WELCOME TO 10TH GRADE HONORS
Welcome to 10th grade English Language Arts. This year, we will be reading a series of novels, short stories, essays, poems and articles. In each unit we will work on vocabulary, grammar, reading strategies and writing techniques. You will take quizzes and tests as well as write papers and/or complete projects for each unit.
What we will do – The following is a list of the units in which we will be covering this year as well as a little advice.
What we will do – The following is a list of the units in which we will be covering this year as well as a little advice.
Novel/novellas/graphic novels
Novels/Graphic Novels
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Maus by Art Spiegelman
short stories/essay/plays
Short Stories/Essays/Plays
Antigone by Sophocles
Short Story Unit – Packet of Short stories including "The Sniper”
“This I Believe” – A compilation of essays that include “Be Cool to the Pizza Delivery Dude”
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Antigone by Sophocles
Short Story Unit – Packet of Short stories including "The Sniper”
“This I Believe” – A compilation of essays that include “Be Cool to the Pizza Delivery Dude”
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
projects/research/writing assignment
Personal Project
Evidence-Based Claims Assignments
Persuasive Essay
Evidence-Based Claims Assignments
Persuasive Essay
how to succeed in class
Be Prepared.
Be ready to start class when the bell rings. Have all materials including your reading book, your binder, a writing utensil, and your homework.
Be Respectful. Do not speak over the teacher or your classmates. Raise your hand before speaking or moving around the classroom. Ask before using anything that is not yours. Respect this space. Keep it clean and organized, so we can use it another day.
Knowledge is too powerful to steal. Do not show disrespect to another’s work when you take it and say it is your own. Cheating, copying, and plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in disciplinary action and a zero for the assignment.
Be Positive.
Leave negative attitudes outside this room.
Be Responsible.
Turn in your homework on time. Check for missing work regularly, and make it up in a timely manner. All work from days missed must be made up to receive any credit for the day. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE!!!
Be ready to start class when the bell rings. Have all materials including your reading book, your binder, a writing utensil, and your homework.
Be Respectful. Do not speak over the teacher or your classmates. Raise your hand before speaking or moving around the classroom. Ask before using anything that is not yours. Respect this space. Keep it clean and organized, so we can use it another day.
Knowledge is too powerful to steal. Do not show disrespect to another’s work when you take it and say it is your own. Cheating, copying, and plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in disciplinary action and a zero for the assignment.
Be Positive.
Leave negative attitudes outside this room.
Be Responsible.
Turn in your homework on time. Check for missing work regularly, and make it up in a timely manner. All work from days missed must be made up to receive any credit for the day. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE!!!
how will grade be earned
This year, your grades will be determined (more or less) by the following:
Essays and Tests – 60%
Quizzes and Projects – 20%
Homework and Participation/Effort – 20%
Essays and Tests – 60%
Quizzes and Projects – 20%
Homework and Participation/Effort – 20%
Materials
Bring the following to class: Paper, Notebook, Writing Utensil, and any other materials needed for class. Perhaps, if we are reading the Crucible in class, then bring your book, The Crucible, to class.
Advice
1. Work hard. "Don't wait for your break, make your break. Go make it happen for yourself."
2. Follow passions. "I moved to the city. I bussed tables. I lived in a basement apartment next to a garbage shoot that was filled with cockroaches. And I could not have made a better decision." 3. Failure: "You cannot let a fear of failure, or a fear of comparison, or a fear of judgement stop you from doing what's going to make you great. You cannot succeed without this risk of failure, you cannot have a voice without the risk of criticism and you cannot love without the risk of loss. You must go out and take these risk. … Do what’s uncomfortable, and scary, and hard, but pays off in the long run. Be willing to fail. Let yourself fail. Fail in the way and the place where you would want to fail. Fail, pick yourself up and fail again. Because without this struggle, what is your success anyway?" |
This speech is also a preview of our rhetoric unit when we will discuss thesis, pathos, ethos, logos, and audience.
1. What is the point (thesis) Charlie Day is making in the speech? 2. What is his pathos (emotion) in the speech? 3. What is his ethos (credibility)? 4. What is the logos (logic) of the speech? 5. Who is his audience? How does he relate to the audience? DEFINITIONS |