Oneida High School

English

Mrs. Jenny Martin

jennymartin@highland.net    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Rules

 

  Grading Policy

 
Syllabus  English I
Syllabus  English II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classroom Rules:

Be in class ready to begin work when the tardy bell rings.

Bring notebook, paper, pencil, and book to class.

Do not be on the floor while I am teaching.

Wait until the bell rings to be dismissed.

Do not ask to be excused unless it is an emergency.

No food or drink in the classroom.

Keep all objects to yourself.

Please raise your hand before speaking.

 

 

 

Grading Policy:

Homework, quizzes, and spelling-vocabulary tests count one-half of your grade.

Major test and journal counts as one-fourth of your grade.

Special projects count as one-fourth of your grade.

Students who have an excused absence will be allowed to make up work.  They will be given one week from the

date of the absence to have the work completed.  It will be their responsibility to make sure that they make up the

work.

Students who have an unexcused absence will not be allowed to make up work.

 

Syllabus  English I:

 

Course description:

            Fundamentals of grammar are stressed in order to express ideas, understand ideas, and comprehend ideas. 

Literature is presented in order to appreciate the types of writing, with emphasis on definite literary terms.

 

 

Goals:

  1. Students should master the correct usage of words by expressing their ideas.
  2. Mechanics of grammar should provide students with the ability to spell, punctuate, and capitalize correctly.
  3. Students will strive to learn new words and the rules for spelling.
  4. Students should be familiar with many types of literature; short stories, plays, poetry, and novels.
  5. Literary terms will be stressed.
  6. Writing and speaking should be applied to all areas.

 

 

Skills first semester

  1. Parts of speech
  2. Parts of sentence
  3. Phrases
  4. Agreement of subject and verb; pronoun and antecedent
  5. Sentence structure
  6. Composition
  7. Mechanics
  8. Spelling and vocabulary

 

Skills second semester

  1. Short stories
  2. Poetry
  3. Plays
  4. Novel

 

Course requirements

  1. Participation in class
  2. Spelling and vocabulary development
  3. Journal
  4. Oral reports
  5. Tests
  6. Quizzes
  7. Homework
  8. Projects

 

Syllabus  English II

 

Course description

            English II is a course designed to develop and enhance reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking skills.

Students will be required to make oral presentations, read and analyze works of prose and poetry, and write essays on

reading selections.

 

 

General Course Objectives

    1. To sharpen skills in conventional grammatical usage, punctuation, and sentence structure.
    2. To sharpen organizational skills in writing.
    3. To master good speaking and listening skills.
    4. To sharpen reading skills by understanding plot, theme, character, setting, point of view, symbol,

irony, imagery, simile, metaphor, etc.                                                    

    1. To develop research skills such as note taking, outlining, paraphrasing, and the works cited page.

 

 

Topics to be covered

            The students will spend the first grading period reviewing grammar skills, both mechanics and usage.  In

addition to the grammar study, students will be introduced to the short story as a literary form.  The students will

read short stories and analyze the elements.  They will also write essays on these stories.

 

            In order to prepare for the GATEWAY TEST, students will continue studying grammar mechanics and usage.

The novel will be introduced during this nine weeks.  The students will read Silas Marner by George Eliot.  Poetry will

also be introduced during this time period.

 

            During this grading period the students will read two plays-one Elizabethan and one modern.  Prior to reading

these plays, the students will do a study of the playwrights’ lives and times in order to see how these aspects affected their works.  Writing response journals will also be included in this nine weeks.

 

            In the last grading period the students will do an intense review for the GATEWAY TEST.  The students will also

read another novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles.

 

 

Course requirements

    1. Participation in class
    2. Spelling and vocabulary
    3. Essays
    4. Journal
    5. Oral reports
    6. Tests
    7. Quizzes
    8. Homework
    9. Projects