English 12 Honors Open House Part 1

English 12 Honors

I love what I do . . .

I love what I do . . .

I express this love

through the quality of my teaching.

Background

■North East, PA■Vineyards■Grape Pickers!

Communications Career

■Public Relations■Theater■Advertising■Bookselling

Education

Grove City College

New YorkUniversity

OxfordUniversity

A World of Literature

“Around the World in 180 Days”A Survey of Literature from East to West,

from Ancient to Postmodern

Welcome, Armchair Travelers!

TextsANCIENT

Ganesha INDIABhagavad GitaSiddharthaGilgamesh MIDDLE EASTPoetry of RumiThe Analects CHINATao Te ChingHiroshima JAPANHaikuOedipus Rex GREECEThe Inferno

Texts

MODERN

Macbeth BRITAINRime of the Ancient MarinerHeart of Darkness Things Fall Apart NIGERIACyrano de Bergerac FRANCELike Water for Chocolate MEXICOThe Proposal RUSSIAAnthemLetters to a Young Poet GERMANYSmoke Signals NATIVE AM

Narrative Inquiry

Reader-as-researcher-experience

Students compile “field text,” a notebook of notes, hunches, memories, questions, images, tentative answers . . .

Blog

Students extend classroom discussion in class blog and practice online discourseand citation skills.

EssaysCritical approaches to literature(Formalist, Archetype, Reader-Response, Historical)

Research Paper8-10 page Source Research PaperAbout a literary topic (world, non-American)Using research and notetakingMLA Documentation

The Research Paper Process

Topic Search SeptemberThesis & Source Search OctoberResearch & Notetaking NovemberOutline DecemberWriting 1st Draft JanuaryRevision & 2nd Draft FebruaryRevision & Final Draft April

Reading Assignments

Ancient texts/poeticup to 15 pages

Medieval textsup to 25 pages

Modern textsup to 40 pages

Reader-Responseto make meaning

Informal writing200-500 words

Visual art

In-class process drama

Discussion/reflection

Homework and Assignments

Overnight homework is due by the beginning of the next class period.

Not accepted late, per se

Next day = ✔ Two or fewer ✔s = full credit at

quarter’s end

Larger asssignments such as projects will be announced with criteria and time to do quality work.

They may be submitted late for credit.

7% deducted per school day late

Homework and Assignments

Missed Classes and Make Up Are the Students' Responsibility

Work due in timecommensurate with time missed.

Make up tests on Wednesdays before or after school.

What’s Due?

Check the Assignment Calendarat charlesyoungs.com

Email: youngs.charles@bpsd.org