English II Syllabus
Bethany Hathaway Office Hour: Tuesdays 11:30am-­‐12:30pm ET and by appointment Email: [email protected] Books:
Royal Fireworks Press materials: Grammar Town, Building Poems, Caesar's English I: Enhanced Edition, Two-­‐Part Set (released March 2012), Paragraph Town, and Practice Town. Class literature selections include: The Horse and His Boy, ISBN: 978-­‐
0064471060; Island of the Blue Dolphins, ISBN: 978-­‐0547328614; Where the Red Fern Grows, ISBN: 978-­‐0440412670; A Single Shard, ISBN: 978-­‐0547534268, Holes, ISBN: 978-­‐
0374332662; Out of the Dust, ISBN: 978-­‐0590371254. Calendar Overview:
Explanation: We will delight in the reading and analysis of the coming-­‐of-­‐age novels listed above while honing in on our vocabulary, grammar, and paragraphing skills. The calendar overview is a work in progress, subject to change slightly with the needs of the class. The writing assignments listed reflect each novel but won’t necessarily be assigned at the very end of the reading. Week 1: Island of the Blue Dolphins (IBD), Grammar Town (GT) Level 1
Week 2: IBD, GT Level 2
Week 3: IBD, GT Level 3, Caesar’s English (CE) Lesson 1
Week 4: IBD, GT Level 4, CE Lesson 2
Week 5: IBD, GT Four-Level Analysis, CE Lesson 3,
-Survival Personal Narrative Writing Assignment
Week 6: Where the Red Fern Grows (WRFG), CE Lesson 4
Week 7: WRFG, CE Lesson 5
Week 8: WRFG, Practice Town (PT) 1 lesson per day, CE Lesson 6
Fall Break: NO CLASS, WRFG, Continue PT 1-a-day
Week 9: WRFG, PT 1-a-day, CE Lesson 7
-Compare and Contrast Writing Assignment
Week 10: A Single Shard (SS), PT 1-a-day, Paragraph Town Lesson 1, CE Lesson 8
Week 11: SS, PT 1-a-day, Paragraph Town Lesson 2, CE Lesson 9
Week 12: SS, PT 1-a-day, Paragraph Town Lesson 3, CE Lesson 10
Week 13: SS, PT 1-a-day, Paragraph Town Lesson 4, CE Lesson 11
Week 14: SS, PT 1-a-day, Paragraph Town Lesson 5, CE Lesson 12
Thanksgiving Break: November 25, 2013: NO CLASS, Paragraph Town Lesson 6
Week 15: SS, PT 1-a-day Paragraph Town Lesson 7, CE Lesson 13
-Place Expository Writing Assignment (practicing principles
and phrases from Paragraph Town 1-7)
SECOND SEMESTER:
Week 1: Caesar’s English (CE) Lesson 12, Practice Town (PT) Sentences 31-35,
Paragraph Town Chapter 4, Reading: Holes
Week 2: CE Lesson 13, PT 36-40, Paragraph Town Writing: Descriptive and Expository
Paragraph, Reading: Holes
Week 3: CE Lesson 14, PT 41-45, Second Draft, Reading: Holes
Week 4: CE Lesson 15, PT 46-50, Paragraph Town: Chapter 5, Reading: Holes
Week 5: Paragraph Town Writing: Expand to Mini-Essay, Finish Holes, (During Week)
Caesar’s English EXAM, Practice Town EXAM
Week 6: CE Lesson 16, PT 51-55, Rough Draft
Week 7: CE Lesson 17, PT 56-60, Final Draft, Building Poems 1, 2
Week 8: CE Lesson 18, PT 61-65, Reading: Out of the Dust, Building Poems 3, 4, Poetry
Project Draft #1
Spring Break: NO CLASS
Week 9: CE Lesson 19, PT 66-70, Reading: Out of the Dust, Building Poems 5-7, Poetry
Project Draft #2
Week 10: CE Lesson 20, PT 71-75, Reading: Out of the Dust, (During Week) Building
Poems EXAM, Poetry Project Draft #3
Week 11: Finish Poetry Project, Reading: The Horse and His Boy, (During Week) Caesar’s
English EXAM, Practice Town EXAM
Week 12: PT 76-85, Paragraph Town: Chapter 6, Reading: The Horse and His Boy
Week 13: PT 86-95, Paragraph Town L11 Paragraph, Reading: The Horse and His Boy
Easter Break: NO CLASS
Week 14: PT 96-100, Paragraph Town L12 Paragraph/1st Draft, Reading: The Horse and
His Boy,
Week 15: Practice Town EXAM, Complete Final Essay
Submitting and Returning Assignments:
-Writing assignments should be saved in a doc., docx, .rtf, or .pdf format and submitted in the
Dropbox in Haiku, found by clicking the Connect tab and then Dropbox.
-I’ll return the assignment in a week’s time. If the assignment is a writing draft, please don’t
complete the next draft before receiving my comments.
-Tests and quizzes will be taken from the Haiku page. They will be listed under the Assess tab
and the under Assessments.
-All assignments and quizzes will be listed a Haiku page per week, e.g. Week 1, on the left-hand
side of the Haiku screen.
Late Policy:
-Late assignments can be made up within in a week of their due date. However, 10% will be
subtracted per day from the assignment’s grade.
-Quizzes and Tests cannot be made up without special permission.
-Please contact me regarding family emergencies or other obstacles to completing your work.
-Planned vacations should be discussed ahead of time.
Etiquette:
All interactions, whether on a microphone, on chat, or on the discussion board, should be
respectful, polite, and on topic. Impolite or disruptive behavior will affect the participation grade
and, if continued, could result in removal from class.
Academic Honesty
Educational and business professionals of all types take academic honesty very seriously.
Plagiarism is most often committed when students are pressed for time, care little about an
assignment, or are unaware of what plagiarism is. Planning and instruction can often remedy
these deficiencies. But academic honesty is much more than the avoidance of plagiarism; it is a
matter of integrity that includes the following qualities:
• Submitting your own work
• Working in a timely manner
• Demonstrating effort and diligence
Grade Categories:
20% Participation
50% Homework/Quizzes
30% Final Drafts/Projects
Landry Academy Grading Scale:
100- 90:A
80- 89:B
70- 79:C
60- 69:D
Below 60:F