Syllabi

10th Grade English Gifted – Multi-Cultural Literature
2008-2009 Syllabus
Mrs. Tidwell – 848-2111 (rm. D6)
Kecoughtan High School, Hampton, VA

Grade Scale
A 100-93
B 92-85
C 84-75
D 74-68
F <67

Daily Assignments/Homework..……………….……30 percent
Quizzes/Tests………………………………………...35 percent
Projects/Essays……………………………………….30 percent
Participation…………………………………………...5 percent

Texts:
Literature: Elements of Literature: Fourth Course. Austin, New York:
Holt, Reinhart and Winston, Inc., 2007.
Novels To Purchase: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
TBA

Materials:
o 3-ring binder with 5 pocket dividers
o Black and white composition notebook
o Notebook paper
o Black/blue ink pens

Content Expectations:
First Nine Weeks: SOL 10.3, 10.4: Elements of the Short Story; Informational Texts
• Rights and Responsibilities Handbook
• Summer Reading Assessment
• Timed Writing
• Content of A Dead Man’s Pocket p. 14 Jack Finney
• Everyday Use p. 102 Alice Walker
• Two Kinds p. 124 Amy Tan
• The Secret Garden from Lipstick Jihad p. 166 Azadeh Moaveni
• The Story of an Hour (handout) Kate Chopin
• The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka
• Character Analysis Essay

Second Nine Weeks: SOL 10.3, 10.8, 10.9, 10.11: Elements of a Novel; Author Study
• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
• Timed Writing
• Outside Reading
• Documented Research Paper

Third Nine Weeks: SOL 10.5: Poetry
• The Elements of Poetry
• “I, Too” p. 710 Langston Hughes
• “We Real Cool” p. 611 Gwendolyn Brooks
• “Miss Rosie” p. 602 Lucille Clifton
• “Ex-basketball Player” p. 599 John Updike
• “Ode to my Socks” p. 577 Pablo Neruda
• “Barbie Doll” (Handout)
• “The Dog” (Handout)
• “Four Haiku” (Handout)
• The Sonnet
• “Stopping by Woods on a Snowing Evening” p. 509 Robert Frost
• “The Road Not Taken” (Handout) Robert Frost
• Frost Project
• Compare and Contrast Essay
• Timed Writing AP Style
• Outside Reading

Fourth Nine Weeks: SOL 10.6, 10.5: Drama and Folktales.
• Elements of Drama
• The Brute: A Joke in One Act p. 852 Anton Chekov
• Biography of William Shakespeare p. 869 Robert Anderson
• The Tragedy of Julius Caesar p. 882 William Shakespeare
• Timed Writing AP Style
• Sample AP Tests and strategies
• Caesar Project
• Outside Reading
Throughout the course students will be expected to develop proper grammar techniques and apply them to their writing, focusing on both formal and informal essays.

10th Grade English Honors – Multi-Cultural Literature
2008-2009 Syllabus
Mrs. Tidwell – 848-2111 (rm. D6)
Kecoughtan High School, Hampton, VA

Grade Scale
A 100-93
B 92-85
C 84-75
D 74-68
F <67

Daily Assignments/Homework..……………….……30 percent
Quizzes/Tests………………………………………...35 percent
Projects/Essays……………………………………….30 percent
Participation…………………………………………...5 percent

Texts:
Literature: Elements of Literature: Fourth Course. Austin, New York:
Holt, Reinhart and Winston, Inc., 2007.
Novels To Purchase: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
More TBA
Materials:
o 3-ring binder with 5 pocket dividers
o Black and white composition notebook
o Notebook paper
o Black/blue ink pens

Content Expectations:
First Nine Weeks: SOL 10.3, 10.4: Elements of the Short Story; Informational Texts
• Rights and Responsibilities Handbook
• Summer Reading Assessment
• Timed Writing
• Content of A Dead Man’s Pocket p. 14 Jack Finney
• Everyday Use p. 102 Alice Walker
• Two Kinds p. 124 Amy Tan
• The Secret Garden from Lipstick Jihad p. 166 Azadeh Moaveni
• The Story of an Hour (handout) Kate Chopin
• Character Analysis Essay

Second Nine Weeks: SOL 10.3, 10.8, 10.9, 10.11: Elements of a Novel; Author Study
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
• Outside Reading
• Documented Research Paper

Third Nine Weeks: SOL 10.5: Poetry
• The Elements of Poetry
• “I, Too” p. 710 Langston Hughes
• “We Real Cool” p. 611 Gwendolyn Brooks
• “Miss Rosie” p. 602 Lucille Clifton
• “Ex-basketball Player” p. 599 John Updike
• “Ode to my Socks” p. 577 Pablo Neruda
• “Barbie Doll” (Handout)
• “The Dog” (Handout)
• “Four Haiku” (Handout)
• The Sonnet
• “Stopping by Woods on a Snowing Evening” p. 509 Robert Frost
• “The Road Not Taken” (Handout) Robert Frost
• Frost Project
• Compare and Contrast Essay
• Outside Reading

Fourth Nine Weeks: SOL 10.6, 10.5: Drama and Folktales.
• Elements of Drama
• The Brute: A Joke in One Act p. 852 Anton Chekov
• Biography of William Shakespeare p. 869 Robert Anderson
• The Tragedy of Julius Caesar p. 882 William Shakespeare
• Caesar Project
• Outside Reading


10th Grade English – Multi-Cultural Literature
2008-2009 Syllabus
Mrs. Tidwell – 848-2111 (rm. D6)
Kecoughtan High School, Hampton, VA

Grade Scale
A 100-93
B 92-85
C 84-75
D 74-68
F <67

Daily Assignments/Homework..……………….……30 percent
Quizzes/Tests………………………………………...35 percent
Projects/Essays……………………………………….30 percent
Participation…………………………………………...5 percent

Texts:
Literature: Elements of Literature: Fourth Course. Austin, New York:
Holt, Reinhart and Winston, Inc., 2007.
Novels To Purchase: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
More TBA
Materials:
o 3-ring binder with 5 pocket dividers
o Black and white composition notebook
o Notebook paper
o Black/blue ink pens

Content Expectations:
First Nine Weeks: SOL 10.3, 10.4: Elements of the Short Story; Informational Texts
• Rights and Responsibilities Handbook
• Summer Reading Assessment
• Timed Writing
• Content of A Dead Man’s Pocket p. 14 Jack Finney
• Everyday Use p. 102 Alice Walker
• Two Kinds p. 124 Amy Tan
• The Secret Garden from Lipstick Jihad p. 166 Azadeh Moaveni
• The Story of an Hour (handout) Kate Chopin
• Character Analysis Essay

Second Nine Weeks: SOL 10.3, 10.8, 10.9, 10.11: Elements of a Novel; Author Study
• Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
• Outside Reading
• Documented Research Paper

Third Nine Weeks: SOL 10.5: Poetry
• The Elements of Poetry
• “I, Too” p. 710 Langston Hughes
• “We Real Cool” p. 611 Gwendolyn Brooks
• “Miss Rosie” p. 602 Lucille Clifton
• “Ex-basketball Player” p. 599 John Updike
• “Ode to my Socks” p. 577 Pablo Neruda
• “Barbie Doll” (Handout)
• “The Dog” (Handout)
• “Four Haiku” (Handout)
• The Sonnet
• “Stopping by Woods on a Snowing Evening” p. 509 Robert Frost
• “The Road Not Taken” (Handout) Robert Frost
• Frost Project
• Compare and Contrast Essay
• Outside Reading

Fourth Nine Weeks: SOL 10.6, 10.5: Drama and Folktales.
• Elements of Drama
• The Brute: A Joke in One Act p. 852 Anton Chekov
• Biography of William Shakespeare p. 869 Robert Anderson
• The Tragedy of Julius Caesar p. 882 William Shakespeare
• Caesar Project

Homework

Gifted 10~Study for Shabanu and Farewell to Manzanar tests.

Honors 10~Study for Shabanu test either Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Continue working on the Farewell to Manzanar Reading Log. The reading log must be completed and turned in by Sept. 18th for Green and Sept. 19th for White.

English 10~Study for Shabanu test Tuesday and Wednesday.

Summer Reading

Discuss your thoughts on any of the summer reading novels. What were the themes of the novels, the message? Did you agree with the message? What did you think about the characters? Could you associate with any of them?