English 11
Your “Formula For Success”:
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P
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Q | R |
| 4 | 2 | |
| Prepared | Quality | Respect |
| Punctual | Responsibility | |
| Participate | ||
| Positive |
GRADING POLICIES:
-A separate “Classwork/Homework Grade” will be earned based on the percentage of assignments completed and submitted on time. Work submitted late = 10% deducted per day.
-An assignment will be due nearly every day, with two days’ advance notice provided in most cases.
-Students in school, but not in class, are still responsible for any work assigned or due. See me.
-Extra credit may be earned through independent reading and/or writing. See me.
-Homework & Quizzes are counted x 1; Essays & Vocab. Tests counted x 2; Lit. Tests counted x 3
[6-Week Average = Classwork/Homework grade + Test/Quiz/Essay grade + P Q R grade (total divided by 3)]
LITERATURE OPTIONS:
| Macbeth - William Shakespeare | Animal Farm - George Orwell |
| The Catcher In The Rye - J. D. Salinger | A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams |
| Love Story - Erich Segal | The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway |
| Night – Elie Wiesel | I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou |
| A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens | The American Experience - (literature anthology) |
| The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald | Vocabulary For The College-Bound Student (text) |
REGENTS EXAM: Students will take the Regents Comprehensive Examination in English in January.
-Part 1: -Listen to & take notes on one Informational Passage, then Answer 8 Multiple Choice questions
-Part 2: -Read one Informational Passage, then Answer 6 Multiple Choice questions
-Read one Literary Passage, then Answer 6 Multiple Choice questions
-Part 3: -Read two Literary Passages, linked by a Common Theme, then Answer 5 Multiple Choice questions
then
- Write one short constructed response establishing a Controlling Idea about the provided Common Theme as it is revealed in both Passages
- Write one short constructed response discussing how one of the authors uses one Literary Element or Technique
-Part 4: -Write one Essay applying an interpretation of a Critical Lens Quote to any 2 works of Literature