Draft Syllabus English 10 2001-12 (Please Note This is Subject to Revision)
English 10AB Honors
English 10AB Culinary Cohort
Dr. Cohen Room 222
2011-2012 Fall Semester School Phone: 323-993-1700
E-Mail: eac4885@lausd.net
Hollywood High School SLC: Media and Technology
Asterisked (*) text is credited to the following sources:
Elements of Literature, 4th Course (Holt-Rinehart-Winston, Publishers)
Holt Literature and Language Arts
Holt Perspectives in Multicultural Literature
Vocabulary Workshop Level “E ”
Key to Abbreviations:
EL Elements of Literature ( Home )
A Holt Lit and Language ARTS Anthology
ML Multicultural Literacy Workbook
September 7-16
"The Cold Equations" Tom Godwin (pp.7-31 EL) (163A)
Barton, the pilot of a lightweight spacecraft, has only hours to help a teenage stowaway, Marilyn Lee Cross, understand and accept the inevitable and fatal consequences of her action.* Twilight Zone: On You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZWXGg4otlg
Tentative Differentiated Assignment—Changing the Ending: You are a researcher in the year 2196. You discover some pages of an ancient textbook containing a short story called "The Cold Equations." However, the final pages are missing. The last bit of text you can read is Marilyn's "I'm ready" on page 27. Write a plausible resolution for the story that is different from the present ending. Suppose you are an optimistic researcher. Is it possible to find a happy ending?*
“The Pedestrian” Ray Bradbury (pp. 171-181 EL) (46A)
In this prophetic cautionary tale, Ray Bradbury creates a chilling portrayal of a society in which people are so isolated in their homes that a lone pedestrian is seen as a threat to the social order.*
Tentative Differentiated Assignment—Search the internet for online fan clubs or message boards devoted to the works of Ray Bradbury. With teacher approval, submit your own online review; publish and print it.
Culinary Track: Research Food in Space Search the internet for information and create PowerPoint or Keynote presentation.
September 19-27
“Everyday Use” Alice Walker (69-80 EL)(76A)
An African American mother is living with old-fashioned farm life with one of her daughters and when the other daughter visits, with new values and a new boyfriend, the mother must make a choice.*
Tentative Differentiated Assignment—Design a Quilt: Quilts have been designed to commemorate bicentennials, historical events, family histories, and so on, as well as to honor people who have died from AIDS. Design a quilt that reflects an aspect or aspects of your cultural heritage. Write a brief explanation of why you chose the various elements of your design and how each reflects your cultural heritage.*
“The Man in the Water” Roger Rosenblatt (pp. 271-292 A)
“If Decency Doesn’t, Law Should Make Us Samaritans” Gloria Allred and Lisa Bloom (284A)
“Good Samaritans U.S.A. Are Afraid To Act” Ann Sjoerdsma (288A)
Journalist Rosenblatt reflects on the heroic actions of a few people after a plane hit a bridge and crashed into the icy waters of the Potomac River in the winter of 1982.*
Authors Allred and Bloom address the issue of whether the United States should enact “Good Samaritan” laws that would legally obligate people to help others in emergency situations and Op-Ed writer Sjoerdsma argues that Americans should not be obligated by law to help others.*
Tentative Differentiated Writing Assignment—Evaluate the credibility of an author’s argument or defense of a claim by critiquing the relationship between generalizations and evidence, the comprehensiveness of evidence, and the way in which the author’s intent affects the structure and tone of the text.* (Reading Standard 2.8) In a well-documented essay, evaluate the credibility of the arguments in the two opinion pieces summarizing the writers’ main claim in each piece; then evaluate the evidence and other support the writers used in their arguments and explain which article was more convincing and why.*
Secondary Periodic Assessment: Persuasion SPA EXAM 1st week in November
September 28th-October 26th
“Speech to Black Ministers in Memphis” 1993 Bill Clinton (Handout)
At a November 13, 1993 address in Memphis, Tennessee, President William Jefferson Clinton gave a powerful and challenging speech.
“Address to Commonwealth” Cesar Chavez (48ML)
The speaker, creator of a labor union for migrant farm workers, argues the that united goals for improving work conditions has improved the lives of Hispanic Americans everywhere.*
“Ain’t I A Woman” Sojourner Truth (42ML)
The author makes use of logic and humor to deflate the arguments of men’s superiority.*
Novel: Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
“Straw Into Gold” Cisneros (pp.94-100ML)
The author’s essay builds on her own experiences from childhood, school and travels abroad to describe religious traditions and ethnic values that shaped her family and herself.*
“Superman and Me” Alexie (pp.120-130ML)
The author describes his life as a boy on the Spokane Indian Reservation describing how he first learns to read and how he overcomes the expectation that he will fail.*
“Learning to Read and Write” Douglass (pp.101-110ML)
The author describes his quest to learn to read and write, including the conflicts that arose for him and how he confronted them.*
Differentiated Project Based Learning Assignments:
10 AB: Foodways Project with World History and Culinary Arts
Honors 10 A TBA
Secondary Periodic Assessment: Exposition
Dates TBA
"Through the Tunnel" Doris Lessing (pp.397-411A) ( 3-4 days)
While on vacation at the seashore, Jerry learns about an underwater tunnel that older boys are swimming through. Determined to do the same, Jerry spends a week training for the event.*
Tentative Differentiated Assignment--Collage: A collage is an arrangement of images (photographs, magazine art, drawings), words, and other objects (sand, shells, stones, and so forth) glued to a surface. Make a collage called "The Wild Bay." Find words from the text that can go with your images. What mood do you want to convey in your collage?*
“Coming of Age, Latino Style” Rodriguez (pp. 412-413A) ( 2days)
This Boston Globe newspaper article describes a Hispanic celebration that marks a girl’s entry into adulthood.*
“Crossing a Threshold to Adulthood” Barnes (pp.414-416A) ( 1day)
This Times Union op-ed article describes wedding customs in Uzbekistan that signal becoming an adult.*
Tentative Differentiated Assignments:
Choice One: Rites of Passage: Consider how wedding and birthday rituals, bar and bat mitzvahs, fraternity hazing, and gang initiation rituals fit into the three-part pattern of separation, indoctrination, and reunion. Choose a rite of passage-from reading or life experience, to research, discuss with your group how the ritual fits or does not fit into the three-part structure and report the results of the discussion to the class.*
Choice Two: Investigate and report on breath-hold diving (diving without the benefit of oxygen tanks), researching its history, techniques, and records, as well as the people who do it for a living and report the results of the investigation to the class.*
Choice Three: Research information about how underwater tunnels, caves, and other rock formations are created. Diagram your research, write a short report, and share your research with the class.*
“Lamb to the Slaughter” Dahl (pp.313-326A) ( 1 day)
A pleasant domestic scene suddenly turns sinister when a woman murders her husband and carries out a clever plan to escape punishment.*
Tentative Differentiated Assignment—Role Play: In small groups, research the roles played by defense attorneys, prosecutors, judges, juries, police officers, and expert witnesses in criminal trials. Role-play the trial of Mary Maloney, concluding with a verdict from the jury and sentencing by the judge.*
“Call of the Wild—Save Us” (pp577-585A) Norman Myers from Good Housekeeping, April 1991 ( 2-3 days)
This magazine articles urges Americans to save endangered species, explaining why we are losing dozens of species every day and the steps each individual can take to support conservations efforts worldwide.*
Tentative Differentiated Assignment—Many of the plants from which we derive medications are found in tropical rainforests. Research and report on specific medications with ingredients that come from the rainforest and the plants from which these medications are derived; a good starting point may be the web site for the Rainforest Action Network (RAN).*
Novel: The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
Secondary Periodic Assessment: Literary Analysis
Novel: To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee
Play: Antigone Sophocles
Antigone Sophocles
Antigone Prologue and Parados
Antigone Scene 1 and Ode 1
Antigone Scene 2 and Ode 2
Antigone Scene 3 and Ode 3
Antigone Scene 4
Antigone Scene 5, Paean, and Exodos
Play: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act II
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act III
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V
Play: Macbeth
Forms of Poetry and Metrical Feet: Iambus, Trochee, Spondee, Dactyl, and Anapest
"Passionate Shepherd”, “Nymph's Reply” and “When I Was One and Twenty"
Poets Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh and A. E. Housman
“A Narrow Fellow in the Grass” Poet Emily Dickinson
“Salomon’s Story” Anaya (PP.226-233ML)
Excerpted from a novel by the author, this story recalls a boy’s recovery from a serious accident that serves as his rite of passage into adulthood.*
“Since Feeling is First” e.e. cummings (pp.484-486A)
A poet sings of love and puts down death in a lyric that pits emotion against intellect.*
“Ode to My Socks” Neruda (pp.497-505A)
The poet illustrates emotional richness attached to life’s simple things.*
Useful Web Sites:
Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Modern Language Association citation formatting
Oxford English Dictionary
Vocabulary for the AP student
Teacher Web Log
http://www.hollywoodhighschool.net
Weekly blog postings of assignments
Turn It In
Online originality reports for composition
College Board Online
http://www.collegeboard.org/ap
Preparation for post-secondary education endeavors
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