English 4 Syllabus
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Dates
Weekly Schedule
Week 1
Intro to course—literature and argument writing
Summary vs. Analysis practice
Movie Summary/Analysis (Transformers)
Aug 13 - 15
Week 2
Aug 18-22
Short story
Intro to Anglo-Saxons (PPT)
Beowulf
Anglo-Saxon Values handouts
WA: Chapter 1: Argument: An Introduction
Social media roles (pg. 17, Case 1)
“Petition to Waive Math” or other article
Introduce and evaluate websites/ OWL/Bedford-Hacker Handbook
Week 3
Aug 25-29
Week 4
Sept 2-5
Labor Day
Week 5
Sept 8-12
Week 6
Sept 15-19
Hero article for summary and analysis
Beowulf
Continue Anglo-Saxon values handouts
Beowulf paragraph
WA: Chapter 2 Argument as Inquiry – Reading to Believe Argument’s Claim
(38-58) “Reading to Doubt” (44) “Thinking Dialectically” (45)
Intro Middle Ages
Ballad Activity- (3 days partial periods)
WA: Chapter 3: The Core of an Argument—A Claim with Reasons (60-71)
Appeals, Rhetorical Triangle, Issue Questions, What is a Reason, Because
Clause, Three C’s – claim, concrete, commentary
The Canterbury Tales
“The Pardoner’s Tale”
“The Pardoner’s Tale” formal paragraph writing
“Wife of Bath” and/or “The Farmer’s Tale”
Introduce Classical Argument (200 topics on Weebly)
Classical Argument proposal due
Introduce Renaissance and Shakespeare and Play
Begin Shakespeare play
WA: Chapter 4: Logical Structure of Argument (73-87)
WA: Chapter 5: Using Evidence Effectively (89-108)
Work on Classical Argument
English 4 Syllabus
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catherine.burden@daviess.kyschools.us
Draft of Classical due - peer review Th, turn in Fri
Week 7
Continue Shakespeare – Short project such as “You’re doing it wrong”
Sept 22-26
WA: Chapter 7: Responding to Objections and Alternative Views
WA: Chapter 17: Using, Citing, Documenting sources (368-3870)SM)
Week 8
Revise Draft – work on sentence structure – syntax, diction, find and replace
CTL+ F
Final Draft of classical argument due
Continue Shakespeare (post mortem of character)
Sept 29-Oct 3
Individual and/or group project—post to Weebly
Week 9
Age of Reason/”A Modest Proposal” / satire
Oct 13-17
WA: Appendix—Informal Fallacies (401-408)
Presentations with print and video examples –provide MLA
Week 10
Assign “My Modest Proposal” video
Work on video proposal—upload to YouTube
Oct 20-24
Week 11
Present video
WA: Chapter 9 analyzing visual arguments (163-198)
Oct 27-31
Nov 3-7
Election Day
In-class writing—analysis of visual (logos, ethos, pathos)
Bring visual argument to class for analysis and presentation
Novel Discussion Board 1 [25]: Pre reading—broad topic
Assign Maus Presentations – 2 days to work in class, use appropriate MLA
Begin Presenting Wednesday
Read Maus
Week 13
Continue Maus
Nov 10-14
Week 14
Novel Discussion board 2 [25]
Complete Maus
Novel Discussion Board 3 [25]
Week 12
Nov 17-21
Introduce and research college essay
Guidance come to class about college
English 4 Syllabus
nancy.skiadas@daviess.kyschools.us
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catherine.burden@daviess.kyschools.us
Week 15
Modern Lit and poetry
Nov 24-25
Draft College Essay due
Thanksgiving
Week 16
Modern Lit and poetry
Dec 1-5
Week 17
Final Draft College Essay due
Vocab 12 Monday, test Thursday
Dec 8-12
Modern Lit and Poetry
Week 18
15-19
Finals