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English 10 Honors
2004-2005 syllabus
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This syllabus is subject to change, in terms of both content and schedule. In addition to major fiction works, each unit will include thematically-related poetry, short fiction and nonfiction, extensive writing instruction, grammar, and vocabulary. In conjunction with each unit, students will work on individual digital English portfolios. Detailed notes, resources, and assignments are posted for each unit.
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Unit I - The Power of One
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- Course overview/expectations
- The Power of One – Bryce Courtenay (summer reading )
- Forrest Gump - directed by Robert Zemeckis (download screening report sheet - Word document)
- Writing instruction/ set up writing portfolios and anchor sets
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Unit II - The Personal Quest
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- Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse
- The Bean Trees – Barbara Kingsolver
- Central Station - directed by Walter Salles - or - Smoke Signals - directed by Chris Eyre
- “Taught Me Purple” - poem by Evelyn Tooley Hunt
- “Mother to Son” - poem by Langston Hughes
- “Indian Business” - short story Eric Howard
- The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
- Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer
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Unit III - The Search for Identity: Conformity and Nonconformity
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Unit V - The Beast Within
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- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
- Lord of the Flies - William Golding
- Empire of the Sun - directed by Stephen Spielberg (download screening report sheet - Word document)
- Macbeth – William Shakespeare
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Unit VI - Where Do We Go From Here?
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- Anthem - Ayn Rand
- Literature Circles:
- Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
- The Stranger - Albert Camus
- Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
- A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
- Childhood’s End - Arthur C. Clarke
- Personal Narrative writing unit
- Final exam prep/final exam
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