Mrs. Turner
AustinHigh School
Spring Semester, 2010
English Composition II (ENGL 102) Syllabus
REQUIRED TEXTS AND MATERIALS
Desmet, Christy, D. Alexis Hart, and Deborah Church Miller, ed. Prentice Hall Literature Portfolio.New Jersey:Pearson Education, Inc. 2007
Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell. The Concise Wadsworth Handbook.2nded.
Boston : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2008.
Beers, Kylene, and Lee Odell, eds.Holt Elements of Literature, Sixth Course. Austin : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2008.
Irvin, Judith, et.al.Holt Elements of Language, Sixth Course. Austin : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2009.
English I Vocabulary CardsAcademic Study Card Set.Visual Education.Springfield, Ohio.
In-Class Journal – 70 p. spiral notebook, Pens (blue or black), paper
Notebook or binder for organization of all notes, class materials, and assignments
TIME SCHEDULE
This schedule is subject to change.
Week 1 (January 4-8)
Class expectations, course information
Vocabulary 801-820
CanterburyTales –Chaucer’s time, Prologue
Seven Deadly Sins/Seven Virtues
Journaling
Chapter 1,Literature Portfolio-“Introduction”
Week 2 (January 11-15)
Chapter 2,Literature Portfolio –“Reading to Become ‘Symbol-Wise’”
Journal writing
Vocabulary 821-840
CanterburyTales
Wife of Bath ’s Tale
Pardoner’s Tale
Short expository essay assigned
Focus on an aspect of seven deadly sins in Chaucers’ time or his literature. Proposals must be turned in by the end of the week.
Research the topic; two sources.
Week 3 (January 18-22)
Chapter 3, Literature Portfolio– “Writing about Literature”
Vocabulary 841-860
MLA documentation review
Expository essay work, including rough draft, peer edit, finished paper.
Week 4 (January 25-29)
Chapter 4,Literature Portfolio –“ Reading and Writing about Short
Stories”
Vocabulary 861-880
Short documented paper assigned (food paper), proposal due by Thursday
Research
Speech assigned – Introspective comparison of food and the student.
Week 5 (February 1-5)
Vocabulary 881-900
Rough draft, peer edit, finished short documented paper
Speeches
Week 6 (February 8-12)
Vocabulary 901-920
Long research paper assigned
8-12 pages
Minimum of eight sources and eight citations
Objective
Research strategies – Choosing credible sources
Topic selection - Selecting and narrowing the topic
Topic to central question to thesis statement
Topics due by Thursday
Week 7 (February 15-19)
Writing annotations
Note card format, classifying information
Paraphrasing and using quotations
Outline form
Determine thesis statement, due by week’s end
Research, note-taking
20 note cards due Tuesday
Thesis statement and rough outline due Thursday
Week 8 (February 22-26)
20 note cards Monday
Rough draft, peer edit
Finished paper due Friday
Total of 60 note cards
All printed sources
Annotated bibliography
Week 9 (March 1-5)
Shakespeare’sMacbeth
Background, form
Acts I, II
Week 10 (March 8-12)
Macbeth
Acts III, IV
Week 11 (March 15-19)
Macbeth
Act V
Test
SPRING BREAK
SENIOR TRIP
Week 12 (April 12-16)
Macbeth – Creative group projects
Vocabulary 921-940
Week 13 (April 19-23)
Vocabulary 941-960
Speech activity
Assign creative piece – narrative, descriptive, expository, or persuasive
Week 14 (April 26-30)
Vocabulary 961-981
Chapter 6 fromLiterature Portfolio“ Reading and Writing about Poetry”
Selections fromLiterature Portfolio“An Anthology of Poetry”
Creative writing due
Week 15 (May 3-7)
The art of debate
Rhetoric
Logic
Debate format
Choose topics for debate, a position, and a partner
Debate research
Documented argumentation paper assigned
Week 16 (May 10-14)
Vocabulary 981-1000
Debates
Week 17 (May 17-21)
Documented argumentation papers due
Debates
Week 18 (May 23-28)
Final Exams, including essay exam
Graduation