American Syllabus 3rd Quarter
Jan. 5 Introduction to semester & Huck Finn
6 Huck Finn (chaps. 1-6)
7 Huck Finn (chaps. 7-11
8 Video
9 Huck Finn (chaps. 12-16)
12 Video
13 Huck Finn (chaps. 17-19)
14 Huck Finn (chaps. 20-23)
15 Video
16 Huck Finn (chaps. 24-32)
19 Inservice
20 Huck Finn (chaps. 33-37)
21 Video
22 Huck Finn (chaps. 38-end)
23 Huck Finn test
26 548-562 in Literature book/vocab. Builder/Capitalization
27 591-602/Vocab. Builder/coordinating Adjectives
28 608-614/Vocab. Builder
29 Grammar Chap. 20, Sec. 4
30 642-646 /Vocab. Builder/Appositives
Feb. 2 668-679/Vocab. Builder/Reflexive pronouns
3 Unit 4 Part 2-4 Test
4 Begin Research Paper
5 Research
6 Research (5 Bibliography cards due)
9 Research
10 Research (10 note cards due)
11 Research (outline due)
12 Introd. to unit 5 (worksheet)
13 724-736/Vocab. Builder/concrete/abstract nouns
16 764-768 /Review parallelism
17 772-778/Parenthesis
18 Test on three selections
19-20 Winter break
23 809-814/Vocab. Builder
24 815-819
25 821-828
26 Punctuating Dialogue/ Chap. 5 Sec. 4/Ambush
27 Test on four stories
Mar. 2 838-842/ Video Granny Weatherall
3 846-856/Grammar 858
4 Video “A Rose for Emily”
5 862-876/ /Vocab. Builder/Semicolons
6 880-892/Use of Infinitives
9 898-902/Vocab. Builder
10 903-906/commas in a series
11 915-920
12 Test on five selection
13 End of Quarter
Grading will be based on the following areas: Daily & Quizzes 35%, Selection Tests 35%,
Essays & Research Paper 30%
Class Expectations:
1. All class work is to be in ink or typed and ragged edges are to be cut off.
2. All students are responsible to make up missed work not later than three days after
returning.
3. Class work for missed classes is to be done before planned school field trips or sports
activities which occur during school time.
4. Expectations for class behavior are posted on the wall.
American Literature Syllabus 4th Quarter
Mar. 16 924-932 (Grammar 934)/ Vocab. Builder
17 936-940 (Grammar 942/Vocab. Builder
18 Test on poets
19 Chap. 1 Great Gatsby
20 Video
23 Chapters 2 & 3 Great Gatsby
24 Video
25 Chapters 5 & 6 Great Gatsby
26 Video
27-30 no school
31 Chapter 7 Great Gatsby
April 1 Video
2 Chapters 8 & 9 Great Gatsby/Review for test
3 Test on the novel
6 Work on Paper on the Novel
7
Introd. to Unit 6/Worksheet
8 980-992/Vocab. Builder
9 Chap. 21, Sec. 3 Grammar
10 & 13 No School
14 996-1006/ Who/Whom worksheet
15 1010-1024/Confused words 1026
16 1062-1070
17 Grammar 17, Sec. 3
20 1090-1098/Fragments
21 Selection Test
22 1102-1110/Grammar 1112
23 1130-1137/Grammar 1139
24 Test on selections
27 1142-1152
28 1153-1158/Appositives
29 1182-1192
30 1228-1234
May 1 Test over 4 Selections
4 Begin The Crucible Act 1
5 Discuss Act 1
6 Video
7 Act 2
8 Video
11 Act 3
12 Video
13 Act 4
14 Test on Play
15 & 18 Paper on Play
20 Review for Final
21 Final
Grading and Class Expectations are the same as 3rd Quarter.