| Shiloh Christian Schools | ||||
| English Department Syllabus | ||||
| English III Fall Semester 2007 | ||||
| Session # | Date | Topic | Reading Assignment | Assigned Work |
| 1 | Fri- Aug 17 | Course Intro. / Overview | Website / Syllabus/ Summer Writing Due | |
| 2 | Aug 20-21 (Mon-Tue) | Writing Process / Paragraphing | Become Familiar with Website | WC / Summer Reading Exam |
| 3 | Aug 22-23 (Wed-Th) | Sentence Modeling (Orwell) / Essay Model | Handouts | |
| 4 | Aug 24 (Fri) | Simplicity/Clutter/Style | Zinsser Handouts | Discuss Group Presentations-(see website) |
| 5 | Aug 27-28 (Mon-Tue) | Response Paper/Paper 1 Description | Packet (Poems) | Print from Website |
| 6 | Aug 29-30 (Wed-Th) | Discuss Poems | Essay Examples | Explain "Morrie" Project/Schedule/Rubric |
| 7 | Aug 31 (Fri) | Work on Paper in Class | ||
| 8 | Sept 3 (Monday) | NO SCHOOL (LABOR DAY)!!!! | ||
| 9 | Sept 4-5 (Tue-Wed) | Writer's Workshop | Rough Draft Due / M1 | |
| 10 | Sept 6-7 (Th-Fri) | Paper 2 Description / CS and FS | Handouts / WC/Bradford-Smith | PAPER 1 DUE / M2 |
| 11 | Sept 10-11 (Mon-Tue) | |||
| ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN EUROPEANS AND NATIVE PEOPLES | ||||
| 12 | Sept 12-13 (Wed-Th) | Lecture: William Bradford; John Smith | A.E. pp 4-12; 70-84 / Handouts | Group 1 Presentation (Bradford) / M3 |
| 13 | Sept 14 (Fri) | Franklin; Black Hawk; Chief Joseph | Handouts | Group 2 Presentation (Black Hawk) / M4 |
| 14 | Sept 17-18 (Mon-Tue) | GRAM-O-RAMA: Subject Verb Agreement | Writers Choice | M5 |
| PURITANS | ||||
| 15 | Sept 19-20 (Wed-Th) | Bradstreet; Taylor; Edwards | A.E. pp. 98-112 / Handouts | M6 |
| 16 | Sept 21 (Fri) | Continue Discussion / Exam 1 Review | ||
| 17 | Sept 24-25 (Mon-Tue) | EXAM 1 | ||
| 18 | Sept 26-27 (Wed-Th) | Sentence Fragments / Essay Work | Sentence Fragments | Bring WC |
| 19 | Sept 28 (Fri) | Paper 2 Workshop | Rough Draft Due: Bring 3 copies / M 7 | |
| ROMANTICISM & THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHROT STORY | ||||
| 20 | Oct 1-2 (Mon-Tue) | Paper 3 Description / Washington Irving | A.E. pp. 240-252 | PAPER 2 DUE / M8 |
| 21 | Oct 3-4 (Wed-Th) | E.A. Poe: "The Fall of the House of Usher" | A.E. pp. 306-330 | Group 3 (Poe) Presentation / M9 |
| 22 | Oct 5 (Fri) | Edgar Allen Poe | Continue Discussion / Handouts | M10 |
| 23 | Oct 8-9 (Mon-Tue) | Nathaniel Hawthorne: Selections | A.E. pp. 334-348/Handouts | Group 4 (Hawthorne) Presentation / M11 |
| 24 | Oct 10-11 (Wed-Th) | Herman Melville | A.E. pp. 352-370 / WC | M12 |
| 25 | Oct 12 (Fri) | Writing Exercise / Grammar Review | ||
| 26 | Oct 15 (Mon) | NO SCHOOL (PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES | ||
| 27 | Oct 16-17 (Tue-Wed) | Grammar: Apostrophes | Bring WC Textbook to Class | M13 / PT Conference |
| 28 | Oct 18 (Th) | Work on Essay | ||
| 29 | Oct 19 (Fri) | Work on Essay / Exam Review | M14 / PT Conference | |
| 30 | Oct 22-23 (Mon-Tue) | Writer's Workshop | Rough Draft Due / M15 | |
| 31 | Oct 24-25 (Wed-Th) | EXAM 2 | ||
| 32 | Oct 26 (Fri) | Paper 4 Description Sheet / Writing Assign. | PAPER 3 DUE / M16 | |
| TRANSCENDENTALISM | ||||
| 33 | Oct 29-30 (Mon-Tue) | Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selections | A.E. pp. 384-396 / Handouts | M17 |
| 34 | Oct 31-Nov 1 (Wed-Th) | Henry David Thoreau: Selections | A.E. pp. 400-413 / Handouts | Group 5 (Thoreau) Presentation / M18 |
| 35 | Nov 2 (Fri) | Continue Thoreau Discussion | ||
| 36 | Nov 5-6 (Mon-Tue) | Grammar: Pronoun-Antecedent / Lie vs. Lay | WC (Writers Choice) | M19 |
| 37 | Nov 7-8 (Wed-Th) | EXAM 3 | ||
| MARK TWAIN, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN | ||||
| 38 | Nov 9&12 (Fri-Mon) | Ken Burns' Film, Mark Twain | M20 | |
| 39 | Nov 13-14 (Tue-Wed) | Lecture: Huck Finn | Chapters 1-9 | Group 6 (Twain) Presentation / M21 |
| 40 | Nov 15-16 (Th-Fri) | Huck Finn | Chapters 10-17 / Workshop | M22 / Bring Copies of Paper 4 |
| 41 | Nov 19-20 (Mon-Tue) | Huck Finn | Chapters 18-24 | M23 / Paper 4 DUE |
| 42 | Nov 21-23 | Thanksgiving Holiday - NO SCHOOL!!! | ||
| 43 | Nov 26-27 (Mon-Tue) | Huck Finn | Chapters 25-31 | M24 |
| 44 | Nov 28-29 (Wed-Th) | Huck Finn | Chapters 32-39 | M25 |
| 45 | Nov 30 (Fri) | Huck Finn | Chapters 40 - the end | M26 |
| 46 | Dec 3-4 (Mon-Tue) | Watch Film: Tuesdays with Morrie | Start Morrie Film | M27 |
| 47 | Dec 5-6 (Wed-Th) | Finish Film / Work on Morrie Project | ||
| 48 | Dec 7 (Fri) | Work on Morrie Project | ||
| 49 | Dec 10-11 (Mon-Tue) | Workshop | Workshop "Morrie Project" | Bring 3 Copies of Rough Draft |
| 50 | Dec 12-13 (Wed-Th) | Continue Morrie Workshop | ||
| 51 | Dec 14 (Fri) | Final Exam Practice | "Morrie" Project (Paper 5) DUE | |
| Mon- Dec 17 | Review Day | |||
| Dec 18-19 | FINAL EXAM | |||
| Instructor: Chris Sutterfield | ||||
| Block P (2:40-3:25) Everyday | ||||
| A.E. = The American Experience Textbook | ||||
| WC = Writer's Choice | ||||
| M# = See "Morrie" Project Schedule | ||||