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			Advanced English Advanced American Literature Course Objective: • to encourage critical thinking through American literature • to familiarize students with important works of American literature • to improve writing skills Quarter One • The Crucible—play • Age of Reason: Decrevecor, Patrick Henry, Ben Franklin, Cooper • Age of Romantics: Thoreau, Emerson, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville • Choice Book #1 & journal assignment: classic novel • Choice Book #2 (Death of a Salesman or Raisin in the Sun) & journal assign. Quarter Two • Fireside Poets & Dickenson, Whitman, & classification essay • Frederick Douglas • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn • Choice Book #3 & journal: modern novel • Choice Book #4 & journal: any novel (keep in mind the research paper) • The Sun Also Rises Quarter Three • Great Gatsby • Continue reading literature for American author project • American author research paper • Harlem Renaissance packet • Poetry: ee cummings & William Carlos Williams • Catcher in the Rye & presentations Quarter Four • Catcher in the Rye (cont.) • Ceremony & essay • Bean Trees • Multi-cultural choice novel w/group presentations (If you are uncomfortable with any of the literature, an alternative will be provided.) Late Work All assignments are deducted 10% for each day they are late. No more than 50% is deducted from any one assignment. No late work from one quarter will be accepted the subsequent quarter. Grade System: 97% A+; 94% A; 90% A-, etc. (60% is passing) Student Instructors may grade your tests. Objections? Please see me. Academic dishonesty and plagiarism The penalty for cheating is no credit for that assignment or quiz. (All major assignments must be completed in order to pass the course.) Film Studies Film Studies Course Objectives • To develop an awareness and appreciation of historical & contemporary films • To encourage critical thinking through film analysis • To develop an appreciation for the art of film-making through the group film project. Grading • Tests: Each film or group of films has a 20 point test. • Required work: Students must complete the film clip analysis and the final essay to pass. • Reading packet: Articles correspond to films, and questions about these articles will be on each 20 point test. Return packet at the end of the semester for extra credit points. • Notes: Students will take notes for each movie and are able to use these notes transferred to one note card for the final test, not on weekly quizzes. • Attendance and participation will factor into the grade. • Scale: 97% A+; 94% A; 90% A-; 87% B+; 84% B; 80% B-, etc. (60% is passing) • Late Work: If an assignment is turned in late because of an absence, write a short reminder on the assignment so I will not inadvertently mark it late. I deduct 10% for each day an assignment is late. No more than 50% will be deducted on any one assignment. No 1st quarter late work will be accepted during the second quarter. • Pass /Fail: Students may take 1 elective S/U each semester. Ask about form 1st week. • Student Instructors: They may grade your tests. Objections? Please see me. • Academic dishonesty: The penalty for cheating is no credit for that assignment or quiz. Plagiarism on the final essay will result in “no credit.” • Participation/responsibility: Twenty of these points are possible each quarter. Curriculum Below is a list of the movies we will be viewing this semester. Note that several of them have an “R” rating. If you or your parent is uncomfortable with a film’s subject matter, an alternative film and test will be available. All films will be available for viewing in the LRC, but films cannot be checked out. Movies: Chaplin’96, The Kid ‘21, Jazz Singer ‘27, Singing in the Rain ‘52, The Music Box ‘32, WC Fields, Duck Soup ‘33, Casablanca ’42, On the Waterfront ’54, Psycho ’60 R, Cool Hand Luke ’67, The Sting ‘73, Rocky ‘76, TBD ‘80’s, Shawshank Redemption ’94 R, Bowling for Columbine ’03 R, Juno ‘08
						My Links Adv. Am Lit Q 1 Schedule Film Studies Q 1 Schedule Chaplin Notes The Jazz Singer Notes Singing in the Rain Notes Laurel & Hardy Notes WC Fields Notes Marx Brothers Notes Casablanca Notes On the Waterfront Notes Language Arts 10 Second Semester only.
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