English 10 Course Syllabus
2002-2003
Miss Ware
Course Rationale: English 10 follows the college preparatory sequence which began with English 9. The focus of the course includes the following:
- critical study of various literary forms
- critical study of various non-ficition forms
- writing effective essays in a variety of forms using the writing process
Writiing: 4 writing process pieces
- autobiographical sketch
- comparison & contrast essay
- news article
- persuassive essay
- research paper
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Reading: Units of Instruction
- Biography
- Drama
- Novel
- Poetry
- Short Story
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Additional Writing
- Book projects
- Essay tests
- Journals
- Reflective writing
- Summaries
- In class writings
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Materials
- Adventures in Appreciation
- Night
- Old Man and the Sea
- Warriner's Fourth Course
- Julius Caesar
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Important Points
- Each student must keep a notebook (3 ring binder) and bring it to class daily. All papers should be kept in this notebook along with a table of contents.
- All assignments must include a name, date, hour, and assignment title in the upper right hand corner.