English 3P
Mrs. Jaspard
e-mail: hjaspard@ggusd.us
Course Description: English 3P is designed to develop critical thinking, reading, and writing skills through literature. In this
class, we will attempt to cover the historical progression of American literature by reading and analyzing various important
works in order to develop our abilities to analyze, criticize, and advocate ideas.
Required Texts:
 Literature and Language Arts, Holt (anthology) for some unit introductions, various essays, short stories, poems, excerpts.
 The Crucible, Arthur Miller
 The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Course Requirements: Respectful participation in relevant class discussion along with all the following will play a vital part
of your grade. Always be prepared for the possibility of a pop quiz following any reading assignment. At the end of each
unit there will be a comprehensive exam and/or critical paper to assess comprehension, critical thinking, and writing. Class
attendance with completed reading and writing assignments is an obligation. In addition to a binder for the course, student
must also keep a journal in which he/she will be required to write entries on a daily basis either in class or at home.
Classroom Rules:
 No food or drinks. Only bottled water allowed.
 Textbook/novel and course binder must be brought to class everyday.
 All work turned in must contain name, date, period, assignment title, and margins (both sides) for full credit.
 Formal essays must be word-processed. No hand-written essays will be accepted.
 Printing problems at home must be solved through the use of computers in the library before the beginning of class.
 Late assignments receive 1 point out of the total possible points.
 Unturned in assignments will affect final grade and Work Habit on report card.
 Do not rely on extra credit assignments to salvage your grade. They do not exist.
Rubric:
Essays: 50%
Exams/Quizzes: 40%
Homework/Classwork: 10%
Grades:
99 – 100%
93 – 98%
90 – 92%
A+
A
A-
89%
83 – 88%
80 – 82%
B+
B
B-
79%
73 – 78%
70 – 72%
C+
C
C-
UNIT ONE Encounters and Foundations to 1800
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Literature & Language Arts, Holt, Introduction to American Literature, beginning with Native American
traditions of myths, song, and folktale.
Readings:
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“The Sky Tree” and “Coyote Finishes His Work,” pp. 24-25
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“Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10 th, 1666,” Anne Bradstreet pg. 29
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from “A Narrative of the Captivity,” Mary Rowlandson pp. 37-42.
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from “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Jonathan Edwards pp. 46-48.
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The Crucible, Arthur Miller.
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Movie: The Crucible
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Assessment: Exam- The Crucible, readings, and lecture notes.
UNIT TWO Patriotism and Rhetoric
Readings:
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Speech in the Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry pp. 80-83.
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from “The Crisis, No. 1,” pp. 87-91
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from “Stride Toward Freedom,” Martin Luther King, Jr. (handout)
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from Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography
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Assessment: Speech and essay
UNIT THREE Celebrations of the Self: Romanticism and Transcendentalism
Readings:
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“Thanatopsis,” William Cullen Bryant pp. 167-168.
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“A Psalm of Life,” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (handout)
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“The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” and “The Cross of Snow,” Longfellow p.172-4
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from Nature, pp. 182-3
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from “Self Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson pp. 185-6.
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from Walden, Henry David Thoreau pp. 192-205.
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from “Resistance to Civil Government,” Thoreau pp. 211-216
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“I Hear America Singing,” “Song of Myself, numbers 10, 33, and 52” Walt Whitman pp. 310, 313, and 319
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Movie: Dead Poets Society
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Assessment 1: Exam- Readings and notes
UNIT FOUR The Dark Side of Individualism
Readings:
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“The Devil and Tom Walker,” Washington Irving pp. 153-161.
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“The Raven” and “Annabel Lee,” Edgar Allen Poe p. 273
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“The Pit and the Pendulum,” Poe p. 256
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“Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” Nathaniel Hawthorne p. 227
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“The Minister’s Black Veil,” Hawthorne p. 238
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“A Rose for Emily,” William Faulkner p. 646
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Assessment 1: Unit exam.
UNIT FIVE Realism
Readings:
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The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane or My Antonia, Willa Cather
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“War is Kind,” Crane p. 443
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“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” Ambrose Bierce p. 424
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“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” Mark Twain p. 460
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“The Lowest Animal,” Mark Twain p. 469
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“A Pair of Silk Stockings,” Kate Chopin p. 505
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Assessment 1: Exam- Readings and notes
UNIT SIX Modernism
Readings:
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“A Passing Glimpse,” Robert Frost (poem, handout)
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“Into My Own,” Robert Frost (poem, handout)
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“The Road Not Taken,” Robert Frost (poem, handout)
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“Design,” Robert Frost p. 719 (poem, handout)
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“Mending Wall,” Robert Frost (poem) p. 727
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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” T.S. Eliot p.584
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“Soldier’s Home,” Ernest Hemingway p. 611
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“Winter Dreams,” F. Scott Fitzgerald p. 625
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“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” Katherine Anne Porter, p. 697
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“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” James Thurber, p. 708
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The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Assessment 1: Unit exam
UNIT SEVEN Contemporary Literature
Readings:
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“Everything Stuck to Him,” Raymond Carver p. 889.
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“Daughter of Invention,” Julia Alvarez p. 899.
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“The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” Gabriel Garcia Marquez p. 913
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from Black Boy, Richard Wright p. 969.
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“The Girl Who Wouldn’t Talk,” Maxine Hong Kingston p. 986.
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Fallen Angels, Walter Dean Myers
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Assessment: Unit Exam; Semester Final