Andover Central High School
English IIIA
Course Syllabus
Course Information
Course Description: This course encourages the development of writing skills and prepares students for writing and research in other high school courses. Students study American poetry, short stories, novels, dramas, and essays as literary forms. Through the process of writing a formal research paper, students learn to gather and evaluate research material and formulate an arguable thesis and share their research conclusions.
English IIIA: The study of language skills and writing is similar to but more intensive than the regular English III class. The study of literature enhances students’ abilities in critical thinking, analysis, and synthesis as they read novels, short stories, poems, and plays. Students are required to complete reading and writing assignments outside of class, including extensive research projects.
Reading: Standard 1 The student reads and comprehends text across the curriculum.
1.1: The student uses skills in alphabetics to construct meaning from text.
1.2: The student reads fluently.
1.3: The student expands vocabulary.
1.4: The student comprehends a variety of texts (narrative, expository, technical, and persuasive).
Literature: Standard 2 The student responds to a variety of texts.
2.1: The student uses literary concepts to interpret and respond to text.
2.2: The student understands the significance of literature and its contribution
to various cultures.
Writing: Standard 3 The student writes effectively for a variety of audiences, purposes, and contexts.
3.1: The student writes narrative text using the writing process.
3.2: The student writes expository text using the writing process.
3.3: The student writes technical text using the writing process.
3.4 The student writes persuasive text using the writing process.
Research: Standard 4 The student applies reading and writing skills to demonstrate learning.
4.1: The student uses effective research practices.
4.2: The student uses ethical research practices.
Course Objectives: This is done by teaching units
Required Materials and Supplies: Textbook(s), pen, pencil, highlighter, notebook (for notes, handouts, and other papers), and agendas are required daily for this class.
Supplemental Reading Materials: In addition to the textbook, other books will be checked out to you during each semester. At times, you will be required to check out materials from the AHS/BCCC Library.
Method of Evaluation: Essays, tests, projects and/or reports, daily work/homework, quizzes, class participation, and a final are used to determine grades. Grades are figured on a total point basis and the final is worth 15% of the total points.
Grading Scale:
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A
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100-90%
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B
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89-80%
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C
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79-70%
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D
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69-60%
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F
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59-0%
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Major Assignments/Projects:
Essays, in and out of class
Unit Tests
Research Paper
Presentation
Homework: 2-3 hours per week
Late Work: Late work will be accepted at the teacher’s discretion and with a penalty of 10% per calendar day. No work over one week late will be accepted.
Test-day Absences: Tests are scheduled in advance so that you will have enough time to prepare. Students with an excused absence on the day of a test will be expected to take the test on the day they return to class unless prior arrangements have been made.
Make-up work: The appropriate times to ask for your missed assignments are before or after school, during my planning or study hall periods, or during any independent work time in class. Please do not interrupt class to ask for your assignments. All make-up work deadlines will follow the school policy outlined below.
Passes: Passes will only be given in cases of emergency. Forgotten supplies and/or homework do not constitute emergencies. All materials must be brought to class as no passes to lockers will be given. Please use your passing period to visit the restroom and water fountain. Should you decide that you need to leave for any of the above reasons, you will be considered tardy and a detention will be assigned.
Institutional Policies
Make-up Work: It is the student’s responsibility to obtain make-up assignments from teachers following an excused or unexcused absence. In general, two days are given to complete daily work missed for each day of excused absence. For extended illness, the student will be limited to a total of 5 school days following their return to make-up work missed. Exceptions to this rule can be made through special arrangements with the teacher or administration. No make-up credit will be allowed for unexcused absences. Tests that have been scheduled in advance and long-term assignments need to be completed within a reasonable periods of time per the agreement with all parties. Teachers may establish specific guidelines related to long-term assignments on an individual class basis. Dependent upon individual teacher policies, student may miss the opportunity to earn daily participation points for non-school related absences.
Unexcused Absences: Student who have an unexcused absence will lose credit for all work missed during that class period. Students will be assigned 2 hours detention for each hour of unexcused absence or Saturday school in cases in which the student is unexcused for a significant part of the school day.
Tardies: Students are tardy if they are not in the classroom when the bell begins to ring. Students are allowed 1 excused tardy per class, each semester. Beginning with the 2nd tardy, 30 minutes detention time will be assigned by the classroom teacher to be served in the school-wide detention room.
Academic Dishonesty: Students are expected to maintain academic honesty and integrity at all times throughout their high school career. Academic dishonesty (as in cheating or plagiarism) is not acceptable. Cheating includes copying another student’s work and submitting it as one’s own. Plagiarism is the use of another person’s original ideas or writing without giving credit to the true author. A student who engages in any form of academic dishonesty will be subject to the loss of credit for the work in question, as well as other disciplinary measures. Repeated occurrences could result in the student being removed from the class with no credit. Any student enrolled in a BCCC or dual credit course caught cheating or plagiarizing is subject to BCCC rules and regulations that may result in a student receiving an “F” for the course.
All policies and guidelines from the Andover Central High School Student Handbook will be enforced.
Literature to Be Covered (works may be added to or removed from this list at the teacher’s discretion):
Colonial Literature:
The General History of Virginia, by John Smith
Of Plymouth Plantation, by William Bradford
Puritan Poetry:
“Huswifery,” by Edward Taylor
“To My Dear and Loving Husband” and “Upon the Burning of Our House,” by Anne Bradstreet
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Romanticism:
“The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving
“The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe
“The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nature and Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Selected poems by Emily Dickinson
Realism:
My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce
“The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain
“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin
Modernism:
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot
“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter
“The Life You Save May Be Your Own” by Flannery O’Connor
Novels:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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I have read and understand the policies as outlined in the course syllabus.
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