3000 English - American Literature
2011-2021 Course Expectations
Instructor: Mrs. Livengood Room: 107-G
Phone: 242-3700 ext. 5713 Homework Hotline: 246-5678 ext. 6713
Email: elivengood@mvths.org Credit Hours: ½ Credit per semester
Prerequisite: English I, English II
Course Website: www.quia.com/profiles/elivengood
Textbooks and Class Materials:
Textbook: Language of Literature: American Literature. McDougal Littel
1 inch or larger binder
Paper
Pen/Pencil- Only black and blue ink
Specific Course Description:
First Semester: This survey course will cover the beginnings of American Literature through the Civil War. Reading, writing, speaking and listening will be emphasized. Students will complete an in depth study of the play The Crucible and ACT/PSAE preparation, compare/contrast essay and the persuasive essay.
Second Semester: This survey course will cover American Literature from the Civil War to present. Reading, writing, speaking and listening will be emphasized Students will complete an in depth study of the novel Tom Sawyer and The Great Gatsby and along with ACT/PSAE preparation, literary analysis and further practice of the persuasive essay.
Instructional Modes:
1. Lecture/Discussion
2. Demonstrations (films, transparencies, slides)
3. Investigations via: group work, individual study, essay, project, etc
Student Evaluation: Students will be evaluated and earn points in the following categories: class participation (bell work), worksheets, online assignments, essays, projects, quizzes, and tests. Grade is assessed by total points earned in a quarter.
Office Hours: From 8:00 a.m. to 8:10 a.m. and from the end of the school day till 4:00. Other time may be available if prearranged.
Academic Dishonesty or Plagiarism:Review the schools policy regarding academic dishonesty in the Student Handbook.
Administrative Policy: Administrative policy prohibits the following: eating or drinking in the classroom (you may bring bottled water); bringing unauthorized individuals to the classroom.
Attendance Policy: Each student is expected to attend all class meetings. The student is expected to be on time and ready to begin class with the proper materials at the beginning of each class period. Poor attendance will result in a lower grade.
Topical Outline:
Semester 1
• Native American Writing
o The World on the Turtle’s Back (24)
o Compare/Contrast Essay
• Puritan Writing
o Anne Bradstreet: “To My Dear and Loving Husband” (139); “Upon the Burning of Our House” (140)
o Jonathan Edwards: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” (153)
o The Examination of Sarah Good (144)
• “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller (164)
• Revolutionary Writing
o Ben Franklin: Poor Richard’s Almanac (292)
o Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence (270)
o Patrick Henry: Speech in the Virginia Convention (263)
o Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address (handout)
o Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream (audio/handout)
o Persuasive Essay
• Romanticism/Transcendentalists
• Gothic Writing
o Edgar Allen Poe: Raven (466); Masque of the Red Death (454)
o Rose for Emily (516)
o Washington Irving: The Devil and Tom Walker (349)
o Flannery O’Connor: The Life You Save May Be Your Own (528)
o Alfred Hitchcock: The Birds (movie – excerpt)
• Grammar
• ACT/PSAE Prep
Semester 2
• Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
• Poetry
o Emily Dickinson:
o Robert Frost
o Langston Hughes
o Longfellow
o Walt Whitman
o E.A. Robinson
o Carl Sandburg
o Edgar Lee Masters
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• War Unit
o Why Soldiers Won’t Talk
o Letter from Paradise
o Ambush/The Things They Carried/Fallen Angels
• Persuasive Essay
• MLA Research Essay
• Future Unit
• Grammar
• ACT/PSAE Prep
I require a high degree of personal responsibility to be shown in the classroom. This includes respect for self and others. Classroom expectations, rules and consequences are posted in the classroom and are as follows:
Classroom Rules and Procedures:
Basic Rules
1. Respect each other.
2. Respect the learning environment.
3. Arrive on time and prepared for class.
4. Listen to the instructions given, and follow them closely.
Reason for Rules
1. Each person has value, and their ideas and opinions matter to me.
2. We are all here to learn, and to prepare ourselves for the challenges we will meet in the future.
3. The time we spend here is limited, and we must all stay focused on maximizing our learning experience.
Classroom Guidelines
1. Be in your assigned seat and working on the assigned bell work when the tardy bell rings.
2. Bring ALL books and materials to class and take them with you when you leave.
3. Follow directions the first time they are given.
4. Treat each person in this room with respect and dignity.
5. No personal grooming during class time
6. No eating or drinking in this classroom – exception bottled water
7. Use restroom before class ( attend to all personal needs before class)
8. Follow all procedures and policies as outlined in the MVTHS handbook.
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Weekly Schedule (Including Homework):
Week of Jan 9-13
Monday: Introduce 3rd Qtr IRN project; go to library to get book; read IRN
Tuesday: Test Prep – in class assignment; read IRN
Wednesday: Begin reading The Great Gatsby; read IRN
Thursday: Read The Great Gatsby; read IRN
Friday: Grammar p.205 11.1 ex 1, 2, 3 and 11.2 ex 3, 4; read IRN
Week of Jan 16-20
Monday – no school
Tuesday – Test Prep – group work in class; HWK: IRN
Wednesday – Discuss chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby, begin chapter 3; HWK: IRN
Thursday – Read and discuss chapter 3, begin chapter 4; HWK: IRN
Friday – grammar page 209 11.3 ex5, 6 11.4 ex7, 8, 9
Week of Jan 23-27
Monday: Read IRN
Tuesday: Test Prep in class assignment
Wednesday: finish work for Ch 3 of Gatsby and begin reading Ch 4
Thursday: Read Ch 4 of Gatsby
Friday: grammar page 213 11.5 ex 10, 11, 12 and 11.6 ex 13, 14.
Week of Jan 3- Feb 3
Monday: Read IRN
Tuesday: WIN curriculum
Wednesday: Read Chapter 5 of Gatsby
Thursday: Read Chapter 6 of Gatsby
Friday: grammar review packet (CH11) due
Week of Feb 12
Monday: read IRN – project due Friday March 2
Tuesday: WIN
Wednesday: finish chapter 6 discussion and activities; begin chapter 8
Thursday: finish chapter 8 and discussion
Friday: (half day) grammar p223 12.1 ex 1,2
Week of Feb 20
Monday: no school
Tuesday: WIN
Wednesday: Read chapter 7
Thursday: Read chapter 8
Friday: grammar 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Week of Feb 27
Monday: IRN
Tuesday: novel packet
Wednesday: novel packet
Thursday: Quiz over Chapters 5-9 of The Great Gatsby; hwk novel study guide
Friday: Grade novel study guide; IRN project due
Week of Mar 3
Monday: no school
Tuesday: WIN
Wednesday: review for test
Thursday: Gatsby final novel test
Friday: (end of quarter) end of quarter test, grammar
Week of 3/19 schedule:
Monday: test prep and begin nonviolence unit
Tuesday: WIN
Wednesday: continue nonviolence unit
Thursday: continue nonviolence unit
Friday: test prep
Week of 3/26 schedule:
Monday: continue nonviolence unit
Tuesday: in class writing assignment over nonviolence unit
Wednesday: grammar Ch 14
Thursday: grammar Ch 14
Friday: grammar Ch 14
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