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Tentative Course Outline



First Nine Weeks


Literature Unit - Beginnings of American Literature

Drama - The Crucible by Arthur Miller (in literature book)

Literature Unit – American Romanticism

Vocabulary (throughout nine weeks)

Journal Writing    (throughout nine weeks)

Research Paper Process (MLA format, plagiarism, etc.)

Writing - Descriptive and Narrative

Fiction—Outside reading as assigned

Second Nine Weeks

Literature Unit – American Renaissance

Fiction - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Outside reading as assigned

Vocabulary (throughout nine weeks)

Journal Writing (throughout nine weeks)

Preparation for TCAP-Writing Assessment

Writing - Research Paper (Literary Analysis)

Third Nine Weeks

Literature Unit – The Rise of Realism

Preparation for TCAP (Writing Assessment) and ACT

Fiction – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

        Outside reading as assigned

Journal Writing (throughout nine weeks)

Vocabulary (throughout nine weeks)

Writing - Creative Writing/Poetry and Persuasion

Fourth Nine Weeks

TN state required ACT TEST (all 11th grade students) and EOC test prep

Literature Unit – The Moderns

Novel- Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Literature Unit – Contemporary Literature

Vocabulary (throughout nine weeks)

Journal Writing (throughout nine weeks)

Remember, this syllabus is subject to change at the teacher’s discretion.












   













   









   










   
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