Mrs.

Goodman AP English 11

cgoodman@stmarysschool.org; cgoodman@stmarysmemphis.net 292-3329 (cell)

**The best way to contact me after school hours is via email. I check email regularly while at home and will respond in a timely manner to any questions or concerns you may have before 9pm; in an emergency you should text me or find me first thing in the morning. We will attempt to make this class paperless as much as possible this year, both as an exciting experiment to see exactly what we can do in the classroom with technology to help the environment and also to attempt to mirror the trend in colleges and universities across the world; much of what students will do in higher education and in the future workplace will involve online/technological collaboration and communication; therefore, I will design as much of the format of my curriculum, without changing content, as I can to mirror this environment . Because our goal will be a paper"less" classroom, access to a computer and the Internet will be a daily necessity and poor service or faulty equipment will NEVER be an excuse for not having assignments or for not coming to class completely prepared to participate. It will be imperative that students work ahead and allow for technical difficulties. Computers in the library are available from 7:15 to 5:00 Monday through Thursday and can be used to complete all classroom assignments.

Our Goals: 1. Strengthen ability and confidence in writing 2. Read and discuss masterpieces of literature

First semester is designed to begin the study of major works of British Literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Restoration, and ending with the Early Romantics. Additionally, we will read several modern pieces that thematically accompany these classic British texts. Below is a list of the works we will cover. Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift various of The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro Various, diverse nonfiction readings Beowulf - anonymous Paradise Lost John Milton Life of Pi Yann Martel Lord of the Flies William Golding They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing - Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein MLA Handbook

Second semester this course will mirror the freshman composition class in its focus on multi-source synthesis writing. Since the class is designed to prepare students to take and pass the English Language and Composition AP Exam, we will spend some time working on test preparation in addition to our other curriculum. What makes AP English Language and Composition different from other high school English courses is its focus on rhetoric. While promoting writing in many contexts for a variety of purposes, the English Language course is the place where nonfiction texts and contexts take center stage. Here students think deeply about language as a persuasive tool and about the dynamic relationship of writer, context, audience, and argument. The writing skills that students come to appreciate through attentive and continued analysis of a variety of prose texts can serve them in their own writing as they become increasingly aware of these skills and their pertinent uses. (course description as stated on www. Collegeboard)

Grades: Grades are based on a point system and effort is greatly rewarded. Homework: 5-25 points Quizzes: 10-45 points Haiku: 10-100 (online discussion) Big Quiz: 50-200 points Essays: 100-300 points Class participation: 100 points/quarter *I reserve the right to adjust these point values at any time.

*Class participation is important and I will give a 100-point grade at the end of each quarter based on the amount and quality of each students classroom participation/contribution.

Class Policies:

If you are absent, you are responsible for getting missed notes or materials from a classmate or Mrs. Goodman immediately. You MUST keep up with reading/writing assignments as outlined on your syllabus. In the event of an absence you must schedule makeup work in a timely manner with Mrs. Goodman. Any written work such as an essay, project, daily assignment, or previously scheduled quiz will be due IMMEDIATELY upon your return. If you check in late on a test day you are still expected to take the test on that day. The same goes for days you expect to check out early; you must see me before you leave campus. If the test has been given before you check in, then you must stay that afternoon to take the make-up test. Failure to complete the test that day will result in a ten percent per day reduction. This also applies to material due on a day when you check out or in and miss class failure to turn in the required work will result in a ten percent per day reduction. Homework is due on the assigned day. If you are absent, you must submit any previously assigned homework when you return. Failure to do so will result in a ten percent per day reduction. Any homework assignments missed while absent must be made up in compliance with the SMS make-up work policy. Otherwise, the work falls into the ten percent per day reduction policy. As a department, bonus work is not given to individual students. Late or forgotten homework will not be accepted in grades 7-12. You should be prepared for a quiz each day. Make-up quizzes will be in a different format (unless missed because of a school function) and should be made up in compliance with the SMS make-up work policy. Otherwise, the quiz falls into the ten percent per day reduction policy.

Please print this page, sign it, and return it by Friday 8/17.
My daughter and I have read and discussed the class introduction handout so that she understands the outlined expectations. We have also read and discussed the honor code expectations and epolicy on the class introduction page on Haiku.

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