Syllabus 2009 2010 Mrs.Rivera

Colegio Beato Carlos Manuel RodriguezEnglish Department

Mrs. Rivera2009-2010

10 Grade Syllabus

Mark Twain

“You may never a discovery if you’re afraid to make a mistake.”

Tenth Grade Syllabus

Title of Course: English Tenth GradeTeacher: Jannette RiveraCourse Textbook: Mc Dougal Literature

Description of the Course: Based on the constructivist approach and the development of different educational techniques the course will prepare all students to reach their potential ability to communicate affectively in English in the four strands of the language:

1) Oral Communication2) Written Communication 3) Reading Comprehension4) Literary Appreciation

General Objectives: The students will recognize the importance of the English acquisition as the development of the competencies and linguistic skills geared at promoting his/her personal culture, social, ethical, aesthetical, growth and dealing with the expectations and demands of society.

Genre of LiteratureFiction

*New York WomenEdwidge Danticat Page 672-681

Who is the Real You?Literacy Skills:StyleImagery Reading SkillssequenceVocabulary SkillVocabulary in contextGrammar SkillsAppositiveAppositive phraseWriting skillsCompare and contrast sentences

*The Lady, or The Tiger?-Frank R. Stockton Page 682-693

How do you make Decisions?Literacy skillsAnalyze charactersAnalyze settingAnalyze plotReading skillParaphraseVocabularyGrammar skillParticiplesParticipal phraseWriting skillDevelop complete answers to questions

*The Snapping TurtleJoseph Bruchac Page 766-781

* Assigned Novel Tuesdays with Morry

Literacy SkillsElements of NovelReading SkillsCause and effect Moral ValuesCharacter Trait

Vocabulary SkillsVocabu;lary in contextOral SkillDiscussion of Human ValuesWriting SkillComposition

Where do we get our Values?Reading SkillCompare and ContrastVocabularyGrammar SkillsGerundsGerunds phrasesWriting SkillsLiterature analysis

* Pecos BillMary Pope Osborne Pages 800-809

What is a Folk Hero?Reading SkillHyperboleVocabularyGrammar SkillFragmentsRecognizing run-onsWriting SkillParticiplesParticipial Phrase

Genre of LiteratureNonfiction

Autobiography

*Dreams from My FatherBarack Obama Pages 830-845

What Makes you Proud?Reading SkillCause and effectInterpretAutobiographyVocabulary Skill

ConnotativeDenotativeGrammar SkillClauses(Adjective, Adverb and Noun) Memoir

*One Last Time Gary Soto Page 816- 825

What can you learn from a Job? Reading SkillSensory detailsWriting SkillAnalyze literatureVocabulary SkillsCorrect vocabulary in contextGrammar SkillSemicolon

*Roughing It Pages 704-713Mark TwainWhy do we Exaggerate?Literacy SkillsVoice hyperboleUnderstatementReading SkillsContext cluesDescriptive detailsVocabularyGrammar SkillsParticiplesParticiples phrases

* Assigned Novel The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnLiteracy SkillsElements of NovelReading SkillsAnalyze sensory DetailsAnalyze cause and effectCharacter TraitVocabularyVocabu;lary in context

Essay

Personal Essay Us and ThemDavid Sedaris Page 716-727What’s Really Normal?Literacy SkillIronyReading SkillStyle of different EssaysEvaluate styleIdentify StyleGrammar SkillComplex sentence

Independent ClauseDependant Clause

Essay The Sanctuary of SchoolLynda Barry Pages 994-1001

Why do we need schools?Literacy SkillsAuthor’s purposeReading SkillsCause and effectVocabulary SkillVocabulary for reading and writingBase wordsPreffixAffixesGrammar SkillsNegatives

SpeechSpeech Educating SonsChief Canasatego 1002-1005Who Decides what’s important?Literacy SkillsElements of speechElements of nonfiction in Historical ContextReading SkillComparison and contrastVocabulary SkillsVocabulary in contextGrammarFragmentsRun-onsWriting SkillsStucture of Letter

Media

On Line ArticleThe Great Chiago Fire of 1871Michael Burgan Page 876-883

Where do you get your Facts?Reading SkillSupporting DetailsWriting SkillTaking notesProblem- Solution EssayGrammar SkillCommas

Capitalize

Magazine Article

Over the top: The True Adventures of a Volacano ChaserRenee Skelton Pages 894-903What is your dream job? Why do people seek danger?Reading SkillAdjust reading to purposeGrammar SkillGerunds Gerunds PhrasesVocabulary SkillVocabulary in contextWriting SkillGrafic aid(representation of information)

Interview

Interview with a SongcatcherBrian Handwerk Page 908-917What does music say about us?Reading SkillFact OpinionVocabulary SkillsConnotativeDenotativeGrammar SkillsInfinitiveInfinitive phrasesDiagramming phrases

*Assigned novel: History An American Plague: The True and Terrifing Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.

Literacy SkillsHistoryFact or OpinionReading SkillsChronological OrderWriting SkillsCause and EffectVocabularyContext CluesVocabulary in Context

Poetry

Reader’s Workshop: Appeciating Poetry Page 574-581Margaret Walker

What makes a Poem?Literacy SkillsFigurative languageMeaning of stanzaSoundsRhyme schemesRepetitionReading SkillsReading strategiesSettingParaphrase linesOutlineVocabulary SkillsWord meaningVocabulary in contextGrammar SkillsPunctuation

Poem - Smile: Willow and Ginkgo Page 582-585Eva Merriam

Poetic FormStanzaLiterary SkillsMetaphor SimileReading SkillsVisualizeGrammar SkillsSentence structure

Poem- Introduction to Poetry Pages 586- 587 Billy Collins

Literary SkillscoupletReading SkillsFigurative LanguagepersonificationGrammar SkillsSentence structure

*Students must always read the author’s information and historical background of all readings to familiarize with the topics they are about to do and identify the author’s message.

* This syllabus is subject to change depending on the developing of the course.

*The teacher will use different resources to help students understand the topics and make them pertinent for them.



9 Grade Syllabus

Robert Cormier

“Kindness is a hard thing to give away; it keeps coming back to the giver.”

Ninth Grade Syllabus

Title of Course: English Ninth GradeTeacher: Jannette RiveraCourse Textbook: Mc Dougal Little InterActive Reader And Writer for Critical Analysis Mc Dougal Little Grammar For Writing




Genre of Literature

Fiction

The Most Dangerous GameRichard Connell

Pages 5-33Literacy Skills

Narrative StructureElements of Fiction

Writing SkillsEssay

Grammar SkillsPrepositions

Prepositional PhraseVocabulary Skills

Vocabulary in Context

* Assigned Novel- The Chocolate War-Author Robert Cormier

Literacy SkillsElements of Novel

Human ValuesMaking Decisions

Writing SkillsSummarize

Reading SkillsQuotes

SequenceComprehension

Grammar SkillsPunctuation

Sentence Structure

The NecklaceGuy de Maupassant

Pages 53-69Literacy Skill

Characterization Point of View

Reading SkillsMain Idea

DetailsWriting Skill

Character SketchGrammar Skill

ConjunctionsIntrjections

Vocabulary SkillContext Clues

The Cast of AmontilladoEdgar Allan Poe


SettingMood

Imagery in FictionTrace of ideasWriting Skill

ParagraphResponse to literature

ImageryGrammar Skill

Subject and VerbsVocabulary Skill

Idioms

The Scarlet IbisJames HurstPages 91-113Literacy Skill

ThemeSymbol

Writing SkillExpository EssayGrammar Skill

DirectIndirect Object

Vocabulary SkillVocabulary in context

Where Have you Gone, Charming Billy?TimO’Brien


StyleVoice

Writing SkillPersonal Narrative

SummarizeParaphrase

Grammar SkillPredicate NominativePredicate Adjective

Subject ComplementsVocabulary Skill

SuffixesPrefixes

Blue Ain’t No Mocking BirdToni Cade Bambara


HistoryCulture

Author’s purposeWriting Skill

Short ResponseGrammar Skill

PatternsComplements

Vocabulary SkillWord Roots

Nonfiction

The Right to the Street of MemphisRichard WrightAutobiography

Pages 37-49Literacy Skills

MythFact

Writing SkillsShort Response

Grammar SkillDiagraming Basic Parts

Vocabulary SkillDenotation

Cognoatation

I Have a DreamMartin Luther King

SpeechPages 151-165

Literacy SkillsStyle

Writing SkillsPersonal WritingGrammar SkillsAdjective PhraseAdverb Phrase

Vocabulary SkillsIdioms

The Lost BoySara Corbett

Magazine ArticlePages 117-131Literacy Skills

Author’s PurposeWriting Skills

Parts Of a Magazine Article

Grammar SkillsAppositives

Appositive PhrasesVocabulary Skills

Vocabulary in Context

The House of MangoSandra CisnerosNovel ExcerptPages 135-147

Literacy SkillsAuthor’s Perspective in Fiction

Character DescriptionWriting SkillsSummarizing

Grammar SkillsStructure of Sentence

Vocabulary SkillsVocabulary in Context

Poetry

I Ask My Mother to SingLi-Young Lee

Page 170Literacy Skills

Figurative languageMeaning of stanza

SoundsRhyme schemes

RepetitionReading Skills

Reading strategiesSetting

Paraphrase linesOutline

Vocabulary SkillsWord meaning

Vocabulary in context

My Papa’s WaltzTheodore Roethke

Page 169Lieracy Skills

ImagerySimile

MetaphorPersonification

HyperboleReading Skills

InferencesVocabulary SkillsUse of Language

Grape SherbetRita DovePage 171

Literacy SkillsLyric

rhythmReading Skills

InferenceVocabulary SkillsUse of Language

The Road Not TakenRobert Frost


metaphoreReading Skills

descriptionVocabulary Skills


The Seven Ages of ManWilliam Shakespeare


MonologueReading Skills

descriptionVocabulary Skills







12 Grade Advanced Syllabus

William Shakespeare

“Kindness is a hard thing to give away; it keeps coming back to the giver.”

Twelve Grade Syllabus

Title of Course: English Twelve GradeTeacher: Jannette RiveraCourse Textbook: Mc Dougal Littell Literature




Genre of Literature

FictionThe Interlopers

Saki Pages 394-405

What is wrong with holding a Grudge?Literacy Skill

Theme and SettingReading Skill

MonitorWriting Skill

Analize LiteratureGrammar Skill

Subordinate Clauses

Two FriendsGuy de Maupassant

Pages 406- 419What would you do for a friend?

Literacy SkillSymbol

Reading SkillInferences

Writing SkillAnalyze Literature

Grammar SkillCompound predicate

Sentence structure

A Chip of GlassRubiNadine Gordimer

Pages 628-643What would you sacrifice fro justice?

Literacy SkillTheme

PersuasionReading Skill

Draw ConclusionsWriting Skill

Personal OpinionGrammar Skill

Compound Complex SentenceSentence Structure

How Much Land Does a Man Need?Leo Tolstoy

Pages 644-664How Important is Wealth?

(Scriptural Writing The New Testament)Literacy Skill

Didactic LiteratureReading Skill

Purpose in ReadingWriting Skill

Compare-Contrast EssayGrammar Skill

Patterns

Marrige is a Private AffairChinua AchebePages 896-907

Whose Life is it anyway?Literacy Skill

Cultural ConflictReading Skill

PredictWriting Skill

Personal EssayGrammar Skill

Gerunds

*Assigned NovelTo Kill A Mockingbird

Literacy SkillStory ElementsReading Skill

PredictSequence of EventsDraw Conclusions

Writing SkillResearch APAGrammar Skill

Active VoicePassive Voice

DramaLiteraray Analysis Workshop, Shakespearean

When does ambition lead to tragedy?Pages 1080-1095

Can your conscience mislead you?Literacy Skill

Characteristics of DramaCharacteristics of language

Draw ConclusionsReading Skill

Strategies of ReadingStrategies of Drama

Writing SkillPersonal Opinion Essay

Grammar SkillDescriptive Details using Adjective Clauses

*Assigned NovelMacbeth

Literacy SkillElements of DramaReading Skill Idea

SequenceSummarizeInferences

MainWriting Skill

Compare Contrast EssayResearch

Grammar SkillAdjectives Clauses

Literary Analysis WorkshopGreek Tragedy and Medieval Romance

Pages 956-965What quest live on?

Literacy SkillCharacterization

ThemeConflict

StyleReading Skill

InferencesClasical Drama

Writing SkillPersuasive Essay

Sentence Structure

PhrasesClauses

AntigoneSophocles

Pages 968-1009What is your ultimate loyalty?

Literacy SkillTragedyChorusIrony

Reading SkillClassical Drama

Writing SkillPersonal Opinion Essay

Grammar SkillSentence Structure

A Marriage ProposalAnton ChekhouPages 242-259

Why do people argue over silly things?Literacy Skill

CharactersCharacters Traits

Reading SkillStategies in a Play

Writing SkillAnalysis in Literature

Grammar SkillType of Sentence

NonfictionMemoir

NightElie Wiesel

852-863Can Humanity Triumph over evil?

Literacy SkillAuthors Feelings

ConclusionsTone

Reading SkillConnect with Author

Writing SkillPersonal EssayWord Choice


*Novel - Don QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes

Literacy SkillElements Of Novel

Reading SkillPredict

Writing SkillResearch

Compare Contrast EssayGrammar Skill

Sentence Structure

Montgomery BoycottCoretta Scott King

880-895How can we Change Society?

Literacy SkillCharacter TraitReading Skill

Fact Fiction

Writing SkillEssay

Grammar SkillPatterns

Diagrams

EssayTolerance

E. M. Forster Persuasive Essay448-453

How Accepting are you?Literacy Skill

Elements of nonfictionPersuasive Techniques

Reading SkillReason

EvidenceWriting Skill

Persuasive EssayGrammar Skill

Diagrams

The Plot Against PeopleHumorous Essay Russell Baker

488-493When are little things a Big Deal?

Literacy SkillTone

DictionReading Skill

Chronological OrderWriting Skill

Coparitive Contrast EssayGrammar Skill

The Hyphen

Why leaves Turn Color in the Fall?Essay Diane Ackerman

494-507Can Beauty be captured in words?

Literacy SkillAuthors Purpose

Reading SkillCause and Effect

Writing SkillAnalyze Literature

Grammar SkillParticiples

Participle Phrases

Speech On Nuclear Disarmament

Speech Carl Segan592-602

What would make the world Safer?Literacy Skill

Rhetorical DeviceReading Skill

RepetitionParallelism

Writing SkillAnalyze Nonfiction


MediaThe After math of September 11

Documentary936-953

What are the Signs of the times?(The students will create a documentary)

Literacy SkillReflection of Historical Events

Visual Aspects

Daisy America’s BackPolitical Ads

666-669How do candidates get your vote?

(The students will create a political party and will present their campange)Literacy SkillPersuation

Poetry

Literary Analysis Workshop: The Language of Poetry 686-697

Where do you find Poetry?Literacy Skill

Poetic ElementsDevicesImagery

Figurative LanguageReading Skill

AnalyzeWriting Skill

Word Choice in a PaperGrammar SkillPrecise Verbs

NatureThere will come soft Rains

Sara Teasdale 696-703

Literacy SkillSound DeviceReading Skill

Strategies in readingWriting SkillWord Choice

Grammar SkillPrecise Verbs

Meleting at NightRobert Browning

696-703Literacy SkillSound DeviceReading Skill

Strategies in readingWriting SkillWord Choice

Grammar SkillPrecise Verbs

The Sound of NightMaxine Kumin

696-703Literacy SkillSound DeviceReading Skill

Style in PoetryWriting Skill

Analyze

I dwell in PossibilityEmily Dickinson

704-707 What is our place in Nature?

Literacy SkillLyric PoetryReading Skill

Figurative LanguageWriting Skill

Analyze Poem






7th Grade Syllabus

Gary Soto

“A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.”~ Thomas Carlyle ~

Seventh Grade Syllabus

Title of Course: English Seventh GradeTeacher: Jannette RiveraCourse Textbook: Interchange Book - InterchangeWorkbook Sourcebook Reading and Writing




Genre of LiteratureFiction

Growing upMrs. Olinski

E. L. KonigsburgPages 62-69

Literary SkillsPoint of View

Vocabulary SkillPrefixes

Writing Skillsparagraph

Grammar SkillsSentence Punctuation

The Day It Rained Cockroaches Paul Zindel Pages 70-77

Literary SkillsTone

Vocabulary SkillsContext CluesHomophonesWriting Skills

Narrative paragraphGrammar Skills

Sentence Fragment

Esther ForbesReady

Esther ForbesPages 98-105Literary Skills

CharacterizationVocabulary Skills

SuffixesIdioms

Writing SkillsCharacter sketchGrammar Skills

Commas in a series

It’s TonightEsther ForbesPages 106-113Literary Skills

Historical fictionVocabulary Skills

Context cluesLatin roots

Writing SkillsDescriptive paragraph

Grammar SkillsUse of Good, Well, Bad, badly

Tough TimesHanging Out S. E. Hinton

Pages 116-123Literary Skills

SlangVocabulary Skills

Word families

Writing Skillspoem

Grammar SkillsProper Nouns

Being Fourteen Paula DanzigerPages 124-131Literary Skills

InferencesContext clues

SynonymsVocabulary Skills

Context cluesSynonyms

Writing SkillsJournal entry

Grammar SkillsCapitalization

Native Americans Attack

Ann Tuner Pages 134-141Literary SkillsPersonification

Vocabulary SkillsContext CluesPronunciationWriting Skills

Story beginningGrammar Skills

Verb Tense

Decisions

Louie HirshfieldJay NeugeborenPages 170-177Literary Skills

CharactersVocabulary Skills

HomographsWriting Skills

Character sketchGrammar Skills

Adjectives

George SantiniJay NeugeborenPages 178-185Literary Skills

AnecdoteVocabulary Skills

Word AnalysisWord Families

Writing Skillsreview

Grammar SkillsTitles

Nonfiction

Colonial AmericaEyewitness to the Boston Tea Party

Wesley S. GriswoldPages 80-87

Literary SkillsMain Idea

Vocabulary SkillsContext CluesPronunciationWriting Skills

letterGrammar Skills

Letter-Writing form

Lexington and Concord Bruce Bliven, Jr.


Chronological OrderVocabulary Skills

PrefixesWriting Skills

summaryGrammar Skills

Run-On- Sentence

Native AmericansOn the Red Man’s Trail (Speech)

Chief Seattle Pages 142-149Literary Skills

ParallelismVocabulary Skills

SynonymsPrefixes

Writing SkillsNews article

Grammar SkillsSubject-Verb Agreement

Isaac Bashevis Singer

The Washwoman (Autobiography)Isaac Bashevis Singer


ClimaxVocabulary Skills

Context CluesWord AnalysisWriting Skills

Compare and Contrast ParagraphGrammar SkillsCapitalization

The Washwoman (Continue)Isaac Bashevis Singer

Pages 160-167(Same Skills)

Child LaborMigrant Family LifeBrent Ashabranner


NonfictionVocabulary Skills

Context CluesSuffixes

Writing Skills3 paragraph essayGrammar Skills

Commas

Self-Reliance

Fear (Autobiography)Gary Soto


ToneVocabulary Skills

Context CluesWriting Skills

Paragraph of opinionGrammar Skills

Apostrophes




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