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Syllabus <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Eighth Grade English<o:p></o:p></SPAN></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">2009-2010<o:p></o:p></SPAN></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Ms. Hannaford<o:p></o:p></SPAN></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Welcome to eighth grade English!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">________________________________________________________________________</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Course Goals and Objectives<o:p></o:p></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We will concentrate on four areas of study in eighth grade English.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These areas and their related skills will be explored and detailed in comprehensive thematic units.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our goal is to provide a wealth of opportunity for you to grow as a perceptive reader, a critical thinker, and a competent writer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p> </o:p></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">I.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Literary Fluency</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">A.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To further advance critical analysis and discussion of both prose and poetry</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">B.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To identify, define, and manipulate literary terms</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">C.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To read for both comprehension and critical deconstruction</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">D.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To synthesize a variety of sources for research purposes</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">E.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To view literature as a source for new ideas, inspirations, and connections</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">II.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Writing for Purpose</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">A.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To advance our consideration of sentence and paragraph structure</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">B.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To utilize the paragraph as an effective response to short-answer examination questions</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">C.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To write articulate, comprehensive, yet focused thesis statement</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">D.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To refine the development of and transitions within the thesis-driven five-paragraph essay </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">E.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To outline and compose persuasive / argumentative essays employing various forms of research (primary / secondary sources as well as electronic / hard copy sources) in support of the paper’s claim</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">F.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To reinforce the use of direct and indirect quotations with accurate documentation of the source</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">G.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To generate creative writing in a variety of genre: the short story, the poem, the scene sketch, the character sketch </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">H.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To experiment with varying tones, styles, narrative voice, and narrative arcs to deliberately represent the student-author’s intention</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in">III.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Speech and Vocabulary</P> <OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=A start=3> <OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=A> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l7 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">To increase both breadth and depth of vocabulary</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l7 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">To integrate acquired vocabulary in writings, presentations and conversation</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l7 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">To discern the meanings of new words through context</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l7 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">To develop public speaking skills for presentation and performance</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l7 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">To promote effective expression and support of opinions in class discussions</LI> </OL> </OL> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in">IV.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Grammar Fundamentals</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo13"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">A.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To identify and properly punctuate phrases: participial, gerund, infinitive, prepositional, and appositive</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo13"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">B.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To identify and correctly punctuate clauses: relative, independent and subordinate in simple, compound and complex sentences</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo13"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">C.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To use verbs in the appropriate tense and voice</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo13"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">D.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To use correct agreement: subject and verb, pronoun and antecedent</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo13"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">E.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To use pronouns correctly: subjective, objective and possessive</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo13"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">F.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To implement the correct use of semicolon, dash, hyphen, and apostrophe</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo13"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">G.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To recognize and correct comma splices, run-ons, and sentence fragments</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo13"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">H.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>To avoid the misuse of homonyms and contractions</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">________________________________________________________________________</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Course Content<o:p></o:p></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Eighth grade English offers an in-depth study of various literary forms, as well as a challenging writing program that completes the middle school student’s preparation for literary analysis and writing at the upper school level.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The course is divided into several comprehensive units, each of which centers on a particular theme or genre.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Within these thematic units, we will read at least two novels (one or more chosen for the class and one or more outside novel selected by the student from a list of book that I will make available).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These thematic units also include a variety of short selections consisting of poems, essays, and articles.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1.5pt solid; mso-element: para-border-div"> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> </DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Of Mice and Men<o:p></o:p></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Unit Goals:</P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Consider the history of the American Dream in the 20<SUP>th</SUP> and 21<SUP>st</SUP> centuries</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Discuss the plight of the disenfranchised in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>: the poor, the mentally challenged, the ethnically diverse, the handicapped</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Critically consider the “American Dream” as it is translated in the real and fictional lives portrayed in short stories, essays, and poetry </LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Research the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Read, analyze and discuss the novel <U>Of Mice and Men</U></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Discern John Steinbeck’s artistic intention and moral framework</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Continue the development of active reading and writing skills </LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Develop outlines to serve as organizational tools to assist the writer in essay development </LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Compose a strong, thesis-driven five-paragraph essay</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Instruct internal citations and bibliographic entries</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Correct the misuse of homonyms; recognize and correct comma splice; recognize and correct run-on sentences and sentence fragments</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo11; tab-stops: list .5in">Master apostrophe use in possession and contractions</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in">Review internal punctuation: comma, semi-colon, colon, hyphen, dash, etc.</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Use strong verbs; add new verb vocabulary </LI> </UL> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Readings</st1:City></st1:place>:</P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in">Preamble of the <U>Declaration of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Independence</st1:City></st1:place></U></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">america</st1:country-region></st1:place>” e. e. cummings</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in">“I, Too” Langston Hughes</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in">“The Gift Outright” Robert Frost</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“all ignorance toboggans into know” e. e. cummings</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in">“To a Mouse” Robert Burns”<U><o:p></o:p></U></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in">“The Worst Hard Times” (excerpt) Timothy Egan</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in">“I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King Jr. </LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Harrison Bergeron” Kurt Vonnegut</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><U>The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet</U> Jamie Ford</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><U>Of Mice and Men</U> John Steinbeck</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><U>Anthem</U> Ayn Rand</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><U>The House on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Mango Street</st1:address></st1:Street> </U>(excerpts) Sandra Cisneros</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><U>Breadline</U> (film)</LI> </UL> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1.5pt solid; mso-element: para-border-div"> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> </DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">To Kill a Mockingbird<o:p></o:p></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Unit Goals:</P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in">Define and represent the concepts <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">tolerance</em>,<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> justice</em>,<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </em>and<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> freedom<o:p></o:p></em></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in">Research <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">tolerance</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">justice</em>, and <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">freedom</em> as national values<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></em></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in">Explore the Harper Lee’s attempt to challenge the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">assumptions</em> of American society around issues of race, class, and gender<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></em></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in">Understand the relationship between point of view and narrative voice<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></em></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in">Explore the author’s use of symbols<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></em></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in">Consider the themes of courage and moral imperative in the novel<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></em></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in">Consider the intersection of plot and subplots in the novel, and its consequence<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></em></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in">Examine the use of dialect and regional colloquialism in literature<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></em></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in">Compose an analytical essay to consider the use of symbol in <U>To Kill a Mockingbird<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></em></U></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in">Continue mastery of grammar and punctuation <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></em></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in">Vocabulary acquisition<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></em></LI> </UL> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Readings</st1:City></st1:place>:</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“On Being Female, Black, and Free” Margaret Walker</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Courage” Anne Sexton</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">“If” Rudyard Kipling</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">“Scottsboro, Too, Is Worth Its Song” Countee Cullen</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">“We Wear the Mask” Paul Laurence Dunbar</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">“The Haunted Oak” Paul Laurence Dunbar</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">“The Charge of the Light Brigade” Alfred Lord Tennyson</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Excerpts from <U>Native Son</U> Richard Wright</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U>To Kill a Mockingbird</U> Harper Lee</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U>Scottsboro: An American Tragedy</U> (film)</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">________________________________________________________________________</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Personal Narratives, Poetry, and the Writer’s Café<o:p></o:p></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Unit Goals:</P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">Explore the similarities and differences between prose and poetry</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">Determine the elements of personal narrative as a distinctive genre in literature</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">Compose and polish personal narratives for publication</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">Examine poetic language and determine how it differs from prose</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">Define, identify, and apply the terms of poetic diction</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">Recognize and manipulate a variety of poetic styles and structures: sonnet, free verse, blank verse</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">Recognize and scan for meter and rhyme</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">Recognize and manipulate sound devices and figurative language</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">Analyze the content of the poems under examination and recognize the relationship between form, tone, and content</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">Create a portfolio of original pieces of prose and poetry</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">Edit student-created prose and poetry for consistency in style and form</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">Deliver an effective public performance of original selections at the Writers’ Café</LI> </UL> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Readings</st1:City></st1:place>:</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Personal Narratives:</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“Reminiscences of Childhood” Dylan Thomas</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“My Name is Margaret” Maya Angelou</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><U>The Kite Runner</U> (excerpt) Khaled Hosseini</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“Michelle on Tape” Michelle Fitzpatrick</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Poetry</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“The End of the World Archibald MacLeish</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“The Raven” Edgar Allen Poe</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died” Emily Dickenson</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“There’s a Certain Slant of Light” Emily Dickenson</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“Lament” Edna <st1:place w:st="on">St.</st1:place> Vincent Millay</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“Fire and Ice” Robert Frost</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“Poetry” Pablo Neruda</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“Eating Poetry” Mark Strand</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“Tract” William Carlos Williams</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“The End of the World” Archibald MacLeish</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">Selections from Mary Oliver</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">Selections from Jimmy Santiago Bacca</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” Dylan Thomas</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“Cut” Sylvia Plath</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“Last Night” Ted Hughes</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“Ironing Grandmother’s Tablecloth” Jane Kenyon</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“The Hunted Moon Was Caught” <st1:place w:st="on"><st2:middlename w:st="on">D.</st2:middlename> <st2:middlename w:st="on">I.</st2:middlename></st1:place> Antoniou</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ithaca</st1:City></st1:place>” Constantine Cavafis</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">“Necessary Explanation” Yannis Ritsos</P> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1.5pt solid; mso-element: para-border-div"> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt">“A Love Poem” Pablo Neruda</P> </DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Romeo and Juliet</strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Unit Goals:</P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in">Research Shakespeare’s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1:place> and the Globe Theater</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in">Examine the essential characteristics of sonnets: Italian and Elizabethan and compose an original sonnet modeling one of these</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in">Study and imitate the language and meter of Shakespearean verse</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in">Discuss the difference between comedy and tragedy in Shakespearean drama</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in">Identify figurative language, double entendre, allusion, aside, soliloquy, and choral effects in <U>Romeo and Juliet</U></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in">Ferret out and discuss the various themes in <U>Romeo and Juliet</U></LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in">Analyze character, motivation, and conflict</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in">Practice internal citation for poetry and drama as well as bibliographic reference</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in">Re-write a scene from <U>Romeo and Juliet</U> in modern English</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in">Explore themes of fate, love, and revenge in a five paragraph essay</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in">Continue mastery of grammar and punctuation <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></em></LI> </UL> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Readings</st1:City></st1:place>:</P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in">“When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be” John Keats</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in">“Sonnet—Silence” Edgar Allen Poe</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in">“Ruben Bright” Edward <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Arlington</st1:City></st1:place> Robinson</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in">“Credo” Edward <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Arlington</st1:City></st1:place> Robinson</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in">“Meeting and Passing” Robert Frost</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in">“God’s Grandeur” Gerard Manley Hopkins</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in">Sonnets by William Shakespeare</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in"><U>Romeo and Juliet</U> William Shakespeare</LI> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in"><U>Romeo and Juliet</U> (film)</LI> </UL> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1.5pt solid; mso-element: para-border-div"> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> </DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Independent <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Reading</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Students are asked to read four books on their own during the course of the year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Due dates, a suggested reading list, and an explanation of student accountability are included in information given during the first unit.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No class time will be given for this required part of the course.</P> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1.5pt solid; mso-element: para-border-div"> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> </DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Grading and Assessment<o:p></o:p></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p> </o:p></strong></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Students will be graded on all daily assignments, quizzes, tests, essays, and major projects.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition, student effort and participation will be assessed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Effort is measured by my observation of a student’s willingness to do <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">his / her very best work</em>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Participation is measured by my observation of a student’s enthusiasm toward and meaningful contribution to classroom discussion and activities.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 42.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 42.85pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>All final writings and projects will<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>be assessed as follows:</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 78.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 78.85pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">o<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Content and Style</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 78.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 78.85pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">o<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Organization and Clarity</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 78.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 78.85pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">o<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Grammar and Writing Mechanics</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 42.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 42.85pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Homework is due at <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">the beginning</em> of class.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is my policy that work submitted late but with a week of its due date will receive late credit.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This policy also applies to work returned with a request that the assignment be redone and resubmitted for credit.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If there are mitigating circumstances interfering with homework completion, a student may bring a note from a parent.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In this circumstance, a student is granted an extension and full credit for the assignment.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Of course, this should be a rare occurrence.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 42.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 42.85pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>I expect that final drafts of essays and fiction are typed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If this presents a difficulty for a student, that student should see me and alternative arrangements will be made.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1.5pt solid; mso-element: para-border-div"> <P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; 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Ms. Hannaford: 8th Grade English

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