2007-1: SAT I Articles Syllabus
Purpose- To teach students to understand the primary purpose of the author in
his or her work of prose, and also the stylistic devices used to effect this purpose.
The prose works will be similar to those expected in the Reading Comprehension
Section of the SAT I.
Activities- During every 2-week intervals, students will be expected to have read one
prose work, taken a vocabulary quiz, and written an argumentative essay.
Both the
vocabulary and essay components will revolve around the biweekly reading materials.
The vocabulary quiz will be taken in every 1st class of the 2nd week when the
discussions are to be completed.
And secondly, the argumentative essay, similar to the
essay writing section of the SAT I, will be due by 7 PM at my office on the 4th floor of
this building.
Calendar
March
Week 1
excerpt from Analects by Confucius
“Language Screens”
Week 2
and
by Nur Abdur Rashid (Carlton Johnson)
Vocabulary Quiz & Discussion
HW #1:
Argument Essay on :
a) Your Priorities, Advice to the President.
b) Language Screens?
Week 3
excerpt on “Newspeak”
“Politics and the English Language”
Week 4
by George Orwell
Vocabulary Quiz & Discussion
HW #2:
Argument Essay on Newspeak
April
Week 1
excerpt from Things Fall Apart
Week 2
Vocabulary Quiz & Discussion
HW #3:
Argument Essay on Things Fall Apart
Week 3
excerpt from The Prophet
Week 4
Vocabulary Quiz & Discussion
HW #4:
May
by Chenua Achebe
by Kahlil Gibran
Argument Essay on The Prophet
Week 1
Shooting an Elephant
Week 2
Vocabulary Quiz & Discussion
HW #5:
by George Orwell
Argument Essay on Shooting an Elephant
Midterm Exam
(tentatively 21-23 May)
June
Week 1
Hamlet’s “To Be or Not To Be” Soliloguy
Week 2
Vocabulary Quiz & Discussion
HW #6:
Argument Essay on Second Inaugural Address
Week 3
Stones of Venice
Week 4
Vocabulary Quiz & Discussion
HW #7:
by William Shakespeare
by John Ruskin
Argument Essay on Stones of Venice
Final Exam
(tentatively 18-21 July)
General Assessment: 1/3 or English Grade. This third:
30% Term Tests (mid-term and final term test)
30% SAT-1 Essays (Twice a month, plus revisions -- in clear file)
40% Daily evaluation (Vocab quiz twice a month, punctuality, English in class):
Web pages, Clear Files, Consultations, follow-through on Referenced Problems. A wellmanaged clear-file (revisions and chapter notes) and a prolific web-page portfolio will be important
factors in your daily evaluation. One polished (revised) web-page on each essay topic (as well as the
hard-copy) due prior to term-test – points deducted for late papers.