COURSE TITLE: HONORS ENGLISH

GRADE LEVEL: 10

TEACHER: MRS. ANN WEDGE

DESCRIPTION: Students will read quality literature and identify various genres; develop the discipline necessary to analyze and evaluate constructively and independently assigned literature.

The composition portion will stress writing as a process involving prewriting, writing, and revision. Particular attention to writing to specific audiences for a variety of purposes, organizing and developing ideas, achieving coherence within paragraphs and within the essay as a whole, and to argue or explain a point logically will be emphasized.

VOCABULARY: Ten words a week.

ESSAYS: Students should expect announced in-class papers. In addition to these there will be out-of-class papers.

GRADING

ESSAYS: On the day that a major paper is due, it will be turned in to me. Your letter grade will be lowered one letter for each day it is late. Weekends count as two days. Get the paper to school: there are few, if any, acceptable excuses for later papers.

CLASS

DISCUSSION: Because it is absolutely essential that the students further develop listening and speaking skills, class discussion is an extremely important aspect of this course.

OBJECTIVE

TESTS: These frequently precede an essay examination to aid students in organizing material before they begin to write.

RESEARCH

PAPER: A 10-page research paper will be written the third nine weeks. Students will select a topic based upon my approval.