course syllabus

MISSION STATEMENT:

The East Carter English Department’s educational philosophy is to provide supportive, challenging, and varied instruction that will guide students in developing their skills in reading, writing, listening & speaking, and information literacy.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: English IV

This course is designed to examine British literature incorporating a variety of genres: fiction, non-fiction, memoirs and essays, drama, novels, and poetry. Students will write critical and persuasive essays, complete a research paper, engage in creative writing projects, and make technology-assisted oral presentations.

English IV OUTLINE: 1^st Semester

1^st Quarter	Description	2^nd Quarter	Description
Week 1	College Essays & Resume/ letter of application/ follow-up letter	Week 9	Descriptive: poem or song
Week 2	Expository: Research Project	Week 10
Week 3	Prewriting	Week 11	Narrative: Personal
Week 4	Prewriting	Week 12
Week 5	Drafting	Week 13	Persuasive:
Week 6	Revising	Week 14
Week 7	Editing and presenting	Week 15	Oral Presentation: Demonstrative
Week 8	Midterm finals	Week 16	Video/ Media interpretations
		Week 17	Semester finals

English IV OUTLINE: 2^ND Semester

3^rd Quarter	Description	4^th Quarter	Description
Week 1	Tobermory/ Active Reading Strategies	Week 10	Macbeth (Act I)
Week 2	Beowulf/ journals	Week 11	Macbeth (Act I)
Week 3	Gilgamesh/ Analysis	Week 12	Macbeth (Act III)
Week 4	Seafarer	Week 13	Macbeth (Act IV & V)
Week 5	Canterbury Tales	Week 14	Renaissance Project
Week 6	The Pardoner’s Tale	Week 15	A Modest Proposal
Week 7	Sonnets	Week 16	Addison & Steele
Week 8	Oral Presentation: debate	Week 17	Sr. Memory Essays
Week 9	Midterm finals	Week 18	Semester finals
		Week 19

COURSE DESCRIPTION: English III

This course is designed to examine American literature incorporating a variety of genres: fiction, non-fiction, memoirs and essays, drama, novels, and poetry. Students will write critical and persuasive essays, complete a research paper, engage in creative writing projects, and make technology-assisted oral presentations.

English III OUTLINE: 1^st Semester

1^st Quarter	Description	2^nd Quarter	Description
Week 1	Comparing literature: The Sky *Tree and How the Leopard Got* *His Claws and Prayer to the Pacific*	Week 9	*From My Bondage* and My Freedom AND Frederick Douglas AND In Texas Grass**
Week 2	*Upon the Burning of Our House* *July 10^th, 1666* *To My Dear and Loving Husband*	Week 10	*And Ain’t I a Woman?*
Week 3	*Letter to John Adams* Writing Workshop: Persuasive	Week 11	From Mary Chesnut’s Civil War
Week 4	Speaking, Listening & Viewing: Persuasive Speech	Week 12	I Hear America Singing AND When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer
Week 5	Comparing literature: from Civil Disobedience and On the Eve of **Historic Dandi March and from Long Walk to Freedom**	Week 13	Writing Workshop: Research Report
Week 6	*The Pit and the Pendulum*	Week 14	Speaking, Listening, and Viewing W. S.: Multimedia Presentation
Week 7	Writing Workshop: Reflective essay	Week 15	*A Wagner Matinee*
Week 8	Speaking, Listening, and Viewing W. S.: Reflective Presentation	Week 16	Douglass AND We Wear the Mask Writing Workshop: Literary Analysis
		Week 17	Speaking, listening, and viewing W.S.: Oral Response to Literature

English III OUTLINE: 2^ND Semester

3^rd Quarter	Description	4^th Quarter	Description
Week 1	*The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock*	Week 10	Speaking, Listening, and Viewing W. S.: Debate
Week 2	*The Jilting of Granny Weatherall*	Week 11	TIME: How They Chose These Words
Week 3	*When the Negro Was in Vogue* Writing Workshop: Literary Analysis	Week 12	**If You Were Coming in the Fall AND My life closed twice before its Close AND The Soul Selects her own Society**
Week 4	Speaking, Listening, and Viewing W.S.: Oral Interpretation Of a Poem	Week 13	Continued from wk 12
Week 5	The Crucible Writing Workshop: Creative Nonfiction	Week 14	*The Celebrated Jumping Frog* *Of Calaveras County*
Week 6	Speaking, Listening, and Viewing W. S.: Photo Essay	Week 15	*The Rockpile*
Week 7	*Comparing Literature: Ambush* AND The Gift in Wartime AND from Stay Alive, My Son**	Week 16	*Snow*
Week 8	*Thoughts on the African-American* *Novel*	Week 17	*Salvador Late or Early*
Week 9	Writing Workshop: Editorial	Week 18	Continued from wk 17
		Week 19

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Applied Communications II

This senior-level course is a designed to examine workplace communication emphasizing self-management and problem-solving. The course also incorporates a variety of genres geared toward the workplace: fiction, non-fiction, essays, poetry, and videos. Students will write memos, letters, feasibility reports, and they will gather, organize, and use information in the workplace.

Applied Communications II OUTLINE: 1^st Semester

1^st Quarter	Description: *Module 3: Workplace Writing*	2^nd Quarter	Description: *Module 4: Information In the Workplace*
Week 1	Lessons 1-2	Week 9	Lessons 1-2
Week 2	Lessons 3-4	Week 10	Lessons 3-4
Week 3	Lessons 5-6	Week 11	Lessons 5-6
Week 4	Lessons 7-8	Week 12	Lessons 7-8
Week 5	Lessons 9-10	Week 13	Lessons 9-10
Week 6	Lessons 11-12	Week 14	Lessons 11-12
Week 7	Lessons 13-14	Week 15	Lessons 13-14
Week 8	Lesson 15 & Midterm finals	Week 16	Lesson 15
		Week 17	Midterm finals

Applied Communications II OUTLINE: 2^ND Semester

3^rd Quarter	Description: *Module 6: Self-Management*	4^th Quarter	Description: *Module 7: Negotiation to Solve* *Problems*
Week 1	Lessons 1-2	Week 10	Lessons 1-2
Week 2	Lessons 3-4	Week 11	Lessons 3-4
Week 3	Lessons 5-6	Week 12	Lessons 5-6
Week 4	Lessons 7-8	Week 13	Lessons 7-8
Week 5	Lessons 9-10	Week 14	Lessons 9-10
Week 6	Lessons 11-12	Week 15	Lessons 11-12
Week 7	Lessons 13-14	Week 16	Lessons 13-14
Week 8	Lesson 15	Week 17	Lesson 15
Week 9	Midterm finals	Week 18	Midterm finals
		Week 19

Note: Please keep in mind that all syllabi are tentative.