English III AP/IB Ms. Gallen Room 346

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Stacked Class working towards a common goal: International Baccalaureate Curriculum Advanced Placement Curriculum Successful SAT scores

International Baccalaureate this year: One Individual Oral Presentation- Completed in the Fall Semester. 25% of IB score, 10% of Fall Final Exam Grade One Written Assignment – Completed in the Spring Semester. 25% of IB score, 25% of 6 th six week Grade

Advanced Placement this year: Working towards successful completion of the Advanced Placement English Language Exam Friday, May 9, 2014 Analysis of Non-Fiction Texts Argumentation Synthesis of sources

Curriculum/Syllabus: Tentative Syllabus Purpose: To enjoy literature and reading with new perceptive eyes; to empower students with the language and skills to formally address the purpose, tone, and effect of an author’s or speaker’s words (to read all words and images as rhetorical transactions); to establish complex and lasting relationships through the intimate understanding of words and characters; to recognize cultural and historical informants of a work; to offer choice in written analysis; to write and deliver a clear yet complex argument with full and insightful support; to discover the human truths of works read; to recognize the connected literary worlds; to fulfill IB, AP, and TEKS standards; to prepare for or exempt college level English work…and later to apply these skills to the world as text.

First Six Weeks 1 st 6 weeks- When is war justified? How does language inform war and/or our ideas of war?: O’ Brien’s The Things They Carried; war poetry, prose, movies, propaganda; political speeches, AP prompts and other non-fiction selections. Begin Frankenstein. Some Assignments: commentary with quotations/embedding, purpose, attitude; writing, speaking, and breaking down others and your own arguments; reading, vocabulary, and grammar tests; timed writing; editing and revising; presentations and discussions: fiction and non- fiction.

Second Six Weeks 2 nd 6 weeks- What does it mean to be human? How does language inform our sense of others?: Shelley’s Frankenstein; multicultural readings and non-fiction selections. Some Assignments: recognize credible, logical, deceptive and/or faulty modes of persuasion; understand word origin; evaluate and critique persuasive messages; rhetorical terms tests; presentations and discussions: fiction and non-fiction.

Third Six Weeks 3 rd 6 weeks- How do we distinguish truth and fiction? How does language inform our understanding of prose other than fiction? Capote’s In Cold Blood; film study; AP Prompts. Some Assignments: reading quizzes; AP practice; narrative writing; developing personal voice; presentations and discussions: fiction and non-fiction.

Fourth Six Weeks 4 th 6 weeks- In what ways do we interact with our families?: Kafka’s Metamorphosis and other works by Kafka; poetry: Neruda, Plath; art: Kahlo, Dali, the surreal. Some Assignments: SAT practice; motif and device charts; response to poetry; Socratic discussions; reflective statements; World Literature essay.

Fifth Six Weeks 5 th 6 weeks- How do we interact with society and the global family? Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold; poetry; Magical Realism Some Assignments: motif and device charts; poetry; AP Practice; Socratic discussions; reflective statements; World Literature essay.

Sixth Six Weeks 6 th 6 weeks- How do setting and the natural world echo humanity? McCarthy’s The Road; art: Ansel Adams; characterization of setting (land/nature). Some Assignments: reading quizzes; college prep items; AP practice; major writes; tests; college essays and applications; Socratic discussions and reflective statements.

Grades: Daily Grades= 25% TTTC Test = 15% Non-Fiction/Grammar Test = 15% TTTC Paper = 30% Argument Write = 15% Some changes each six weeks

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