Picciano - English 11 Honors

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  English 11 Honors

  American Literature

  • Syllabus

• Topic 1

  Upload Assignments

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    UPLOAD Graduation Project Rough Draft Assignment
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    Click HERE to link to CollegeBoard.com URL

• Topic 2

  Review of Reading and Writing

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    Review of Reading and Writing Powerpoint Notes Folder
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    Active Reading Instructions and Worksheet File
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    Brainstorming Strategy--Listing--Model and Worksheet File
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    Brainstorming Strategy--Clustering--Model and Worksheet File

• Topic 3

  The American Short Story

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    Prentice Hall Textbook Log In Page URL
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    On the Road by Langston Hughes File
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    American Literature: The Short Story--Handouts Folder
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    American Short Story Powerpoint Notes Folder
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    Story Map Defined Powerpoint File
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    Character Conflict POV Setting Irony Symbol Powerpoint Notes File
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    The Story of an Hour Story Map--ANSWERS File
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    On the Road Story Map--ANSWERS File
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    The Notorious Jumping Frog of Caleveras County Story Map--ANSWERS File
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    An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge Story Map--ANSWERS File
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    The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County--Spanish Version URL
  • By the end of this Unit, you should be able to:

    • IDENTIFY the features of my grading policy and class procedures
    • IDENTIFY the 10 Units we will study during the semester
    • IDENTIFY the Study Habits of Successful Students and the Reading Habits of Successful Readers
    • EVALUATE your individual performance on the Summer Reading Test, the District Skills Assessment, the PSSA/Keystone Terms Test, and the Grammar Review Quiz
  • Paperwork:

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    Course Outline File
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    Class Procedures and Grading Policy File
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    Final Exam Review Checklist File
  • Testing:

  • • Summer Reading Test on The Crucible
    • District Skills Assessment
    • PSSA/Keystone Terms Review Test
    • Grammar Review Quiz
  • Activities:

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    Study Habits Checklist File
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    Reading Habits Survey File
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    Please Review--3 Actions of Successful Students File

• Topic 4

  PSSA Informative Writing

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    PSSA Writing Practice Prompts and Organizers Folder
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    DEFINITION Paragraph Topic List File
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    The Crucible Act 1 Study Guide File
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    The Crucible Act 2 Study Guide File
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    The Crucible Act 3 Study Guide File
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    The Crucible Act 4 Study Guide File
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    The Crucible Study Aids and Resources Folder
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    McCarthyism Handout to use with video File
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    McCarthyism Video to use with handout File

• Topic 5

  The Crucible: American Historical Drama

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    The Crucible Study Aids and Resources Folder
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    The Mayflower Deconstructed--a video view of the trip from England in 1620 URL
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    UPLOAD your ACT 1 PRESENTATION document or powerpoint Assignment
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    UPLOAD your Act 2 PRESENTATION word document or powerpoint Assignment
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    UPLOAD your ACT 3 PRESENTATION word document or powerpoint HERE Assignment
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    PP: Analysis & Interpretation--Defined File
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    PP: Short Story Terms Defined--Character, POV, Conflict, Setting, Symbol, Irony, Theme File
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    PP: Story Map (AKA Freytag Pyramid) Defined File
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    Prentice Hall Textbook Log In Page URL
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    Story Map (AKA Freytag Pyramid) Worksheet File
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    CHARACTER--Definition and Analysis Chart Worksheet File
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    CONFLICT--Definition and Analysis Chart Worksheet File
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    POINT OF VIEW--Definition and Analysis Chart Worksheet File
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    SETTING--Definition and Analysis Chart Worksheet File
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    SYMBOL and IRONY--Definition and Analysis Chart Worksheet File
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    UPLOAD your ON THE ROAD CHARTS (character, pov, conflict) HERE!!! Assignment
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    UPLOAD your OWL CREEK BRIDGE Group Work HERE Assignment

• Topic 6

  American Poetry

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    The Roaring 20's KWL Video Viewing Guide File
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    The Roaring 20's: A Historical Snapshot of Life in the 1920's URL
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    The Great Gatsby Study Guide--SAMPLE with Fall Semester Reading Schedule--Spring Semetser students Check Moodle for correct dates File

• Topic 7

  PSSA Persuasive Writing & Propaganda Terms

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    Propaganda Techniques Powerpoint File
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    Propaganda Techniques Assignment File
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    UPLOAD your Propaganda Presentation HERE Assignment
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    Click HERE for the link to the Full Text of "Of Plymouth Plantation." Read pages 106-112 of this PDF to complete your class work. File
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    Click HERE for the link to the "Speech at the VA Convention" by Patrick Henry URL
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    Click HERE for the link to "Self-Reliance...an excerpt" by Ralph Waldo Emerson URL
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    "Dust Tracks on a Road" is found on page 914 of your lit text. Click HERE for additional information about Zora Neale Hurston URL
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    "The Woman Warrior" is found on page 1104 of your lit text. Click HERE for additional information about Maxine Hong Kingston File

• Topic 8

  PSSA Reading Practice

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    PSSA Writing Practice Prompts and Organizers Folder
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    POWERPOINT SLIDES for the DEFINITION PARAGRAPH STYLE File
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    UPLOAD your DEFINITION paragraph HERE Assignment

• Topic 9

  A Raisin in the Sun: Modern American Drama with Database Research

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    A Raisin in the Sun Unit Packet File
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    PP: Propaganda Techniques--Definitions and Illustrations File
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    PROPAGANDA TERMS ASSIGNMENT TEMPLATE File
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    UPLOAD your PROPAGANDA TERMS ASSIGNMENT HERE

• Topic 10

  'At the Bell' Test Prep Practice

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    At the Bell SAT Question of the Day Folder
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    PP: Understanding Poetry--Please Review to brush up on the BEST approach to get the MOST out of a poem File
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    Poetry Terms List and Definitions File
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    List of Poems and general unit directions, Analysis Worksheet, and Paraphrase Worksheet File
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    Romantic Poems: The Rhodora, Because I Could Not Stop For Death File
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    Parahrase Practice for The Rhodora, Because I Could Not Stop For Death File
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    Realism Poems: Richard Cory, Stopping By Woods File
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    Modernism Poems: In a Station of the Metro, The Red Wheelbarrow, Harlem File
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    Confessionalist Poems: Death of the Ball Turret Gunner, My Papa's Waltz File

• Topic 11

  Persuasive Research Essay

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    UPLOAD your PRO and CON SOURCE LISTS HERE by the END of CLASS 5/2/12 Assignment
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    UPLOAD your PERSUASIVE RESEARCH PAPER HERE! Assignment

• Topic 12

  UNIT: Grammar

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    Grammar Common Error Analysis Checklist File
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    PARALLELISM--definitions and practice exercises File
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    ACTIVE VOICE v. PASSIVE VOICE definitions and practice exercises File

• Topic 13

  UNIT: Vocabulary

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    Vocabulary Procedures Powerpoint Notes Folder
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    Vocabulary Unit Assignment Template File

• Topic 14

  UNIT: Death of a Salesman: Modern American Drama

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    The American Dream Machine File
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    Death of a Salesman Study Guide File

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  ROUGH DRAFT OF Pro-Con Persuasive Research Paper using Moodle to Administer

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