English 12 Syllabus
August 2008
by Pat Sharp
August 18, 2005
English 12 Syllabus
Mrs. Sharp
Class: 2nd Period
Prep: 6th Period
Home Phone: 385-2240
Class Description: The English 12 curriculum strives for student proficiency in speaking and listening, reading and analyzing, writing, and conducting research. Literature is selected for its excellence and also for its appeal to students as individuals with differing abilities and interests. Classroom activities help students understand and appreciate the elements of literature so that they may incorporate these elements into their own writing.
Text: EMC Masterpiece
Series Literature and the Language Arts, Second Edition, The
British Tradition, Maple Level
Materials needed: notebook and
pocket folder
Curriculum:
I. Chronological Study of English Literature
from the British Literature text (not all passages will be
covered)
Unit 1: Genres and Techniques of
Literature
Unit 2: Anglo-Saxon Period
Unit 3: The Medieval Period
Unit 4: The English Renaissance
Unit 5: Renaissance Drama
Unit 6: The Early Seventeenth
Unit 7: The Restoration and the Eighteenth
Century
Unit 8: The Romantic Era
Unit 9: The Victorian Age
Unit 10: Twentieth Century to Contemporary
Poetry
Unit 11: Twentieth Century to Contemporary
Prose
Unit 12: Twentieth Century to Contemporary
Drama
II. Daily vocabulary words with quizzes and
daily standardized tests
III. Quizzes and tests over material covered
in the text
IV. Various writing assignments
V. Solving common
writing problems units
VI. Two novels will be required
Make-up Work: Any student who is absent
should check the make-up folder and complete any missed work within
the normal time frame as listed in the handbook.
Grades: I don't give grades - you earn them.
Grades will be earned according to total points for the quarter.
Tests and quizzes will be 60% of your total grade, homework 30% and
daily standardized tests 10%. If a semester test is necessary it
will count 10% of your semester grade. If you have a question or
problem with a grade or anything that happened in class please
discuss it with me after class and we will work together to solve
the situation.
Plagiarism: Plagiarism is a serious offense
and a form of theft. It is defined as taking words, phrasing,
sentence structure, or any other element of the expression of
another person's ideas, and using them as if they were your own.
Plagiarism is a violation of another person's rights and has
serious consequences. Any act of plagiarism will result in an
automatic zero on the assignment. On page 61 of NHS Student
Handbook, section 7.36 Honesty, also includes cheating on a test or
other class work could lead to being dropped from the class.
