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English
II Honors
A Survey of American Fiction and Nonfiction
Mrs.Crawford
Welcome to Eng.II Honors! I am glad to see you in my class. You are here for a reason: the combination of your past teachers’ recommendations and your grades, but --most important--your own motivation and desires have warranted you a "golden ticket" of sorts, a chance to be both challenged and rewarded. I hope you have not chosen to take honors English solely because your parents or counselors have told you to. In this class you will be asked to read and write and think. I don’t believe in busy work, but I do believe in using your mind on all possible occasions. I rarely get mad, but I should warn you that I have little tolerance for two things in particular: laziness and intolerance. I am open to questions, suggestions, and even ideas that challenge my own. I am available on Wednesdays and Thursdays before school (7:30 am) or by appointment. I look forward to being part of your life this year.
REQUIRED TEXTS: The American Tradition in Literature, The Little Brown Handbook, SAT Workbook
Trimester One: Racism in America: a Coming of Age through Narrative
Summer Reading:
Mark Twain's Huck Finn
Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
Literature:
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter
Excerpts from The American Tradition in Literature
Composition: One Library Report (choose one summer reading book)
One Close Reading (of one summer book of your choice)
One Free Response Analysis (on summer book of your choice)Writing Focus: Topic Sentences, Solid Evidence/ Textual Details of Paragraphs
Vocabulary: Success with Words, Literary Terms, Words in Context
Grammar: Sentence Structure, Phrases, Clauses, Parts of Speech
Grammar Focus: Tense, Voice, Parallelism
Trimester Two: Great Fiction: Defining the American Spirit
Literature:
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn
One Pulitzer Prize winner of your choice
Excerpts from The American Tradition in Literature
Composition: One Thematic Compare/Contrast Paper
Rhetorical Analysis and Persuasive Argument
One Research Paper (5-7 pgs)Writing Focus: Thesis, Cohesion and Unity of the Essay
Vocabulary: Success with Words, Literary Terms, Words in Context
Grammar: Usage, Mechanics, Parallelism, Sentence Errors
Grammar Focus: Run-ons and Comma Splices, Verbs and Pronouns
Trimester Three: Recording History: American Journalism and Poetry
Literature:
Pulitzer Prize winning journalism of this decade
Excerpts from The American Tradition in Literature
Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five
William Faulkner's Sound and the Fury
Writing Focus: Expository, Narrative, Persuasive Essays
Writing Expectations: Six to Eight AP Essays- Rhetorical Analysis and Argument
Vocabulary: Success with Words, Literary Terms, Words in Context
Grammar: Sentence Variety, Verbs and Pronouns,Transitions
GRADING: Quizzes=20%, Tests=20%, Out of Class Writing=20%, AP Essays=20, Trimester AP Exam=15%, Participation=5%
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