ENGLISH III – A & B Tentative Syllabus

 

This syllabus is a general overview of expectation for English III.  Each student will be given individualized check-off plans of study according to his or her class needs.  I will be explaining each individualized plan to each student once class needs have been established.

 

SUPPLIES:  For this class you will need (1) 1 1.2” 3-ring binder and section dividers.  Your binder must include the following:

·        Cover Identifying

·        Divided sections according to activities or units

·        Table of content to be added shortly before ending class

·        A letter to ME, the teacher, reflecting feeling of content covered

 

ALL COMPOSITION ESSAYS are to be double-spaced; final drafts are to be typed in (12) font and in manuscript format: (You will revise until essays are deemed acceptable!)

·        Title

·        The date

·        Your name

·        Type of essay or writing assignment

 

UNITS AND ACTIVITIES:

ü     Daily Journaling

ü     Daily Vocabulary Flip Books OR VOCAB SECTION

ü     Autobiography Unit

ü     Letter Writing Unit

ü     Grammar Unit

ü     Poetry

ü     Birthday Research Project – Unit or Singular Activity

ü     Novel Unit or Reading/Writing Combination Activities

ü     Short Stories Unit – American Authors

ü     Advertising Unit

ü     Research Paper

ü     Author Profile Research Paper

 

Other Writing and Interactive Activities

o       Technical Manual

o       OUT OF CLASS BOOK REVIEW– READINGS – Either Series books or a novel

o       Business Venture Report - Community

o       Fairy Tale Writing

o       Children’s Story Project – Presenting to elementary students

o       Fascinating News Stories

 

 

Again, each all activities will be focused according to class needs.  You may be doing many of the same things as other students in English III or completely different activities.  If I make notes adding or replacing any activities on your individualized plan your will be responsible for completing these items or adjusting to these changes.

 

LIKE ANYTHING IN LIFE, A PERSON GETS OUT OF THIS CLASS WHAT HE OR SHE PUTS INTO IT… 

 

TO SUCCEED ONE MUST PUT IN THE TIME AND PRACTICE; THIS GOES FOR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION AS WELL.  THE MORE A PERSON PRACTICES READING AND EDITING HIS OR HER OWN WORK, THE FASTER HE OR SHE WILL LEARN. 

 

 

TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF AND DON’T SHORTCHANGE YOUR FUTURE – THIS IS REAL LIFE - WITHOUT GOOD READING, WRITING, AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MISUNDERSTOOD OR ONE STEP BEHIND.