English – A-B DAY SYLLABUS
Mrs. Virginia Miller
Mon., Jan. 5 -- A DAY
Review Realism
Whitman “O Captain! My Captain” and
selected Dickinson poems – PowerPoint
and discussion
Wed., Jan. 7
Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglass, an American Slave pp. 560-569
and Incidents of a Young Slave Girl –
Silent read and handout
Fri., Jan. 9
Lincoln and The Gettysburg Address p.
586 and The Emancipation Proclamation
pp. 528-589 and handout
Tues., Jan. 13
Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” handout
Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek
Bridge” pp. 604-614
Thurs., Jan. 15
Finish Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl
Creek Bridge” pp. 604-614 and handout
Tues., Jan. 20
Discuss Local Color and Regionalism
Twain and “The Notorious Jumping Frog
of Calaveras County” pp. 684-690
discussing elements of a tall tale and
dialect
Creative writing – Write a new
“adventure” for Smiley beginning with
the “yaller cow”
Thurs., Jan. 22
Poetry notebook handout and sample
literary analysis
Test
Poetry notebook cover/dedication
Mon., Jan. 26
Harlem Renaissance PowerPoint
Langston Hughes
“Harlem” p. 880 (theme and free verse)
“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” p. 882
(sound and movement)
“I, Too” p. 883 (speaker and allusion to
Tues., Jan. 6 -- B DAY
Review Realism
Whitman “O Captain! My Captain” and
selected Dickinson poems – PowerPoint
and discussion
Thurs., Jan. 8
Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglass, an American Slave pp. 560-569
and Incidents of a Young Slave Girl –
Silent read and handout
Mon., Jan. 12
Lincoln and The Gettysburg Address p.
586 and The Emancipation Proclamation
pp. 528-589 and handout
Wed., Jan. 14
Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” handout
Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek
Bridge” pp. 604-614
Fri., Jan. 16
Finish Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl
Creek Bridge” pp. 604-614 and handout
Wed., Jan. 21
Discuss Local Color and Regionalism
Twain and “The Notorious Jumping Frog
of Calaveras County” pp. 684-690
discussing elements of a tall tale and
dialect
Creative writing – Write a new
“adventure” for Smiley beginning with
the “yaller cow”
Fri., Jan. 23
Poetry notebook handout and sample
literary analysis
Test
Poetry notebook cover/dedication
Tues., Jan. 27
Harlem Renaissance PowerPoint
Langston Hughes
“Harlem” p. 880 (theme and free verse)
“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” p. 882
(sound and movement)
“I, Too” p. 883 (speaker and allusion to
Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing”)
“The Weary Blues” p. 884 (dialect and
rhythm)
Bio poem and I Am poem
Wed., Jan. 28
Claude McKay”
“If We Must Die” p. 890 (sonnet)
“America” handout (personification and
sonnet)
Countee Cullen
“Tableau” handout (rhyme and symbol)
“Incident” handout (ballad)
“Any Human to Another” p. 894
(methaphors and similes)
Write original sonnet
Fri., Jan. 30
New Poetry
Edwin Arlington Robinson
“Richard Cory” p. 922 (narrative and
irony)
“Miniver Cheevy” pp. 924-925 (narrative
and irony)
“Lucinda Matlock” p. 926 (narrative
poem)
Narrative poem and illustration
Tues., Feb. 3
Carl Sandburg
“Chicago” pp. 930-931 (speaker and
diction)
“Grass” p. 932 (tone and diction)
H. D.
“Helen” p. 954 (point of view)
Ezra Pound
“In a Station of the Metro” p. 954 (haiku)
Write an original haiku
Library time to research and print
favorite poem, favorite song, and another
song to be used to make a parody
Thurs., Feb. 5
Robert Frost
“The Road Not Taken” (lyric poem and
allegory)
“Acquainted with the Night” p. 938
(structure and wordplay)
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” p. 940 (couplets
Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing”)
“The Weary Blues” p. 884 (dialect and
rhythm)
Bio poem and I Am poem
Thurs., Jan. 29
Claude McKay”
“If We Must Die” p. 890 (sonnet)
“America” handout (personification and
sonnet)
Countee Cullen
“Tableau” handout (rhyme and symbol)
“Incident” handout (ballad)
“Any Human to Another” p. 894
(methaphors and similes)
Write original sonnet
Mon., Feb. 2
New Poetry
Edwin Arlington Robinson
“Richard Cory” p. 922 (narrative and
irony)
“Miniver Cheevy” pp. 924-925 (narrative
and irony)
“Lucinda Matlock” p. 926 (narrative
poem)
Narrative poem and illustration
Wed., Feb. 4
Carl Sandburg
“Chicago” pp. 930-931 (speaker and
diction)
“Grass” p. 932 (tone and diction)
H. D.
“Helen” p. 954 (point of view)
Ezra Pound
“In a Station of the Metro” p. 954 (haiku)
Write an original haiku
Library time to research and print
favorite poem, favorite song, and another
song to be used to make a parody
Fri., Feb. 6
Robert Frost
“The Road Not Taken” (lyric poem and
allegory)
“Acquainted with the Night” p. 938
(structure and wordplay)
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” p. 940 (couplets
and epigram)
“Out, Out-“ p. 941 (blank verse and
allusion)
Write an original concrete poem
Mon., Feb. 9
Frost’s “Carpe Diem” handout
William Carlos Williams
“The Red Wheelbarrow” handout
(imagery)
“The Great Figure” handout (imagery and
onomatopoeia)
“This Is Just to Say” p. 957 (setting and
theme)
E. E. Cummings
“anyone lived in a pretty how town” p.
962 (wordplay)
“what if a much of a which of a wind”
handout (alliteration)
“O Distinct” (burlesque)
Write an original burlesque poem
Wed., Feb. 11
T.S. Eliot
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” pp.
970-973 (dramatic monologue)
Ransom
“Bells for John Whiteside’s Daughter”
(elegy)
Whitman
“To You” (couplet)
Write an acrostic poem with first and last
name
Fri., Feb 13
Hardy
“The Convergence of the Twain”
Slavitt
“Titanic”
Example of poetry in motion
She’s All That poetry in motion example
Write an original poem in motion
Wed., Feb. 18
Present and submit poetry notebooks
Must share two pieces and the poetry in
motion
Enjoy COFFEE HOUSE with snaps as
opposed to claps
and epigram)
“Out, Out-“ p. 941 (blank verse and
allusion)
Write an original concrete poem
Tues., Feb. 10
Frost’s “Carpe Diem” handout
William Carlos Williams
“The Red Wheelbarrow” handout
(imagery)
“The Great Figure” handout (imagery and
onomatopoeia)
“This Is Just to Say” p. 957 (setting and
theme)
E. E. Cummings
“anyone lived in a pretty how town” p.
962 (wordplay)
“what if a much of a which of a wind”
handout (alliteration)
“O Distinct” (burlesque)
Write an original burlesque poem
Thurs., Feb. 12
T.S. Eliot
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” pp.
970-973 (dramatic monologue)
Ransom
“Bells for John Whiteside’s Daughter”
(elegy)
Whitman
“To You” (couplet)
Write an acrostic poem with first and last
name
Tues., Feb. 17
Hardy
“The Convergence of the Twain”
Slavitt
“Titanic”
Example of poetry in motion
She’s All That poetry in motion example
Write an original poem in motion
Thurs., Feb. 19
Present and submit poetry notebooks
Must share two pieces and the poetry in
motion
Enjoy COFFEE HOUSE with snaps as
opposed to claps
Fri., Feb. 20
Jazz Age and F. Scott Fitzgerald
PowerPoint
Begin American Dream essay – finish
rough draft for homework
Tues., Feb. 24
Submit American Dream rough draft
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Peer edit American Dream rough drafts
Thurs., Feb. 26
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Possibly peer edit/revise/rewrite rough
drafts
Mon., Mar. 2
Submit rough draft with proof of peer
editing and final
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Wed., Mar. 4
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Project handout
Fri., Mar. 6
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Tues., Mar. 17
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Thurs., Mar. 19
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Mon., Mar. 23
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Wed., Mar. 25
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Fri., Mar. 27
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Tues., Mar. 31
Begin film
Thurs., Apr. 2
Mon., Feb. 23
Jazz Age and F. Scott Fitzgerald
PowerPoint
Begin American Dream essay – finish
rough draft for homework
Wed., Feb. 25
Submit American Dream rough draft
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Peer edit American Dream rough drafts
Fri., Feb. 27
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Possibly peer edit/revise/rewrite rough
drafts
Tues., Mar. 3
Submit rough draft with proof of peer
editing and final
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Thurs., Mar. 5
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Project handout
Mon., Mar. 16
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Wed., Mar. 18
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Fri., Mar. 20
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Tues., Mar. 24
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Thurs., Mar. 26
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Mon., Mar. 30
The Great Gatsby
Quiz
Wed., Apr. 1
Begin film
Tues., Apr. 7
The Great Gatsby test
Finish film
Wed., Apr. 8
Present projects
Finish film
Fri., Apr, 10
Begin research paper
Topics
Review requirements for Works Cited
(source cards)
Find three sources – PRINT THEM OUT
OR COPY THEM (Homework if not
finished)
Tues., Apr. 14
Bring THREE sources to class for grade
Make source cards (teacher will check)
Write rough Works Cited and submit for
a grade
Highlight information to be used in paper
(including one direct quote, one block
quote [longer than three four typed
lines], and information to be
paraphrased)
Review the difference between
paraphrasing and plagiarizing
Use TurnItIn.Com to show students how
to check plagiarism and submit papers
Make a rough topic outline with thesis
and submit for a grade
Thurs., Apr. 16
Review how to label note cards according
to source cards and topic outline
Make thirty note cards using topic
outline and sources
Include one direct quote (must be cited),
one block quote (longer than four typed
lines - must be cited), and one example of
paraphrased information (must be cited)
Finish note cards for homework
Mon., Apr. 20
Submit thirty note cards for grade
Review parenthetical citations and when
to use them (i.e., using quotes,
paraphrasing information, including
someone else’s opinion, statistics,
The Great Gatsby test
Finish film
Thurs., Apr. 9
Present projects
Finish film
Mon., Apr. 13
Begin research paper
Topics
Review requirements for Works Cited
(source cards)
Find three sources – PRINT THEM OUT
OR COPY THEM (Homework if not
finished)
Wed., Apr. 15
Bring THREE sources to class for grade
Make source cards (teacher will check)
Write rough Works Cited and submit for
a grade
Highlight information to be used in paper
(including one direct quote, one block
quote [longer than three four typed
lines], and information to be
paraphrased)
Review the difference between
paraphrasing and plagiarizing
Use TurnItIn.Com to show students how
to check plagiarism and submit papers
Make a rough topic outline with thesis
and submit for a grade
Fri., Apr. 17
Review how to label note cards according
to source cards and topic outline
Make thirty note cards using topic
outline and sources
Include one direct quote (must be cited),
one block quote (longer than four typed
lines - must be cited), and one example of
paraphrased information (must be cited)
Finish note cards for homework
Tues., Apr. 21
Submit thirty note cards for grade
Review parenthetical citations and when
to use them (i.e., using quotes,
paraphrasing information, including
someone else’s opinion, statistics,
surveys, studies, little known facts [not
considered common knowledge-found in
the encyclopedia or several sources])
Begin rough draft using parenthetical
citations
Wed., Apr. 22
Peer edit, revise, and type
Finish for homework, including revised
topic outline and Works Cited
Submit through TurnItIn.com by
midnight
Fri., Apr. 24
Submit highlighted sources, source cards,
ALL note cards in the order that they
were used in the paper, rough outline,
rough draft, and rough Works Cited
Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”
Film
Tues., Apr. 28
Hemingway’s “Hills Like White
Elephants”
Welty’s “A Worn Path”
Reflective writing
Thurs., Apr. 30
O’Connor’s “The Life You Save May Be
Your Own”
Creative writing
Mon., May 4
O’Brien’s The Things They Carried
Sexton and Plath Poetry
Handout
Wed., May 6
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Stride toward Freedom” pp. 1220-1223
Dudley Randall
“Ballad of Birmingham” p. 1214
Malcolm X
“Necessary to Protect Ourselves” pp.
1224-1227
Handout
Fri., May 8
Anne Moody
“Coming of Age in Mississippi” pp. 12401246
Alice Walker
surveys, studies, little known facts [not
considered common knowledge-found in
the encyclopedia or several sources])
Begin rough draft using parenthetical
citations
Thurs., Apr. 23
Peer edit, revise, and type
Finish for homework, including revised
topic outline and Works Cited
Submit through TurnItIn.com by
midnight
Mon., Apr. 27
Submit highlighted sources, source cards,
ALL note cards in the order that they
were used in the paper, rough outline,
rough draft, and rough Works Cited
Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”
Film
Wed., Apr. 29
Hemingway’s “Hills Like White
Elephants”
Welty’s “A Worn Path”
Reflective writing
Fri., May 1
O’Connor’s “The Life You Save May Be
Your Own”
Creative writing
Tues., May 5
O’Brien’s The Things They Carried
Sexton and Plath Poetry
Handout
Thurs., May 7
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Stride toward Freedom” pp. 1220-1223
Dudley Randall
“Ballad of Birmingham” p. 1214
Malcolm X
“Necessary to Protect Ourselves” pp.
1224-1227
Handout
Mon., May 11
Anne Moody
“Coming of Age in Mississippi” pp. 12401246
Alice Walker
“In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens” pp.
1280-1284
Handout
Tues., May 12
A-DAY SENIOR EXAMS
Dead Poets Society
Thurs., May 14
Review
Mon., May 18
Review
Wed., May 20
1A/3A REGULAR EXAMS
Fri., May 22
2A/4A REGULAR EXAMS
“In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens” pp.
1280-1284
Handout
Wed., May 13
B-DAY SENIOR EXAMS
Dead Poets Society
Fri., May 15
Review
Tues., May 19
1B/3B REGULAR EXAMS
Thurs., May 21
2B/4B REGULAR EXAMS