ENGLISH III
COURSE SYLLABUS

NOVEL: To Kill a Mockingbird

FIRST THREE WEEKS:
Vocabulary Lessons (workbook)
Sentence Combining (handouts)
Narrative writing process
Literature—Breaking Free:
• Benjamin Franklin
• Amerigo Paredes
• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson

SECOND THREE WEEKS:
Vocabulary Lessons (workbook)
Sentence Combining (handouts)
Measuring Up Workbook
Literature—Gaining Insight
• William Cullen Bryant
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Henry David Thoreau

THIRD THREE WEEKS:
Vocabulary Lessons (workbook)
Sentence Combining (handouts)
Measuring Up Workbook
Literature—Unit 3
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Walt Whitman
Finish Novel

END OF 1ST THREE WEEKS

RESEARCH PROJECT: American author

FOURTH THREE WEEKS:
Vocabulary Lessons (workbook)
Sentence Combining (handouts)
Measuring Up Workbook
Research Project—American author
• Locate sources (5)
• Make source cards
• Take notes over sources

FIFTH THREE WEEKS:
Vocabulary Lessons (workbook)
Sentence Combining (handouts)
Measuring Up Workbook
Research Project—American author
• Organize notes (outline)
• Rough draft
• Final copy

SIXTH THREE WEEKS:
Vocabulary Lessons (workbook)
Sentence Combining (handouts)
Measuring Up Workbook
Literature—Acting on an Idea
The Crucible

ENGLISH II
COURSE SYLLABUS

FIRST NINE WEEKS

NOVEL: The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

FIRST THREE WEEKS:
Vocabulary Workbook Lessons
Grammar: Parts of a Sentence and Phrases
Writing: Narratives (TAKS)
TAKS Practice
Literature: The Short Story
• “Through the Tunnel” (plot)
• “The Monkey’s Paw” (theme and suspense)
• “The Interlopers” (conflicts)
• “The Masque of the Red Death” (setting and mood)

SECOND THREE WEEKS:
Vocabulary Workbook Lessons
Grammar: Clauses and Sentence Structure
Writing: Narratives (TAKS)
TAKS Practice
Literature: Nonfiction
• “Travels with Charley”
• “I’ve seen the Promised Land”

THIRD THREE WEEKS:
Vocabulary Workbook Lessons
Grammar: Verb Tenses and Voice
Writing: Original Poems/Narratives (TAKS)
TAKS Practice
Literature: Poetry
Selected poems from the literature book

END OF FIRST NINE WEEKS—Semester Exam

SECOND NINE WEEKS

BEGIN RESEARCH PROJECT

FOURTH THREE WEEKS:
Vocabulary Workbook Lessons
Grammar: Subject/Verb Agreement
Writing: Reflective Essay/Research
• Choose Topic
• Locate Sources
• Make source cards
TAKS Practice
Literature: Drama
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

FIFTH THREE WEEKS
Vocabulary Workbook Lessons
Grammar: Using Pronouns Correctly
Writing: Research Project
• Take notes over sources
• Make note cards
TAKS Practice
Literature: Humor part 1
• “A Cat’s Garden of Verses”
• “An American Childhood”

SIXTH THREE WEEKS
Vocabulary Workbook Lessons
Grammar: Capitalization and Punctuation
Writing: Research Project
• Organize note cards
• Write a rough draft
• Prepare the final copy
TAKS Practice
Literature: Humor
• “What Is and Ain’t Grammatical”
• “The Car We Had to Push”
• Watch movie Robin Hood: Men in Tights

FINAL EXAM