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1 Syllabus for English III (College Prep) Welcome to EN071/EN072: English III (College Prep)! Please read the information in this syllabus before proceeding to the course materials. Credits: 1 credit hour Prerequisite: EN061/EN62 (English II College Prep) Instructional Team Teacher Contact Information Marta Anderton manderton@jmhs.com Our Academic Advisors are also available to help you when you need it. They are trained to provide tutoring in all subjects or answer your questions about the course or program. Phone: Hours: 8:30AM 8:30PM EST Monday-Friday Textbook Prentice Hall. (2012). Literature Grade 11. (Parts I, II). New York: Pearson. Course Description English III (College Prep) is a chronological study of the development of American literature through various genres including: non-fiction, poetry, short stories, drama, and novels. Students will analyze and evaluate informational and literary works in conjunction with American historical events beginning with the Native American oral tradition and continuing into the contemporary period of the present. Through reading prolific writers such as Anne Bradstreet, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, Ernest Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, and Amy Tan, students will explore major questions surrounding the American identity, literature as a reflection and shaper of society, and the relationship between literature and setting. In tandem with literary study, they will also sharpen vocabulary and grammar skills through interactive activities and writing assignments. Multiple choice, open-response, and essay assessments will measure students' progress throughout their study of the content. English III (College Prep) contains additional writing essay assignments than what is required for English III (General).

2 Course Learning Objectives Upon completion of this course, you should be able to: Research and analyze ideas, events, and/or movements related to United States culture. Develop thematic connections among works by connecting themes that occur across genres or works from different time periods. Interpret meaning for an audience by examining functions and effects of narrative such as plot, conflict, suspense, points of view, characterization, and dialogue Use vocabulary strategies such as context clues, resources, and structural analysis (roots, prefixes, etc.). Construct memoirs that give an audience a sense of how the past can be significant for the present. Interpret the significance of literary movements as they have evolved through the literature of the United States. Identify and analyze text components (such as organizational structures, story elements, organizational features) and evaluating their impact on the text. Construct a short story that relates a fictional event containing a central conflict that is either resolved or not by the end of the tale. Construct an essay which contains an analysis of the role that setting and character play in driving plot events in a work of fiction. Course Lessons The following lessons are covered in EN071/EN072: English III (College Prep): PART I Lesson Read/Submit Topics Pretest, Exam 1 Lesson 1 A Gathering of Voices- Early America Lesson 1.1 pp ; 29; 42-44; 45; 48-54; 55; 58-65; 66 Lesson 1.2 pp. 73; 76; 82; 83; 85; 92 Lesson 1.3 pp. 100; 105; 108; 112;117; 120; 124; 127; ; 133; 140; 148; 152; 159; 165; 170; 176; ; ; Meeting of Cultures The Puritan Influence A Nation is Born

3 Assignment 1_6 Autobiographical Narrative Lesson 1, Exam 2 Lesson 2 A Growing Nation- the American Renaissance Lesson 2.1 pp. 228; 240; ; 258; 260; 262; 266; 268 Lesson 2.2 pp. 272; 285; 293; 312; 318; 325; 333; 336; 356 Lesson 2.3 pp. 366; 369; ; 378; 388; 390; 393; 395; 397 Lesson 2.4 pp. 408; 420; 426; 438; 448 Fireside and Campside Shadows of the Imagination The Human Spirit and the Natural World American Masters Lesson 2, Exam 3 Lesson 3 Division, Reconciliation, and Expansion- the Civil War and Frontier Lesson 3.1 pp. 480; 490; 492; 508; 514; 520; 528; 532; ; 538; 541; 543; 554; 557; 559; Lesson 3.2 pp. 570; 576; 582; 589; 593; 596; 611; 614 Lesson 3.3 pp. 628; 633; 636; ; 642; 644; 646; ; 652; 662; 664 A Nation Divided Forging New Frontiers Living in a Changing World Lesson 3, Exam 4 Midterm Exam, Exam 5

4 PART II Lesson 1 Disillusion, Reconciliation, and Expansion- the Modern Age Lesson 1.1 pp. 708; 714; 719; 726; 730; 753; 758; 762 Lesson 1.2 pp. 800; 807; 816; 828; 830; 834; 844; 848; 857; 860; 865; 868; ; 874; 886 Lesson 1.3 pp. 902; 904; ; ; ; 926; 930; Facing Troubled Times From Every Corner of the Land The Harlem Renaissance Lesson 1, Exam 1 Lesson 2 Prosperity and Protest- the Post-War Period Lesson 2.1 pp. 984; ; 1000 Lesson 2.2 pp. 1012; 1024; 1038; 1042; 1045; ; 1055; 1058; 1060; 1064; 1066; 1068; 1072; 1074; 1077 Lesson 2.3 pp. 1082; 1091; 1096; 1101; 1104; 1109; 1113; 1126; 1158; 1161; 1182; 1187; 1214; 1217; 1241; 1249; ; War Shock Tradition and Rebellion A Protest Assignment 1_4 Short Story Lesson 2, Exam 2 Lesson 3 New Voices, New Frontiers- the Lesson 3.1 pp. 1298; 1308; 1312; 1321; 1326; 1332 Lesson 3.2 pp. 1336; 1339; 1342; 1344; 1348; 1350; 1353; 1355; 1358; 1360; 1366; 1369 Contemporary Fiction Contemporary Poetry Contemporary Nonfiction

5 Contemporary Period Lesson 3.3 pp. 1378; 1381; 1384; 1390; 1394; 1397; 1410; 1418; 1421; 1426; 1434; 1439; Assignment 2_5 Analytic Essay Final Exam, 3