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West Florence High School

221 N. Beltline Drive

Florence, SC 29501

(843) 664-8472

(843) 664-8475 (fax)

This site is produced and maintained by Mrs. Kim Cimney

Last updated on 8/5/2008

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English 2 CP	This class is designed for 10th graders on the Florence District One College Preparatory track. The class is designed to prepare the students for the Palmetto Achievement Curriculum Test, college courses, college curriculum, and college requirements.
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English 2 Syllabus
UNITS TO BE COVERED/TIMELINE First 4.5 weeks Short Stories – several shorts stories & elements of the short story Vocabulary (20 words per week) Grammar (also done in each unit) Writing (also done each unit) Second 4.5 weeks A Separate Peace (novel) Research Paper Vocabulary/Grammar Third 4.5 weeks Julius Caesar (play in book) Antigone (play) Vocabulary/Grammar Fourth 4.5 weeks Night (novel) Medieval Romance Poetry (6-8 poems and elements of poetry) Vocabulary/Grammar CLASS RULES Be on time with materials ready Remain seated unless otherwise instructed Raise hand to speak in class discussions NO FOOD OR DRINK ALLOWED (bottled water OK) Always show respect to teacher & fellow classmates RESTROOM PROCEDURES THREE restroom passes per nine weeks If found wandering or visiting, passes will be revoked WEEKLY SCHEDULE This will be on the side board each Monday for you to record in your agenda. It will also be posted at www.fsd1.org/westflorence If you are absent the day before a quiz, test or paper/project in which the due date was already posted and no new material has been covered, then you ARE responsible to take/turn in upon arrival back. Late assignments will be deducted 20% for each day they are late and no assignments will be accepted after 3 days. MAKE-UP WORK · Work must be made up within 5 days, per blue book Make-up work is YOUR responsibility! Literature unit test make-ups will be all short answer/essay GRADES – Point system Ø TESTS – all unit lit. tests count twice Ø QUIZZES –If you are absent the day before a quiz and it was on the schedule, then you must take the quiz, unless it is over material covered in class. Ø Research Paper – 20% of grade Ø Exams – 20% of grade MATERIALS Ø 3-ring binder for in-class notes, hand-outs, etc. Ø separate composition notebook for HSAP(PACT) journal(will not be accepted unless in proper notebook) Ø manila clasp envelope for research paper Ø use black or blue ink pens only for work to be turned in

English 3 CP	This class is designed for 11th graders on the Florence District One College Preparatory track. The class is designed to prepare the students for the college entrance exams, college courses, college curriculum, and college requirements.
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English 3 Syllabus
English 3 CP – Course Description Mrs. Cimney LITERATURE UNITS TO BE COVERED 1. Puritanism – Jonathan Edwards, Cotton Mather, E. Taylor, The Crucible 2. Romanticism – Irving, Cooper, Bryant, Poe 3. Transcendentalism – Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman 4. Anti-Transcendentalism – Moby Dick(Herman Melville & The Scarlet Letter(Hawthorne) 5. Poetry – Dickinson, Fireside Poets 6. Realism & the Frontier – Twain, Chopin, London, Bierce, Crane 7. The Great Gatsby – by F. Scott Fitzgerald - 1920s & realism 8. Of Mice & Men – by John Steinbeck – naturalism 9. A Raisin in the Sun – by Lorraine Hansberry, also poems by Langston Hughes TEXTBOOKS 1.Elements of Literature 2.Elements of Language 3.The Writer’s Craft 4. Selected paperbacks VOCABULARY · Word lists given (20+ words per week) · Tests on Thursdays or Fridays (definitions, antonyms, sentence completions) GRAMMAR · Subject/verb agreement, pronoun usage, others as needed WRITING 1. Journals - consist of SAT words, sentences, and examples in SEPARATE notebook · Collected each grading period , must be a composition notebook 2. Various writing assignments/papers 3. Research paper using MLA format 4. Test essay questions using MLA format READING - Reading will be done in class and as homework. Reading assignments given as homework will have a quiz the following day. GRADES Ø TESTS – If you are absent the day before a quiz and it was on the schedule, then you must take the quiz, unless it is over material covered in class. Ø Late homework will not be accepted – If you are absent the day HW was due, it is YOUR responsibility to turn it in to me the day you return Ø Long term assignments(papers, projects) will not be accepted more than 3 days late, with a 20% late penalty for each day Ø Make-up work must be completed within 5 days, per blue book Ø Literature unit test make-ups are all short answer/essay !!!MAKE-UP WORK IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY!!! MATERIALS Ø 3-ring binder for in-class notes, hand-outs, etc. Ø separate composition notebook for SAT journal(will not be accepted unless in proper notebook) Ø manila clasp envelope for research paper Ø use black or blue ink pens only for work to be turned in CLASS RULES 1. Be on time 2. Be prepared with materials and books 3. Remain seated unless otherwise instructed (No lining up at door before bell!) 4. No food or drinks allowed 5. Restroom passes – 3 per quarter - must have Agenda book! 6. Raise hand to speak in class discussion 7. Always show respect and courtesy to teacher and fellow students