English III AP/IB
Ms. Khawaja
841-1620
Room 336
andrea.khawaja@austinisd.org
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Stacked Class working towards a
common goal:
International
Baccalaureate
Curriculum
Advanced Placement
Curriculum
Successful SAT
scores
International Baccalaureate this
year:
One Individual Oral PresentationCompleted in the Fall Semester. 25% of
IB score, 10% of Fall Final Exam Grade
One Written Assignment – Completed in
the Spring Semester. 25% of IB score,
25% of 6th six week Grade
Advanced Placement this year:
Working towards successful completion
of the Advanced Placement English
Language Exam in May 2015
Analysis of Non-Fiction Texts
Argumentation
Synthesis of sources
Curriculum/Syllabus:
Tentative Syllabus
Purpose: To enjoy literature and reading with new perceptive eyes; to empower
students with the language and skills to formally address the purpose, tone, and
effect of an author’s or speaker’s words (to read all words and images as
rhetorical transactions); to establish complex and lasting relationships through
the intimate understanding of words and characters; to recognize cultural and
historical informants of a work; to offer choice in written analysis; to write and
deliver a clear yet complex argument with full and insightful support; to discover
the human truths of works read; to recognize the connected literary worlds; to
fulfill IB, AP, and TEKS standards; to prepare for or exempt college level English
work…and later to apply these skills to the world as text.
First Six Weeks
1st 6 weeks- When is war justified? How does language inform war
and/or our ideas of war?: O’ Brien’s The Things They Carried; war
poetry, prose, movies, propaganda; political speeches, AP prompts and
other non-fiction selections.
Some Assignments: commentary with quotations/embedding, purpose,
attitude; writing, speaking, and breaking down others and your own
arguments; reading, vocabulary, and grammar tests; timed writing;
editing and revising; presentations and discussions: fiction and nonfiction.
Second Six Weeks
2nd 6 weeks- How do we distinguish truth and fiction? How does
language inform our understanding of prose other than fiction?
Capote’s In Cold Blood or Into the Wild; film study; AP Prompts.
Some Assignments: reading quizzes; AP practice; narrative writing;
developing personal voice; presentations and discussions: fiction and
non-fiction.
Third Six Weeks
3rd six-weeks- What does it mean to be human? How does
language inform our sense of others? Shelley’s Frankenstein OR
Kingsolver’s Poisonwood Bible; multicultural readings and nonfiction selections.
Some Assignments: recognize credible, logical, deceptive and/or
faulty modes of persuasion; understand word origin; evaluate
and critique persuasive messages; rhetorical terms tests;
presentations and discussions: fiction and non-fiction.
Fourth Six Weeks
4th 6 weeks- In what ways do we interact with our families?:
Kafka’s Metamorphosis and other works by Kafka; poetry:
Neruda, Plath; art: Kahlo, Dali, the surreal.
Some Assignments: SAT practice; motif and device charts;
response to poetry; Socratic discussions; reflective statements;
World Literature essay.
Fifth Six Weeks
5th 6 weeks- How do we interact with society and the global
family? Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold; poetry;
Magical Realism
Some Assignments: motif and device charts; poetry; AP
Practice; Socratic discussions; reflective statements; World
Literature essay.
Sixth Six Weeks
6th 6 weeks- How do setting and the natural world
echo humanity? McCarthy’s The Road; art: Ansel
Adams; characterization of setting (land/nature).
Some Assignments: reading quizzes; college prep
items; AP practice; major writes; tests; college
essays and applications; Socratic discussions and
reflective statements.
Teacher’s Website:
http://www.andersononline.org/apps/st
aff/
Important Websites:
collegeboard.com
AP Exam information
SAT Exam information
ibo.org
IB Diploma and Certificate Information
turnitin.com
Online database used to prevent plagiarism
http://www.andersononline.org/
General School information, Teacher websites, etc.
Contact Information:
susan.devaney@austinisd.org
512-841-1614
Room 340