumé. 2/9-2/14 English teachers teach writing of the Review Board Letter. 2/17 (A Day) Students submit Progress Check #1: Review Board Letter. English Teachers collect typed rough draft of the review board letter. 2/28-3/4 English teachers teach presentation skills. 3/14 – 3/15 (A Day) Students submit Progress Check #2: Outline for oral presentations and tangible evidence (visual) of work on product 3/16 English teachers report names of students without typed outline and evidence to administration. 3/21 – 3/25 Students practice oral presentations and write final reflection. 4/4 (A Day) Students submit Progress Check #3: Final typed Review Board Letter and final Reflection. 4/11 – 4/15 Students submit final products with typed Review Board Letter, portfolios and make oral presentations (with a visual) to Community Review Board.