Writing 1 Fall Syllabus (2014)

Writing 1 Fall Syllabus

Week/Date	Literature	Literature Assignments Due		Writing Assignments Due	Grammar
Week 1 (8/28)	Introduction to Animal Farm				Parts of Speech
Week 2 (9/4)	Read  Introduction & Handouts	Before Reading Exercise:  “What makes a good leader?”		Descriptive Essay Rough Draft	The Sentence
Week 3 (9/11)	Read  Chapters I & II	3 questions from the Study Guide.  3 Vocabulary words.			Verbs
Week 4 (9/18)	Read  Chapters III & IV	2 questions from the Study Guide.  3 Vocabulary words.		Descriptive Essay Final	Nouns, Pronouns
Week 5 (9/25)	Read  Chapters V & VI	2 questions from the Study Guide.  3 Vocabulary words.		Personal Essay Rough Draft	Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions
Week 6 (10/2)	Read  Chapters VII & VIII	3 questions from the Study Guide. 3 Vocabulary words.			Conjunctions, Interjections
Week 7 (10/9)	Read  Chapters IX & X	2 questions from the Study Guide.  3 Vocabulary words.		Personal Essay Final	QUIZ
Week 8 (10/16)	Character Presentations	1 question or activity from the Conclusion section of the study guide		Example/Illustration Essay Pre-Write	Types of Sentences
Week 9 (10/23)	Final for Animal Farm			Example/Illustration Essay Rough Draft	Sentence Structures
Week 10 (10/30)	Introduction  to A Christmas Carol				Problems with Sentences
Week 11 (11/6)	Read  Stave One	3 questions from the Study Guide.  4 Vocabulary words.		Example/Illustration Essay Final	QUIZ
Week 12 (11/13)	Read  Stave Two	3 questions from the Study Guide.  4 Vocabulary words.		History/Biography  Pre-Write	Agreement (S-V)
Week 13 (11/20)	Read  Stave Three	2 questions from the Study Guide.  4 Vocabulary words.		History/Biography Rough Draft	Agreement (N-Pro)
	THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week 14 (5/4)	Read  Stave Four Vocabulary Quiz		3 questions from the Study Guide.  4 Vocabulary words.		Parallel
Week 15 (5/11)			Final Exam	History/Biography Final	TEST

Spring Semester Syllabus, 2014

Spring Semester Syllabus

Week/Date	Literature	Assign. Due	Writing	Grammar
Week 1 (1/16)	Introduction to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde			Discuss:  Pronouns
Week 2 (1/23)	Jekyll/Hyde:  Ch. 1 - 2	Answer 2 questions for Ch. 1 and 2 for Ch. 2.	Narrative Essay Pre-Write	Discuss:  Pronouns Due:  Worksheets 4-1, 4-2
Week 3 (1/30)	Jekyll/Hyde:  Ch. 3 – 4	Be prepared to discuss the study questions for Ch. 3 & 4.	Narrative Essay Rough Draft	Discuss:  Pronouns Due: Worksheet  4-3
Week 4 (2/6)	Jekyll/Hyde:  Ch. 5 – 6	Answer 2 questions for Ch. 5 and 2 for Ch. 6.		Discuss:  Pronouns Due:  Worksheets 4-4, 4-5
Week 5 (2/13)	Jekyll/Hyde:  Ch. 7 – 8	Be prepared to discuss the study questions for Ch. 7 & 8.	Narrative Essay Final Copy	Discuss:  Pronouns Due:  Worksheet 4-6
Week 6 (2/20)	Jekyll/Hyde: Ch. 9 – 10	Answer 2 questions for Ch. 9 and 2 for Ch. 10.	Theme & Character Pre-Write	Discuss:  Pronouns Due:  Test
Week 7 (2/27)	Short Stories: Gift of the Magi (p. 1);  After Twenty Years  (p. 21)	2 “Short Story Chart” Worksheets	Theme & Character Rough Draft	Discuss:  Capitals Due:  Worksheet 12-2
Week 8 (3/6)	Makes the Whole World Kin (p. 85); A The Furnished Room (p. 23)	“Short Story Chart” Worksheets		Discuss:  Capitals Due:  Worksheet 12-3
Week 9 (3/13)	Short Stories:  Retrieved Reformation (p. 49); The Pimenta Pancakes (p. 29)	“Short Story Chart” Worksheets	Theme & Character Final Copy	Discuss:  Capitals Due:  Worksheet 12-6
Mar. 20 – No CHAT
Week 10 (3/27)	Short Stories:  The Ransom of Red Chief (p. 71); Poems of Robert Service (handout)	“Short Story Chart” Worksheets	News Story Pre-Write	Discuss:  Punctuation Due:  Worksheet 13-6
Week 11 (4/3)	Poetry:  Hughes (p. 51); Williams (p. 48); Frost (p. 44)	“Poetry Analysis” worksheets	News Story Rough Draft	Discuss:  Punctuation Due:  Worksheet 13-7
Week 12 (4/10)	Poetry:  Wordsworth (p. 12); Browning (p. 19); Bronte (p. 24); Hopkins (p. 31)	“Poetry Analysis” worksheets		Discuss:  Punctuation Due:  Worksheets 14-2, 14-3, 14-4
April 17 – No CHAT
Week 13 (4/24)	Poetry:  Shakespeare (p. 1); Donne (p. 2); Jonson (p. 3); Quarles (p. 4); Carew (p.5); Milton (p. 5);	“Poetry Analysis” worksheets	News Story Final Copy	Discuss:  Punctuation Due:  Worksheet 15-2
Week 14 (5/1)	Poetry:  T.S. Eliot (Handout) Poetry Presentations		Re-Write	Discuss:  Punctuation Due:  Worksheets 15-3, 15-4
Week 15 (5/8)	Poetry Presentations