English III
Course Description
TEKS §110.33. The English Language Arts and Reading Texas Essential Knowledge and
Skills (TEKS) are organized into the following strands:
 Reading, where students read and understand a wide variety of literary and informational texts; vocabulary development and media literacy are included.
 Writing, where students compose a variety of written texts with a clear controlling idea, coherent organization, and sufficient detail. Included are literary texts (fiction, poetry, drama), expository texts (analytical, procedural, and interpretive), and persuasive texts.
 Research, where students are expected to know how to locate a range of relevant sources and evaluate, synthesize, and present ideas and information.
 Listening and Speaking, where students listen and respond to the ideas of others while contributing their own ideas in conversations and in groups.
 Oral and Written Conventions, where students learn how to use the oral and written conventions of the English language in speaking and writing.
The standards are cumulative--students will continue to address earlier standards as needed while they attend to standards for their grade. In English III, students will engage in activities that build on their prior knowledge and skills in order to strengthen their reading, writing, and oral language skills. Students should read and write on a daily basis.

Texts Used
English III
Vocabulary consumable workbook To Kill a Mockingbird,
Holt McDougal Literature: Texas - American Literature Of Mice and Men , The Great
Gatsby
Course Outline
A tentative plan of course work is below. Unit order is subject to change.
Six Weeks Units Covered
1 st
Vocabulary
Literature Unit 1 – Early American (Native American, Exploration/
Settlement, Puritan, Revolutionary)
Drama Unit –The Crucible
Argumentation/Rhetoric/Persuasive Writing Unit
Grammar
Vocabulary
2
3
4 nd rd th
Literature Unit 2 – American Romanticism (Early Romantics, Fireside
Poets, Transcendentalism, Gothic)
Expository Writing: MLA Research Paper & Presentation Unit
Grammar
Independent Novel
Vocabulary
Literature Unit 3 – Realism (Whitman & Dickinson poetry, Civil War, etc.)
Personal Narratives, Literary Analysis Essays; TAKS Short Answer
Strategies
Vocabulary
Literature Unit 4 – Regionalism & Local Color
Essay Writing and Grammar
Novel Unit – To Kill a Mockingbird
5
6 th th
Vocabulary
Literature Unit 5 – Modern Poetry Emphasis (Harlem Renaissance,
Robinson, Masters, Frost, Eliot, etc.)
Poetry Unit with Memorization/Recitation
Novel Unit – Of Mice and Men
Vocabulary
Novel Unit – The Great Gatsby
Media Literacy – Our Town
Writing, punctuation, and grammar