1. Ms. Mazur http://msjoymazur.weebly.com/
Welcome to English 11H

2. Essential Questions How are language and power inseparable?
What constitutes cultural literacy?
In what ways does literature converse with the past and the future?
How does language shape understanding, and vice versa?
What is the most effective way to make one’s voice heard?

3. Goals of this course
Critical reading and critical thinking skills: the ability and confidence to read and understand unfamiliar material
Communication skills: the ability to eloquently and effectively articulate your thoughts
A Learner’s Mind: Openness to new ideas or challenging concepts; Seeing risk as opportunity
Appreciation for the Art of Reading and Writing: Recognition of its potential, power, and beauty

4. How we will get there Writing practice, practice, practice Reading
3-Draft Policy
Electronic Feedback
Variety of modes and voices
Reading
Strategies for unfamiliar text
Class Discussion
Questions, insights and experiments
Performance Indicators
Writing, participation, quizzes, tests
Debates, Seminars, Presentations, Creative Projects

5. Themes & Major Works: Fate and Free Will
Anchor Texts: Beowulf, “The Seafarer”
Historical Context:
First works written in “Angle-ish”
Celts, Germanic tribes, and Romans
Christianity & Wyrd
Major Assignments:
Beowulf Annotation
Free Will Essay

6. Themes & Major Works: Authority and Independence
Anchor Texts:
King Arthur Legends, The Canterbury Tales
Historical Context:
Feudalism, Black Plague
Major Assignments:
Shovvet

7. Themes & Major Works: Prosperity and Creativity
Anchor Texts:
Hamlet, Macbeth
Historical Context:
Queen Elizabeth, Renaissance
Major Assignments:
Creative Project, Macbeth Essay, Debates on Hamlet

8. Themes & Major Works: Desire and Need
Anchor Texts:
Carpe Diem poetry, Metaphysical Poetry, Paradise Lost
Historical Context:
English Civil War, Return of Black Plague
Major Assignments:
Conceit

9. Themes & Major Works: Social Change and Criticism
Anchor Texts:
Satire
“A Modest Proposal,” Rape of the Lock
Essays
Historical Context:
Restoration, Enlightenment, Papal Codes
Major Assignments:

10. Themes & Major Works: Humanity and Industry
Anchor Texts:
Frankenstein, Romantic poetry
Historical Context:
Industrial Revolution, French Revolution
Major Assignments:
Graded Seminar

11. Themes & Major Works: Faith and Doubt
Anchor Texts:
Excerpts from Austen and Dickens
Poetry: Tennyson, Browning, et al.
Historical Context:
Expansion of British Empire, Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Realism, Naturalism, first novels written
Major Assignments:
Poetry Explication
Poem Paper of Many Parts (ongoing)

12. Themes & Major Works: Power and Rebellion
Anchor Texts:
Brave New World, Contemporary poetry/short stories
Historical Context:
Modern Period, World Wars, Mass Production
Major Assignments:
Essay, Socratic Seminar, Graded Seminar

13. Themes & Major Works: Past and Present
Anchor Texts:
A Small Place, Post-colonial short stories and poems
Historical Context:
Independence of former British colonies, Globalization
Major Assignments:
Nicenet Forum, Seminars, Essay

14. Other Ongoing Topics Covered
Vocabulary
From literature
Latin and Greek roots from Vocabulary for the College Bound
Literary terms
Grammar
Mini-lessons targeted to writing assignments
Warriner’s Grammar and Composition
SAT Preparation
HSPA Preparation

15. Writing Policy 3 Drafts Revisions of Draft 3 Draft 1: Content
Focus, Organization, Support
Draft 2: Style and Usage
Grammar, Mechanics, etc.
Draft 3: All of the above
Revisions of Draft 3
Will replace original Draft 3 grade
Optional, limited only by Quarter end
Must sign up for Writing Conference within one week
Must revise paper within a week of Conference

16. Electronic Feedback Major papers submitted to jmazur@mhrd.k12.nj.us
Feedback recorded using Comments feature in MS Word and ed back
Final drafts submitted and scored via
Due before class starts on due date
Students responsible for late submissions
Students may opt out of Electronic Feedback by scheduling a conference

17. Expectations of 11H Students
Be engaged in class. Participate!
Complete work thoughtfully and on time.
50% point deduction for late work
Take notes.
Ask questions.
You are not required to be excited about the subject all the time.
You are required to be excited about learning, most of the time.

18. In Case of Absence
11H students must come to the next class prepared to participate, take a quiz, etc. on work assigned while they were out
Illness is the only exception
Check
Check your class folder for Note-Taker Sheet and any handouts

19. Ms. Mazur’s Schedule Block 1: CT Duty (B-36)
Block 2: Prep (B-36/Library)
Block 3AB: AP Literature(B-31)
Block 4: AP Literature (B-31)
Block 5: CT Duty (B-36)
Block 6: Dramatics (B-35 or Auditorium)
Block 7AB: English 11 Honors (B-31)
Block 8: Prep (B-36/Library)

20. Something to Think About
Cognitive Dissonance:
The discomfort that comes when the mind is presented with something that conflicts with a previously held belief, or is unlike any previously held belief
The mind must
Change,
Reject this information, or
Find a way to reconcile this new information
It’s the only way we learn and grow

21. Something to Think About
“Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific
of creative achievement.
Mankind has to be stirred up.”
-Alfred North Whitehead