| Shiloh Christian Schools | ||||
| English Department Syllabus | ||||
| English III Fall Semester 2006 | ||||
| Session # | Date | Topic | Reading Assignment | Assigned Work |
| 1 | Fri- Aug 17 | Course Intro. / Overview | Website / Syllabus/ Summer Writing Due | |
| 2 | Tue- Aug 21 | Writing Process / Paragraphing | Become Familiar with Website | WC / Summer Reading Exam |
| 3 | Th- Aug 23 | Sentence Modeling (Orwell) / Essay Model | Handouts | |
| 4 | Fri- Aug 24 | Simplicity/Clutter/Style | Zinsser Handouts | Discuss Group Presentations-(see website) |
| 5 | Tue- Aug 28 | Response Paper/Paper 1 Description | Packet (Poems) | Print from Website |
| 6 | Th- Aug 30 | Discuss Poems | Essay Examples | Explain "Morrie" Project/Schedule/Rubric |
| 7 | Fri- Aug 31 | Finish Discussing Poems | ||
| 8 | Tue- Sept 4 | Writer's Workshop | Rough Draft Due / M1 | |
| 9 | Th- Sept 6 | Paper 2 Description / CS and FS | Handouts / WC/Bradford-Smith | PAPER 1 DUE / M2 |
| ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN EUROPEANS AND NATIVE PEOPLES | ||||
| 10 | Fri- Sept 7 | Lecture: William Bradford; John Smith | A.E. pp 4-12; 70-84 / Handouts | Group 1 Presentation (Bradford) / M3 |
| 11 | Tue- Sept 11 | Franklin; Black Hawk; Chief Joseph | Handouts | Group 2 Presentation (Black Hawk) / M4 |
| 12 | Th- Sept 13 | GRAM-O-RAMA: Subject Verb Agreement | Writers Choice | M5 |
| PURITANS | ||||
| 13 | Fri- Sept 14 | Bradstreet; Taylor; Edwards | A.E. pp. 98-112 / Handouts | M6 |
| 14 | Tue- Sept 18 | Continue Discussion / Exam 1 Review | ||
| 15 | Th- Sept 20 | EXAM 1 | ||
| 16 | Fri- Sept 21 | Sentence Fragments / Essay Work | Sentence Fragments | Bring WC |
| 17 | Tu- Sept 25 | Paper 2 Workshop | Rough Draft Due: Bring 3 copies / M 7 | |
| ROMANTICISM & THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHROT STORY | ||||
| 18 | Th- Sept 27 | Paper 3 Description / Washington Irving | A.E. pp. 240-252 | PAPER 2 DUE / M8 |
| 19 | Fri- Sept 28 | E.A. Poe: "The Fall of the House of Usher" | A.E. pp. 306-330 | Group 3 (Poe) Presentation / M9 |
| 20 | Tue- Oct 2 | Edgar Allen Poe | Continue Discussion / Handouts | M10 |
| 21 | Th- Oct 4 | Nathaniel Hawthorne: Selections | A.E. pp. 334-348/Handouts | Group 4 (Hawthorne) Presentation / M11 |
| 22 | Fri- Oct 5 | Herman Melville | A.E. pp. 352-370 / WC | M12 |
| 23 | Tue- Oct 9 | Grammar: Apostrophes | Bring WC Textbook to Class | M13 / PT Conference |
| 24 | Th- Oct 11 | Work on Essay | ||
| 25 | Fri- Oct 12 | Work on Essay / Exam Review | M14 / PT Conference | |
| 26 | Tue- Oct 16 | Writer's Workshop | Rough Draft Due / M15 | |
| 27 | Th- Oct 18 | EXAM 2 | ||
| 28 | Fri- Oct 19 | Paper 4 Description Sheet / Writing Assign. | PAPER 3 DUE / M16 | |
| TRANSCENDENTALISM | ||||
| 29 | Mon- Oct 22 | Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selections | A.E. pp. 384-396 / Handouts | M17 |
| 30 | Wed- Oct 24 | Continue Emerson Discussion | ||
| 31 | Fri- Oct 26 | Henry David Thoreau: Selections | A.E. pp. 400-413 / Handouts | Group 5 (Thoreau) Presentation / M18 |
| 32 | Mon- Oct 29 | Continue Thoreau Discussion | ||
| 33 | Wed- Oct 31 | Grammar: Pronoun-Antecedent / Lie vs. Lay | WC (Writers Choice) | M19 |
| 34 | Fri- Nov 2 | EXAM 3 | ||
| MARK TWAIN, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN | ||||
| 35 | Mon- Nov 5 | Ken Burns' Film, Mark Twain | M20 | |
| 36 | Wed- Nov 7 | Lecture: Huck Finn | Chapters 1-9 | Group 6 (Twain) Presentation / M21 |
| 37 | Fri- Nov 9 | Continue Huck Discussion | ||
| 38 | Mon- Nov 12 | Huck Finn | Chapters 10-17 / Workshop | M22 / Bring Copies of Paper 4 |
| 39 | Wed- Nov 14 | Huck Finn | Chapters 18-24 | M23 / Paper 4 DUE |
| 40 | Fri- Nov 16 | Huck Finn | Chapters 25-31 | M24 |
| 41 | Mon- Nov 19 | Continue Huck Discussion | ||
| Nov 21-23 | Thanksgiving Holiday - NO SCHOOL!!! | |||
| 42 | Mon- Nov 26 | Huck Finn | Chapters 32-39 | M25 |
| 43 | Wed- Nov 28 | Huck Finn | Chapters 40 - the end | M26 |
| 44 | Fri- Nov 30 | Watch Film: Tuesdays with Morrie | Start Morrie Film | M27 |
| 45 | Mon- Dec 3 | Continue film | ||
| 46 | Wed- Dec 5 | Work on Morrie Project | ||
| 47 | Fri- Dec 7 | Work on Morrie Project | ||
| 48 | Mon- Dec 10 | Workshop | Workshop "Morrie Project" | Bring 3 Copies of Rough Draft |
| 49 | Wed- Dec 12 | Continue Morrie Workshop | ||
| 50 | Fri- Dec 14 | Final Exam Practice | ||
| Mon- Dec 17 | Review Day | "Morrie" Project (Paper 5) DUE | ||
| Dec 18-19 | FINAL EXAM | |||
| Instructor: Chris Sutterfield | ||||
| Block F (10:45-12:15) | ||||
| A.E. = The American Experience Textbook | ||||
| WC = Writer's Choice | ||||
| M# = See "Morrie" Project Schedule | ||||