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Honors English III Syllabus Honors English III

MLA powerpoint

[|Online Citation Maker]

[|Handbook of Rhetorical Devices]

F4K requirements

First Six Weeks

SAT Vocabulary

Vocabulary English III  Copy Notes to use on worksheets and to study for test.

Journals Penzu

Settlement Narratives

Multimedia Presentations

Scarlet Letter



Cornell Notes in English Document - Use this form to answer questions about your AR book.

** First 6 Weeks ** ** Assignments – ** ** Scarlet Letter: ** Philosophical Chairs Question – Does our society have its own Scarlet Letters today**? Goal 4 objectives 4.01, 4.04** ** Narratives: ** Choose narrative type: slave, exploration, historical journal, or captivity narrative and write a 500-word narrative based on this type of writing. Determine audience and message. Refer to the following examples: Journal of Christopher Columbus, Life of Frederick Douglas, and The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano for insight. **Goal 1 objective 1.01, 1.02**
 * ** Puritan/Colonial Era – **
 * What is the role of bias in historical narratives?
 * Are people inherently corrupt or inherently good?
 * [[file:Sinners in Hands.doc]] Assignment Sheet for "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
 * [|Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God sermon]
 * What is the role of fate in our lives?
 * [[file:MinstersBlackVeilTextualAnalysis.doc]] Minister's Black Veil Textual Analysis - Answers must be based on text.

Narrative Assignment and Rubric **[|Characterization Examples]** More Characterization Examples .... //Cat in the Hat//

//[|The Lottery Study Guide]//

//[|The Lottery Short Story]//

** Assignments: ** ** Declaration of Independence: ** Students write their own Declarations of Independence from things, people, ideas that they find intolerable**. Goal 3 objectives 3.01, 3.02, 3.03; Goal 4 objective 4.03** **[|Dramatic Reading of The Declaration of Independence]**
 * ** Revolutionary Time Period / Age of Reason **
 * What type of writing inspired people then and today to become revolutionaries?
 * What rights are worth fighting for and what inspires people to fight for those rights?
 * How are the core American values determined?

** Directions for Writing a Declaration of Independence Assignment.**

**[|Five Parts of the Declaraton of Independence]**

**Declarations of Independence Page to post Declarations of Independence and respond to classmates. **

** How the Declaration is structured - Deductive Reasoning and syllogisms.** **[|Social Issues]** **[|Social Issues - Politics]** [|More Social Issues] ** Aphorisms ** : Paraphrase Ben Franklin’s aphorisms and determine the relevance that they have in determining American values today. Paraphrase African proverbs and determine the similarities and differences they have to Franklin’s aphorisms. **Goal 1 objective 1.02, 1.03;** **Goal 2 objective 2.02;** **Goal 4 objective 4.02; Goal 5 objectives 5.01, 5.02.**

Second Six Weeks

** Assignment: ** ** Transcendentalism Project: ** Relating Transcendentalism to modern culture. Read Write Think Activity. Engage in textual analysis of Emerson and Thoreau, and apply Transcendentalist ideas to contemporary culture using cartoons, television shows, music and movies. Students create their own example of a Transcendentalist cartoon. **Goal 1 objective 1.02; Goal 4 objective 4.01, 4.02; Goal 5 objective 5.02, 5.03 Use the Internet to answer these questions.**
 * ** American Renaissance / Romanticism **
 * What conditions are necessary in a society for a “renaissance” to be possible?
 * Can writers change society?
 * How important is the role of individuality in society and to self?
 * Where can man find moral guidance?

**[|Self Reliance]** **[|Walden]**

**[|Calvin and Hobbes]** **[|Shoe Comics]**

** Use this chart to record examples of Transcendentalist thought in popular culture**

Directions for Transcendentalism Project

Rubric for Project Grading


 * Second 6 Weeks **
 * ** Realism **
 * What are the events that determine the shifts in the American Literary tradition?
 * How does literature impact society and history?
 * How does history change literature?
 * Assignment: **
 * Comparing the works of the Realists writers: Twain, Sinclair, Riis and social change. ** Students work in literature circles to read and evaluate realist writers. Students determine events leading to the shift to the realist tradition, evaluate the impact that their assigned writer had on society, and determine if the writer’s work resulted in any lasting social change. Following group presentations, students write a 250- word essay addressing the following question: Describe the events surrounding the rise of the realist movement in American literature. **Goal 5 objectives 5.01, 5.02, 5.03; Goal 6 objectives 6.01, 6.02**



[|Short Story - Girl]

[|The Big Read - Their Eyes Were Watching God]

[|Analyzing Media Images]


 * ** The Modern Era **
 * Compare the rapid changes in society during the modern era to current changes in contemporary society. How do Americans deal with such monumental changes and how are those changes reflected in the literature of the Modern and Contemporary time periods?
 * How did the works of Darwin, Freud and Marx inform the work of the Modernist writers?
 * What new literary techniques did modern writers pioneer and how did the new techniques reflect the historical and social changes of the time?
 * Assignment: **
 * Independent Research: ** Students conduct independent research on the works on Marx, Darwin or Freud and pick a modern writer who was influenced by one of these thinkers. Present a power point presentation on the author, the influences on the author and share a passage from the author that demonstrates those influences. Formal research paper must include MLA documentation. **Goal 2 objective 2.01**; **Goal 3 objective 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04 and Goal 6 objective 6.01, 6.02**


 * ** Harlem Renaissance **
 * What is the significance of The Harlem Renaissance in the areas of art, music and literature?
 * Assignment: **
 * Media Project: Read __Their Eyes Were Watching God__ ** . Students complete project requiring analysis of media and the contemplation of healthy relationships. Requirement for CLA: (Cumulative Learning Activity). **Goal 3 objective 3.01** **Goal 4 objectives 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04**



 Respect Wheel

Chapter 15 Questions

Modernism Project and Rubric - Presentations and Power points due on Monday
 * Third 6 Weeks **
 * Modernism: **

BLANK CORNELL NOTE DOCUMENT

DIRECTIONS FOR CORNELL NOTES IN ENGLISH - USE TO COMPLETE CORNELL NOTES FOR MODERNIST WRITER

Power point on Modernism - Test on Friday
 * ** Post Modernism / Contemporary Literature **
 * What determines values in American society today?
 * What is the importance of media in our lives and what is the effect on literature?
 * How has the rise of the essay affected American readers?
 * How will technology impact literature in the future?
 * How do individual choices shape our destiny?
 * Assignment: **
 * Socratic Seminar: Read __The Kite Runner:__ ** Socratic seminar on the chapters relating to the characters decision to betray his friend and his decision to rescue his son’s child. How do those choices shape his destiny? How do our individual choices shape our own destiny? **Goal 1 objectives 1.02, 1.03**