English Department Course Map Sequences (2011-2012)
English 1-R
Semester 1
Short Story Unit (7-8 weeks)
The Pigman by Paul Zindel (7-8 Weeks)
Mystery Unit (3-4 Weeks)
Grammar Focus: Capitalization, Punctuation
Semester 2
West Side Story / Romeo & Juliet Unit (8-9 Weeks)
Anthem by Ayn Rand (4-5 Weeks)
Mythology (6-7 Weeks)
Grammar Focus: Parts of Speech
English 2-R
Semester 1
Short Stories (Approximately 7-8 weeks)
Grammar (Main focus for approx. 1 week; however, it will be emphasized all year)
To Kill a Mockingbird Novel Unit (10 weeks)
Semester 2
Dog Song Novel Unit (Approximately 6 weeks)
Taking Sides Novel Unit (Approximately 7 weeks)
Persuasive Essay
King Arthur Unit (Approximately 3-4 weeks)
English 3-R
Semester 1
Encounters and Foundations * 5-6 weeks
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Romantics* (Transcendentalists) 8 -10weeks
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (chronologically altered to fit here)
American Masters* 2 -4 weeks
Semester 2
Writing Portfolio Unit– 5-6 weeks
Realists*
Modernists* 10 – 12 weeks
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Contemporary* 2 – 4 weeks
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
** All units are supplemented with grammar, writing, PSAE/ACT preparation, and
vocabulary.
English 4-R
Semester 1
Anglo-Saxon time intro (3 wks)
-Beowulf
Medieval time intro (3 wks)
-Canterbury Tales Prologue
-Pardoner’s Tale
-Everyman
-King Arthur
Eng Renaissance (3 wks)
-Dr. Faustus (read intro and section, read parts from first Act, question 2-6)
-Macbeth
Cont. Macbeth (2 wks)
Lord of Flies (4 wks)
Night (3 wks)
Semester 2
Night (1 wk)
School to Work Resource #1 (5 wks)
Binder Writing Project (3 wks)
School to Work Resource #2 (5 wks)
Binder Writing Project (3 wks)
English 1-CP
Semester 1
Short Stories (Approximately 7 weeks)
Mythology (Approximately 7 weeks)
Poetry (Approximately 3-4 weeks)
Semester 2
Mystery Unit including the novel Hound of the Baskervilles (Approximately 8 weeks)
Romeo and Juliet (Approximately 8 weeks)
*English 1-CP has a focus on grammar and writing throughout the entire year.
English 2CP
Semester 1
Short Stories (Approximately 7 weeks)
Informational Text (Non-Fiction) (Approximately 4 weeks)
To Kill a Mockingbird Novel Unit (Approximately 7 weeks)
Semester 2
Grammar/Writing (Approximately 8 weeks)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Approximately 7 weeks)
King Arthur (As time allows)
English 3-CP
Semester 1
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger – summer reading 2-3 weeks
Encounters and Foundations * 5-6 weeks
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Romantics* (Transcendentalists) 8 -10weeks
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Masters* 2 -4 weeks
Semester 2
Term Paper Unit – 5-6 weeks
Realists*
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Modernists* 10 – 12 weeks
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Contemporary* 2 – 4 weeks
** All units are supplemented with grammar, writing, PSAE/ACT preparation, and
vocabulary.
English 4-CP
Semester 1
Comparison / Contrast Unit: Flowers for Algernon (summer reading)
Irony: Antigone and Oedipus Rex
Characterization: Beowulf (excerpts)
Point of View / Narration -- Night
Semester 2
Style / Syntax -- All Quiet on the Western Front
Setting -- Lord of the Flies
Comedy / Satire -- Don Quxiote (excerpts) Gulliver's Travels (excerpts) and
Much Ado About Nothing
Tragedy – Macbeth
*All units are approximately 4 weeks in length.
English I-H
Semester 1
Short Stories: 6-8 weeks
Mythology/The Odyssey: 6-8 weeks
Poetry: 3-4 weeks
Semester 2
Poetry Analysis: 2-4 weeks
Things Fall Apart-novel: 6-8 weeks
Romeo and Juliet: 6-8 weeks
*Grammar and Writing incorporated throughout both semesters.
English 2-H
Semester 1
A Separate Peace (summer reading): 2 weeks
To Kill a Mockingbird: 7 weeks
Short Stories: 6 weeks
Informational Texts/Nonfiction: 3 weeks
Semester 2
Grammar
Narrative Writing
Persuasive/Research Writing: First three integrated for 11 weeks
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: 4 weeks
Shakespeare Research Project (one other Shakespeare comedy): 3 weeks
English 3-H
Semester 1
The Catcher in the Rye (2 weeks)
The Crucible – Arthur Miller (4 weeks)
The Scarlet Letter– Nathaniel Hawthorne (6 weeks)
Literature Book- stories, essays, and poetry (6 weeks)
Anthology - a childhood/ high school comparative study of favorite stories/novels,
poems/nursery rhymes, songs, movies/plays/musicals, and uses of technology,
including journal entries and significant historical events.
Semester 2
The Research Paper (3 weeks)
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald (2 weeks)
The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway (3 weeks)
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck (3 weeks)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain (6 weeks)
Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller (2 weeks)
Grammar (throughout both semesters) – ACT and Writing Assignments
English 4-H/AP
Semester 1
Comparison / Contrast Unit: Tale of Two Cities
Irony: Antigone and Oedipus Rex
Characterization: Beowulf and A Doll House
Point of View / Narration -- Night and The Poisonwood Bible
Semester 2
Style / Syntax -- All Quiet on the Western Front
Setting -- Lord of the Flies
Comedy / Satire -- Tartuffe and Much Ado About Nothing
Tragedy -- Macbeth, Hamlet, Doubt, and Moon for the Misbegotten
*All units are approximately 4 weeks in length.
Speech Communication (9 week course)
Introduction to Communication
--Communication Process
--Effective Speaking and Listening Skills
--Communication Apprehension
--Nonverbal Communication
Informative Speaking
--Process Speech
--Informative Speech
--Research
--Outlining
--MLA citations
--Peer Evaluations
Impromptu Speaking
Persuasive Speaking
--Ethos/Logos/Pathos
--Methods of Persuasion
--Persuasive Speaking