English Department Course Description
Fall 2003

                                                                                                                    English Grade 9:
Grade 9 Courses include:

Fall: E1

Spring: E 2, E22

In the ninth grade, all courses include mastery of the following skills and understandings:
*Reading:  Students will read at least 25 books or book equivalents each year, four of which are about on e issue or subjects, or are by one author.
*Writing:  Students must produce reports, responses to literature, narrative accounts and procedures, persuasive essays, and reflective essays for variety of audiences and purposes.
*Speaking, Listening, and Viewing:  Students must participate in one to one conferences and group meetings, deliver individual presentations, make informed judgments about television, radio and film productions, and analyze a public speaking performance. 
*Conventions, Grammar, and Usage of the English Language:  Students must demonstrate control of grammar, paragraph structure, punctuation, sentence construction, spelling and usage; analyze and revise their own work.
Literature:  Students must respond to nonfiction, fiction, poetry and drama from multiple perspectives and produce their own work in at least one genre.
Public Documents:  Students must critique public documents written by others and produce public documents of their own (for example, editorials, political speeches) in which they evaluate the social and cultural implications of what they read.
Functional Documents:  Students must critique functional documents by others and create functional documents (for example, manuals, contracts) of their own.
*Note:  These skills and understandings will be a part of activities in every area.

Special Requirements for Grade 9:

Infuse Conflict Negotiation key points: Perception, AEIOUS, "I" Statements, Maslow's Pyramid, Needs/Positions, Reframing; literature applications= A Saisin in the Sun and Romeo and Juliet (fall) and Of Mice and Men (spring)

3 Outside book reports (in preparation for Task 1 and 2)
1 Portfolio
Use rubric and do 4 Tasks
Task for mastery:

E1: Task 1 (preferable related to course literature)
Uniform Final Exam: Task 1- Students expected to write a passing Task 1 essay by the end of English 1.

E2: Task 2 (preferable related cours4e literature)
Uniform Final Exam: Task 2- Students expected to write a passing Task2 essay by the end of English 2.

Selectives will follow the re4quir5e4ments of the regular classes.
Cross reference detailed lesson and unit topics and activities  in complete English Language Arts Performance Standards attached.  See attached sample Tasks,  Lesson Plans and materials.

Grade 9 BOOK LIST

The ELA Standards (listed below) and ELA Regents Examination preparation will be enacted through lesson unites based on literature as follows:

E1 (may include additional titles)

Required:           Romeo and Juliet (Literature Connection ) (728*)
                          The House on Mango Street (673*)
                          A Raisin in the Sun (726*)
                          Chapters from The Joy Luck Club (671*)
                          Conflict Negotiation Materials

Optional:            Multicultural Perspectives (Getting a Job, Two Kinds, a Visit to Grandmother, High Horse Goes Courting) (703)
                          I know Why the Caged Bird Sings (674*)
                          The Color Purple (634*)
                          Twenty Short Stories (780*)

E2, E22H  (may include additional titles)

Required:            Of Mice and Men (716*) or The Pearl (762*)
                           Night
                           Catcher in the Rye (628*) or Nine Storied (710*)
                           The Miracle Worker (in Adv. in Living and in Responding to Literature) (729*)
                           Waiting for the Rain
                           The Color of Water
                           Animal Farm

Optional:            Selected short stories, poems, essays from Insights or Responding to Literature or Adv. in Living; e.g., When Legends Die (729*)
                          Multicultural Perspectives
                          Conflict Negotiation Materials

 

Note:    Classrooms will be supplied with class sets of the following essential texts:

Warriners Grammar and Composition (784*)
Writers Inc.
Writing Research Papers
Dictionaries and Thesauri
Vocabulary Development (781*)
Poetry Anthologies
The New English Comprehensive Examination Guide

                                                        Summary of English Language Arts Performance Standards
E1            Reading
                E1a
  Reading twenty-five books of the quality and complexity illustrated in the sample reading list.
                E1b
  Read and comprehend at least four books on the same subject, or by the same author, or in the same genre.
                E1c  Read and comprehend informational materials.
E2            Writing
                E2a
  Produce a report of information.
                E2b 
Produce a response to literature.
                E2c 
Produce a narrative account (fictional or autobiographical).
                E2d 
Produce a narrative procedure.
                E2e
  Produce a persuasive essay. 
                E2f
   Produce a reflective essay.
E3            Speaking, Listening, and Viewing
                E3a
  Participate in one-to-one conferences with the teacher.
                E3b 
Participate in group meeting.
                E3c
  Prepare and deliver an individual presentation
                E3d
 Make informed judgments about TV. radio, film.
                E3e 
Listen to and analyze a public speaking performance.
E4            Conventions, Grammar, and Usage of the English Language
                E4a 
Independently and habitually demonstrate an understanding of the rules of the English language in written and oral work.
                E4b 
Analyze and subsequently revise work to improve its clarity and effectiveness.
E5            Literature
                E5a 
Respond to Non-fiction, Fiction, poetry, and drama suing interpretive and critical processes.
                E5b 
Produce work n at least one genre that follows the conventions
E6            Public Documents
                E6a 
Critique functional documents with an eye to strategies common in public discourse.
                E6b 
Produce public documents.
E7            Functional Documents
                E7a 
Critique functional documents with an eye to strategies common to effective functional documents.
                E7b 
Produce functional documents appropriate to audience and purpose

English Department Curse Descriptions
Fall 2003

English Grade 10:

Grade 10 English Courses include:

Fall:    E3, E33 Honors.

Spring:    E4, E44 Honors.

In the tenth grade, all courses include mastery of the following skills and understandings:

*Reading:  Students will at least 25 books or book equivalents each year, four of which are about on issue or subject, or are by one author.
*Writing
:  Students must produce reports, responses to literature, narrative accounts and procedures, persuasive essays, and reflective essays, recognizing formal and informal language, audience, context, and purpose.
*Speaking, Listening, and Viewing
:  Students must participate in one to one conferences and group meetings, deliver individual presentations, make informed judgments about television, radio and film productions, and analyze a public speaking performance.
*Conventions, Grammar, and Usage of the English Language
:  Student must demonstrate control of grammar, paragraph structure, punctuation, sentence construction, spelling and usage; analyze and revise their own work, using technical and academic vocabulary appropriate to their work in various subject areas.
Literature
:  Students must respond to nonfiction, fiction, poetry and drama from multiple perspectives and produce their own work in at least one genre.
Public Documents
: Students must critique public documents written by others and produce public documents of their own (for example, editorials, political speeches) in which they investigate their legal and ethical responsibilities.
Functional Documents
:  Students must critique functional documents by others and create functional documents (for example, manuals, contracts) of their own.
*Note
:  These skills and understandings will be a part of activities in every area.

Special Requirements for Grade 10:

Infuse Conflict Negotiation key points:  Perception, AEIOU, "I" Statements, Mazlow's Pyramid, Needs/Positions, Reframing; literature applications=The Glass Menagerie (fall) and Death of A Salesman and All My Sons (spring)

3Outside book reports (in preparation for Task 3and 4)
1 Portfolio
Use rubric and complete 4 Tasks
Task for mastery:

E3: Task 3 (preferable related to course literature)
Uniform Final Exam:  Task 3- Students expected to write a passing Task 3 essay by the end of English 3.
E4:  Task 4 (preferably related to course literature)
Uniform Final Exam:  Task 4- Students expected to write a passing Task 4 essay by the end of English 4.

Selectives will follow the requirements of the regular classes.
Cross reference detailed lesson and unit topics and activities in complete English Language Arts Performance Standards attached.
See attached sample tasks, Lesson Plans and materials.

Grade 10 BOOK LIST

The ELA Standards (listed below) and ELA Regents Examination preparation will be enacted through lesson units based on literature as follows:

E3 and E33 Honors (may include additional titles)

Required:    Man the Mythmaker or Myths and Folklore (705*)
                   The Glass Menagerie (660*)
                  Pygmalion (725*)

Optional:    Adventures in Appreciation (Arthurian Legends, Silas Marner, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, poetry) (604*)
                  Adv. for Americans

E4, E44 honors (may include additional titles)

Required:    Death of a Salesman (644*)
                  All My Sons
                  Fences (655*)
                  Twelve Angry Men
                  Julius Caesar (in Adv. in Appreciation) (604*) or Twelfth Night (778*)
                  A Midsummer's Night Dream
                  Exploring Speech Communication or Speaking by Doing or Business Communication or Your Speech or Participating (622*)

Optional:    Ode Man and the Sea
                  Four Great Plays by Ibsen (658*)
                  Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (630*)
                  Stage and School (753*)
                  Modern One Act Plays (one set)

Note:  Classrooms will be supplied with class sets of the following essential texts:
                        Warriners Grammar and Composition (784*)
                        Writers Inc.
                        Writing Research Papers
                        Dictionaries and Thesauri
                        Vocabulary Development (781*)
                        Poetry Anthologies
                        The New English Comprehensive Examination Guide

Summary of English Language Arts Performance Standards

E1    Reading
        E1a 
Read twenty-five books of the quality and complexity illustrated in the sample reading list.
        E1b 
Read and comprehend at least four books on the same subject, or by the same author, or in the same genre.
        E1c 
Read and comprehend informational materials.
E2    Writing
        E2a 
Produce a report of information.
        E2b
  Produce a response to literature. 
        E2c 
Produce a narrative account (fictional or autobiographical).
        E2d 
Produce a narrative procedure.
        E2e 
Produce a persuasive essay.
        E2f  
Produce a reflective essay.
E3    Speaking, Listening, and Viewing
        E3a 
Participate in one-to-one conferences with the teacher
        E3b 
Participate in group meetings.
        E3c 
Prepare and deliver an individual presentation.
        E3d 
Make informed judgments about TV, radio, film.
        E3e 
Listen to and analyze a public speaking performance.
E4    Conventions, Grammar, and Usage of the English Language
        E4a
  Independently and habitually demonstrate an understanding of the rules of the English language in written and oral work. 
        E4b 
Analyze and subsequently revise work to improve its clarity and effectiveness.
E5    Literature
        E5a 
Respond to non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and drama using interpretive and critical processes.
        E5b 
Produce work in at least one genre that follows the conventions of the genre.
E6    Public Documents
        E6a 
Critique functional documents with an eye to strategies common in public discourse.
        E6b 
Produce public documents.
E7    Functional Documents
        E7a 
Critique functional documents with an eye to strategies common to effective functional documents.
        E7b 
Produce functional documents appropriate to audience and purpose.

English Department Course Descriptions
Fall 2003

English Grade 11

Grade 11 English Courses include:

Fall:  E5, and E5XL AP Language and composition, E5TP Tech Prep English, EJ5 Journalism-newspaper production, E5B (transitional ELL), and E5XL AP Language and Composition

Spring:  E6, E6R (English Regents Prep for students who have not passed or taken the ELA Regents), E6TP (Tech Prep English), EJ6 Journalism-newspaper production, E6B (transitional ELL), and E6XL AP Language and composition.

All courses will include SAT and college essay and application preparation.  all selective follow but exceed the standard curriculum with an accent on the specialty; for example Tech Prep English emphasizes applied learning delivery; AP Language and Composition prepares students for the competencies demanded by the required Advanced Placement Examination.  the uniform final will be the completion of passing Tasks 1-4 in the fall and a literature essay and short answer exam in the spring.

In the eleventh grade, all courses include mastery of the following skills and understandings:

*Reading:  Students will at least 25 books or book equivalents each year, four of which are about on issue or subject, or are by one author.
*Writing
:  Students must produce reports, responses to literature, narrative accounts and procedures, persuasive essays, and reflective essays, refining the effectiveness of their presentations through examination of literary and nonfiction models.
*Speaking, Listening, and Viewing
:  Students must participate in one to one conferences and group meetings, deliver individual presentations, make informed judgments about television, radio and film productions, and analyze a public speaking performance.
*Conventions, Grammar, and Usage of the English Language
:  Student must demonstrate control of grammar, paragraph structure, punctuation, sentence construction, spelling and usage; analyze and revise their own work, expressing themselves logically, eloquently and effectively.
Literature
:  Students must respond to nonfiction, fiction, poetry and drama from multiple perspectives and produce their own work in at least one genre.
Public Documents
: Students must critique public documents written by others and produce public documents of their own (for example, editorials, political speeches), making informed judgments based on context, social implications and ethical issues.
Functional Documents
:  Students must critique functional documents by others and create functional documents (for example, manuals, contracts) of their own.

*Note:  These skills and understandings will be a part of activities in every area.

Special Requirements for Grade 11:

Infuse Conflict Negotiation key points:  Perception, AEIOU, "I" Statements, Maslow's Pyramid, Needs/Positions, Reframing; literature applications= The Great Gatsby (fall) The Bluest Eye (spring)

3 Outside book reports/ responses
1 Portfolio
Use rubrics and complete 4 Tasks
SAT Preparation and College Essay
Final Exam:    E5  Successful performance of ELA Regents Tasks 1-4
                      E6  American Literature Essay and short answer exam

Essential:  Lessons implementing he Standards.
Selectives will follow the requirements of the regular classes.
Cross reference detailed lesson and unit topics and activities in complete English Language Arts Performances Standards attacked.
See attached sample Tasks, Lesson Plans and materials.

Grade 11 BOOK LIST

The ELA Standards (listed below) and ELA Regents Examination preparation will be enacted through lesson units based on literatures ads follows:

E5, E5TP, EJ5 E5B, E5XL (may include additional titles)

Required:    The Crucible (Literature Connections) (640*)
                  American Literature (McDougal Littel:  Puritan, Colonial Amer. Lit., Hawthorne Short Stories, Slave Narratives, Frederick Douglas, Amer. Dream etc.) (605*)
                  The Great Gatsby (666*)
                  To Kill a Mockingbird (776*)

Optional:    Ethan Frome (652*)
                  The Scarlet Letter (765*)
                  A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
                  The Jungle
                  Beloved
                  Journalism Today
                  The Regents Comprehensive Examination in English
                  New York State English Regents Coach
                  The New English Language Examination Guide
                  Inquiry
                  Literature: A Introduction to Reading and Writing

E6, E6TP, EJ6, E6B, E6XL (may include additional titles)

Required:    Woman Hollering Creek
                  The Bluest Eye (756*)
                  The Joy Luck Club or The Woman Warrior (671*)

Optional:    Go Tell It On The Mountain
                  Contemporary Latin American Short Stories (637*)
                  A Streetcar Named Desire (745*)
                  A Farewell to Arms (654*)
                  Selections from Dix Great Plays (638*)
                  The Invisible Man (682*)
                  Catch (626*)
                  Spoon River Anthology
                  Grapes of Wrath
                  Journalism Today
                  Inquiry
                  Literature:  An Introduction to Reading and Writing
                  The Regents Comprehensive Examination in English
                  New York State English Regents Coach
                  The New English Language Examination Guide

Note:  Classrooms will be supplied with class sets of the following essential texts:

                  Warrieners Grammar and Composition (784*)
                  Writers Inc.
                  Writing Research Papers
                  Dictionaries and Thesauri
                  Vocabulary Development (781*)
                  Poetry Anthologies
                  The New English Comprehensive Examination Guide

Summary of English Language Arts Performance Standards

E1    Reading
        E1a 
Read twenty-five books of the quality and complexity illustrated in the sample reading list.
        E1b 
Read and comprehend at least four books on the same subject, or by the same author, or in the same genre.
        E1c 
read and comprehend informational materials.
E2    Writing
        E2a 
Produce a repot of information.
        E2b 
Produce a response to literature.
        E2c 
Produce a narrative account (fictional or autobiographical).
        E2d 
Produce a narrative procedure.
        E2e 
Produce a persuasive essay.
        E2f 
Produce a reflective essay.
E3    Speaking, Listening, and Viewing
        E3a 
Participate in one-to-one conferences with teacher.
        E3b 
Participate in group meetings.
        E3c 
Prepare and deliver an individual presentation.
        E3d 
Make informed judgments about TV, radio, film.
        E3e 
Listen to and analyze a public speaking performance.
E4    Conventions, Grammar, and Usage of the English Language
        E4a 
Independently and habitually demonstrate an understanding of the rules of the English language in written and      oral work.
        E4b 
Analyze and subsequently revise work to improve its clarity and effectiveness.
E5    Literature
        E5a
  Respond to non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and drama using interpretive and critical processes.
        E5b 
Produce work in at least one genre that follows the conventions of the genre.
E6    Public Documents
         E6a 
Critique functional documents with an eye to strategies common in public discourse.
         E6b 
Produce public documents.
E7    Functional Documents
         E7a 
Critique functional documents with an eye to strategies common to effective functional documents.
         E7b 
Produce functional document appropriate to audience and purpose.

English Department Course Descriptions
Fall 2003

English Grade 12:

Grade 12 English Courses include:

Fall:  E7, E7X AP Literature and Composition, E7TP Tech Prep English, E7B (transitional E3LL), EL41 (Literature of the Supernatural ), EL71 (Multicultural Literature I), EJ7  Journalism III (on line magazine production), and E7M (English Regents Prep for students who have not passed or taken the ELA Regents).

All fall courses will include college application and college essay preparation and the World of Expression essay.

Spring:  E8, E8TP Tech Prep English, E8B (transitional ELL), EL42 (Literature of the Supernatural II), EL81 (Multicultural Literature II,) EJ8 (Journalism IV-on line magazine production), and E8X (AP Literature and Composition), and E8M (English Regents Prep for students who have not passed or taken the ELA Regents).

All spring courses will include a Senior Portfolio or Research Project.

All selective follow but exceed the standard curriculum with an accent on the specialty; for example Tech Prep English emphasizes applies learning projects.

In the twelfth grade, all courses include mastery of the following skill and understandings:

*Reading:  Students will at least 25 books or book equivalents each year, four of which are about on issue or subject, or are by one author.
*Writing
:  Students must produce reports, responses to literature, narrative accounts and procedures, persuasive essays, and reflective essays tat analyze, synthesize and evaluate information from a variety of sources.
*Speaking, Listening, and Viewing
:  Students must participate in one to one conferences and group meetings, deliver individual presentations, make informed judgments about television, radio and film productions, and analyze a public speaking performance.
*Conventions, Grammar, and Usage of the English Language
:  Student must demonstrate control of grammar, paragraph structure, punctuation, sentence construction, spelling and usage; analyze and revise their own work, demonstrating internalized standards of excellence.
Literature
:  Students must respond to nonfiction, fiction, poetry and drama from multiple perspectives and produce their own work in at least one genre.
Public Documents
: Students must critique public documents written by others and produce public documents of their own (for example, editorials, political speeches) demonstrating responsible citizenship.
Functional Documents
:  Students must critique functional documents by others and create functional documents (for example, manuals, contracts) of their own.
*Note
:  These skills and understandings will be a part of activities in every area.

Special Requirements for Grade 12:

Fall:  SAT preparation, college essay and Bertelsman Essay
Spring:  Senior Portfolio and/or Research paper
3 Outside book reports
Use rubrics and write college prep essays
Final Exam:  Fall:  College English paper
                    Spring:  Senior Portfolio or Research Project
Essential:  Lesson reflecting Standards
Selectives will follow the requirements of the regular classes.
Cross reference detailed lesson and unit topics and activities in complete English Language Arts Performance Standards attached.
See attached sample Tasks.  Lesson Plans and materials.

Grade 12 BOOK LIST

The ELA Standards (listed below) and ELA Regents Examination preparation will be enacted through lesson units based on literature as follows:

E7, E7M, EL71, E7TP, E7X (may include additional titles)

Required:    Oedipus Rex (711*) or (712*)
                  Antigone (711*) or (712*)
                  Macbeth (694*)
                  Things Fall Apart (772*)
Optional:    Metamorphosis
                  Selections from British and Western Literature (618*)

E8, E8M, E8TP, EL81, E8X (many include additional titles)

Required:    Hamlet or Othello or Henry IV, Part I

Optional:    The Idea of Man:  King Lear, Paradise Lost, Heart of Darkness (675*)
                  As You Like It (616*)
                  A Midsummer's Nigh Dream (706*)
                  Adventures in World Literature (608*)
                  Tess of the D'Urbervilles (752*)
                  Chronicle of a Death Foretold
                  Song of Solomon
                  Elections from Inquiry

EL 41-EL 42

Required:    see E7-E8
                  The Picture of Dorian Gray
                  Frankenstein (659*)
                  Dracula
                  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
                  Maps of Consciousness

E7X-E8X

Required:    see E7-E8
                  AP Materials
                  Sound and Sense
                  Pride and Prejudice
                  Song of Solomon
                  Selections from the Acorn Book list of the Advanced Placement Board

Note:  Classrooms will be supplied with class sets of the following essential texts:

Warriners Grammar and Composition (784*)
Writers Inc.
Writing Research Papers
Dictionaries and Thesauri
Vocabulary Development(781*)
Poetry Anthologies
The New English Comprehensive Examination Guide

*Book Code

Summary of English Language Arts Performance Standards

E1    Reading
        E1a 
Read twenty-five books of the quality and complexity illustrated in the sample reading list.
        E1b 
Read and comprehend at least four books on the same subject, or by the same author, or in the same genre.
        E1c 
read and comprehend informational materials.
E2    Writing
        E2a 
Produce a repot of information.
        E2b 
Produce a response to literature.
        E2c 
Produce a narrative account (fictional or autobiographical).
        E2d 
Produce a narrative procedure.
        E2e 
Produce a persuasive essay.
        E2f 
Produce a reflective essay.
E3    Speaking, Listening, and Viewing
        E3a 
Participate in one-to-one conferences with teacher.
        E3b 
Participate in group meetings.
        E3c 
Prepare and deliver an individual presentation.
        E3d 
Make informed judgments about TV, radio, film.
        E3e 
Listen to and analyze a public speaking performance.
E4    Conventions, Grammar, and Usage of the English Language
        E4a 
Independently and habitually demonstrate an understanding of the rules of the English language in written and oral work.
        E4b 
Analyze and subsequently revise work to improve its clarity and effectiveness.
E5    Literature
        E5a
  Respond to non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and drama using interpretive and critical processes.
        E5b 
Produce work in at least one genre that follows the conventions of the genre.
E6    Public Documents
         E6a 
Critique functional documents with an eye to strategies common in public discourse.
         E6b 
Produce public documents.
E7    Functional Documents
         E7a 
Critique functional documents with an eye to strategies common to effective functional documents.
         E7b 
Produce functional document appropriate to audience and purpose.