WORLD LITERATURE I
COURSE OUTLINE
2009-20010
Meredith Atkinson
Email: atkinson@norwellschools.org
Voice mail: 781-659-8808
Website: norwellschools.org (click on Atkinson)
The mission statement of Norwell High School is to provide an engaging, supportive environment where students strive for excellence, practice respect and contribute to society.
Integrity • Learning•Respect•Responsibility
Course: World Literature I, grade 9, College Preparatory and Honors
Student work will focus on the following NHS student expectations for learning:
• Use resources and time effectively
• Collect and organize information
• Listen receptively and critically in a variety of settings
• Read, interpret and evaluate ideas through multiple media sources including the fine arts
• Take responsibility for their decisions and behaviors
Course expectations:
• Students will come prepared to class with a loose-leaf notebook, pen/pencil, and text under consideration.
• Students should expect to be doing an outside reading each term.
• Students should expect 30-45 minutes of homework each night.
• Students should expect a vocabulary quiz each week.
• Students should expect to be writing in a variety of modes on a regular basis.
Course skills/ concepts:
• Students will be exposed to study and test taking skill building
• Students will be exposed to all genres: novel, play, short story, poetry, nonfiction.
• Students will be exposed to many literary terms.
• Students will be exposed to formats for paragraphs and the five-paragraph essay.
• Students will review grammatical constructions.
• Students will be exposed to vocabulary skill building.
Major units:
• Ancient Empires: Myth and The Odyssey
• Classical World: Oedipus Rex
• Middles Ages: Canterbury Tales
• Renaissance: Romeo and Juliet
• Modern Age: Lord of the Flies
Text and requirements/ materials:
• World Literature
• Elements of Writing
• Vocabulary for the High School Student
N.B.: Texts may vary as to selection and order taught.
Homework policy/ major projects:
• Students should expect to do 30-45 minutes each night of homework.
• Students should expect to be reading an outside reading book each term.
Grading system:
• Each assignment will be graded on a 100-point system and weighed according to value.
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