Sophomore
English
British Literature
Shawn Chen
Units of Study
Semester One--Autumn
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Survey Biblical Literature
 Genesis/Exodus/New
Testament—Gospels
 Modern works with Biblical Allusions
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Medieval Heroes
 Beowulf
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Sir Gawain; King Arthur
Shakespeare—MacBeth
 Survey
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of Romantic/Gothic Literature
Wordsworth, Coleridge
Semester Two
Spring
Mary Shelley—Frankenstein
The Turn of the Screw
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Night
Orwell
1984
Monster (Walter Dean Myers)
Assessment
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Informal
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Class discussion
Journal topics
Study groups
Reading questions
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Shared in
googledocs
Creative Projects
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Stories
Poems
movies
 Formal
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Essays
Multiple Choice
tests—
Socratic Seminar
Textbooks
 Traditional
 E-text
 Googlebooks
 PDF
 Link
on website
 SUBSCRIBE TO
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Information/Assignments
 Miracostahigh.org
 Faculty/Staff
 Shawn
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Chen
Tiger picture
 Period
3
 Homework
 Posts
 In
class
 Weekly posting on
back board
 Old fashioned
listening
 Turnitin.com
Grading Policies
Powerschool
 Logins
sent to parents
 Parent/student settings may show
different information
 Grades updated every 5 weeks Old
fashioned back-up
 Not sure functionality during process of
inputting grades—
 Comments based on in-class monitoring
Grade types in PS
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Homework 5-25 points; designed to give nearinstant feedback about completion (still time
to turn work in for reduced credit)
Writing (20-150 points) Grades in this category
are assigned for adherence to prompt; use of
rubric to assess
Tests and Projects (25-100 points)
Classwork (usually full credit for students
present for instruction; absent students
receive “null”; truant students receive “0”
Two Way Communication
Email
schen@mbusd.org
Phone
Snack
lunch
WEDNESDAY OFFICE HOURS
Period 6 Prep
Contact Me
 Email;
schen@mbusd.org
 Phone 310-318-7337 X5212