Course Syllabus
English 10
Education is not preparation for life;
education is life itself. ~John Dewey
Mr. Anderson & Mrs. Adamo
Romeo High School
Course Description:
This class will cover writing, literature, grammar and vocabulary. Authors
such as Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Arthur Miller
and Edgar Allen Poe are a few of the many that will be read. In addition,
historical documents will also be read.
This class will develop your cultural literacy. It will help you make
connections between literature, history and culture. This class will also
provide the student with a sense of awareness to their role in our society
and world, as well as developing reading and writing skills.
Course Resources:
Textbook: The Language of Literature: American
Literature, McDougal-Littell © 2002
Course Notebook: You will need a notebook exclusively
for this course. The notebook will be used for
journaling, notes, writing practice, writing drafts of
papers, etc. Each entry in your notebook should
have a title and date. The notebook will be grade
periodically.
Course Website: most.misd.net Our blackboard website
has links to many additional useful resources.
Home computers
are being called
upon to perform
many new
functions,
including the
consumption of
homework
formerly eaten by
the dog.
~Doug Larson
Grading
Coursework—Daily written assignments and quizzes used
to help gauge your learning.
Assessments—tests and projects generally occur at the end
of instructional units, approximately 60% of your
overall grade. Each quarter you will be responsible
to compile a writing portfolio.
Academic Honesty—Please review the
Cheating/Plagiarism section in your student
Semester Grade=
• 1st quarter 40%
• 2nd quarter 40%
• Exam 20%
Course Syllabus
handbook. All work turned in must be your own.
Anyone caught cheating or plagiarizing will receive
a zero on that assignment, and will be punished
according to the student handbook.
Classroom Rules
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You must be in your seat when the bell rings. Anyone
not inside the classroom will be marked tardy. The
student handbook will be followed strictly for all
tardies.
No eating or drinking is permitted inside the classroom.
Anyone found choosing to ignore this rule will be
assigned detention.
At the end of the hour remain in your seat. Please do
not congregate by the door.
If for some emergency you have to leave the classroom,
you must ask permission and use the classroom pass on
the chalkboard.
All other rules can be found in your student
handbook/planner. Please choose to follow them.
Please do not bring any electronic devices to class. If
they are brought to class be sure they are turned off and
out of sight.
Please observe our policy about bags.
American Literature Warm up
Who wrote Huckleberry Finn?
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of
Independence?
Name 4 characters from classic American Literature?
What kind of animal was Moby Dick?
Circle the verb in this sentence.
Underline the proper nouns on this page.
What does an adjective do?
What are the stages of the writing process?
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
“All modern American literature comes
from one book by Mark Twain called
Huckleberry Finn.”
~Ernest Hemingway
“Our American
professors like
their literature
clear and cold
and pure and
very dead.”
Sinclair Lewis
“Books are the
carriers of
civilization. Without
books, history is
silent, literature
dumb, science
crippled, thought
and speculation at a
standstill.”
Barbara Tuchman