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    This American Literature & Composition syllabus outlines the course textbook, grading policy, units of study, and requirements. Over the 2015-2016 school year, students will study Colonial, Revolutionary, Romantic, Renaissance, Realism, Modern, and Harlem Renaissance literature. The course also includes weekly vocabulary and grammar lessons, daily reading time, and a family history project due in April. Grades are calculated as 70% from tests, projects, and 30% from classwork and homework. The EOCT exam in May counts as 20% of the final grade.

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    This American Literature & Composition syllabus outlines the course textbook, grading policy, units of study, and requirements. Over the 2015-2016 school year, students will study Colonial, Revolutionary, Romantic, Renaissance, Realism, Modern, and Harlem Renaissance literature. The course also includes weekly vocabulary and grammar lessons, daily reading time, and a family history project due in April. Grades are calculated as 70% from tests, projects, and 30% from classwork and homework. The EOCT exam in May counts as 20% of the final grade.

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    This American Literature & Composition syllabus outlines the course textbook, grading policy, units of study, and requirements. Over the 2015-2016 school year, students will study Colonial, Revolutionary, Romantic, Renaissance, Realism, Modern, and Harlem Renaissance literature. The course also includes weekly vocabulary and grammar lessons, daily reading time, and a family history project due in April. Grades are calculated as 70% from tests, projects, and 30% from classwork and homework. The EOCT exam in May counts as 20% of the final grade.

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    American Literature & Composition Syllabus

    Julie W. Jordan
    Textbook:
    Length:
    Course of Study:

    Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience


    2015-2016 School Year
    Common Core Georgia Performance Standards for American Literature
    & Composition

    Grading:
    Grades are tabulated by category weights: 70% for product
    assignments
    and 30% for process assignments. Any
    assignment graded for correctness is a
    product (tests, quizzes,
    projects). Any assignment graded for completion or
    participation
    is a process (classwork, journal entrys, homework).
    EOCT:

    The EOCT will be administered in May of 2016 and will count 20% of
    total course grade.

    Units of Study:

    Weeks 1-4
    Weeks 5-8
    Weeks 9-12

    Colonial Literature
    William Bradford, Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards
    Revolutionary Literature
    Ben Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine
    Romantic Literature
    Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan

    Poe
    Weeks 13-15 Renaissance Literature
    Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne
    Weeks 16-17 Emily Dickinson/Walt Whitman Project
    Week 18
    Midterm
    Weeks 19-23 Realism Literature
    Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Ambrose Bierce, E.A. Robinson
    Weeks 24-28 Modern Literature
    Katherine Porter, Dos Passos, e.e. cummings, Robert
    Frost
    Weeks 29-30 Harlem Renaissance
    Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes
    Weeks 31-33 Contemporary Literature
    Flannery OConnor, Anne Tyler, Ralph Ellison, Sylvia
    Plath,
    Alice Walker
    Weeks 34-36 Great Gatsby
    Vocabulary/Grammar:
    Students will have weekly vocabulary lessons and quizzes. We
    will also have grammar practice and study on a weekly basis.
    Reading Component:
    Students will participate in 10 minutes of quiet reading at the
    beginning of class each day.
    Junior Project:

    Students will complete a Family History Project with some assignments


    completed in class and others completed at home. The project will
    be due: April 12, 2016.

    Requirements:

    Students should have a composition notebook for this class as well as


    loose leaf paper, 3 prong/2 pocket folder, pencils and blue/black ink
    pens. Students will also need access to a flash drive for Chromebook
    work.

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