Rushing, Nancy / Senior English / High School
First Semester
*Each week: Students study 10 vocabulary words coordinated with individual abilities.
In teams, students work on editing sentences and paragraphs.
Mini grammar lessons target weaknesses found in writing assignments
*1st and 3rd quarter: Students are required to read a book from a required reading list.
*2nd and 4th quarter: Students are required to read a book of their choice (with teacher’s approval). |
Month
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Content
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August |
Conventions: usage
Reading: Newspapers: learn general terminology
Writing: journals, sentence combining |
September |
Conventions: Fragments, run-ons, comma splices
Reading: Beowulf—kennings, alliteration
Writing: journal, sentence combining, essay: abstract noun ; business letter unit |
October |
Conventions: pronoun usage
Reading: Medieval romance, ballads, career project
Writing: Two personal statements |
November |
Conventions: indefinite pronouns, indefinite references
Reading: Canterbury Tales
Writing: Modern pilgrims |
December |
Conventions: parallel structure
Reading: Newsweek
Writing: Summarize and paraphrase articles |
Second Semester
*Each week: Students study 10 vocabulary words coordinated with individual abilities.
In teams, students work on editing sentences and paragraphs.
Mini grammar lessons target weaknesses found in writing assignments
*1st quarter: Students are required to read a book from a required reading list.
*2nd quarter: Students are required to read a book of their choice (with teacher’s approval). |
| January |
Conventions: Comma review ( appositives, conjunctions, dependent clauses)
Reading: Begin Of Mice and Men ( Steinbeck background, Depression era conditions)
Writing: journals, sentence combining, summarize, paraphrase |
| February |
Conventions: Verb tenses
Reading: Finish Of Mice and Men; watch film (learn film terminology)
Writing: Research on migrant workers, mentally handicapped problems, compare/contrast book to film |
| March |
Conventions: Review apostrophes
Reading: Read different forms of persuasive writing(newspapers, Newsweek); identify opinions and supportive evidence
Writing: persuasive journals, cover letter, resumes, editorials |
| April |
Conventions: Correct use of colons, parentheses, hyphens, dashes
Reading: Novel
Writing: journals, book review |
| May |
Conventions: Review usage
Reading: Work skills situations and responses
Writing: journals, technical writing, active verbs and voice |
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