• Course Syllabus
     
     Long Range Plans/Syllabus English IV, Mrs. Moye
     
    Literary Analysis:  How to Read Literature Like a Professor
    Performance Task:  Unlocking Honor Codes throughout Literature
    British Literature
    Beowulf
    "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
    Hamlet 
    Canterbury Tales   
    Dr. Faustus
    Novel Reading and Analysis—And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
    Comparison between Video/Written Versions of the Novel
    Character Analysis/Discussion of Justice and Vigilantism
    Creative Writing—Create an original detective story

    Comparison of Writing Style—The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway with Christie’s novel
    British/America; suspense; narrative style

    Argumentative Essay (Performance Assessment)

    Reading and Writing Analytical Essays (Literaure-based)

    Current Event/Editorial Essays (example: The Tegu Problem in South Florida)

    Informative Essay and Research (Performace Assessment/Student Choice of Topic)

    Argumentative Essays (Performance Assessment)

    Continued Close Reading of text including literary analysis, terms, and creative writing
    Grammar Review of Syntax and Mechanics/College Preparation
    Review of Stems for improved vocabulary development

    Bi-weekly assessment: developing written skills; literary knowledge; grammatical facility; vocabulary enhancement (lists 52-60)
     
    This Syllabus is subject to change.