MRS.THOMPSON 2009-10

 

What are the course goals?

To provide an accelerated and differentiated study of rhetorical skills in

alignment with the state core curriculum. To challenge motivated students

through thematic projects based on selections from Holt,

Rinehart and Winston's ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE and ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE. Students are encouraged to enrich their study by

reading complete works to supplement the excerpts in the text and exploring

other works by the authors we will study.

What will students learn?

Students will accomplish the above goals through a study of:

*Vocabulary with particular attention to word origins

*Conventions of standard English

*Classical literature and its various genres

*Writing as process from discovery writing to finished, polished text

*Authors and their writing/literary devices

What materials are needed daily?

*pencil and dark ink pen

*paper

*textbook

*planner

What are class rules?

1. Be in class ON TIME, PREPARED TO WORK, IN YOUR ASSIGNED SEAT, WITH ALL MATERIALS. You cannot go to your locker for forgotten items.

2. Do not bring IPods, calculators, electronic toys, cell phones, food or

drink to class.

3. No late work will be accepted. Use class time to work on assignments. If

you are absent you have two days upon your return to make up missing

work.

4. Contact a class member if you are absent to check on what you missed. I

will help you organize a make-up work schedule when you return to school.

5. Three hall passes are allowed per semester. Students who are out in the

hall miss valuable instruction time! ! !

6. Extra credit work will not be accepted.