English I Regular

Tentative Syllabus*

2007-2008

 

1^st 9-Weeks

 

Animal Farm

Short stories

Literary terms (year round)

Jane Schaffer writing process (year round)

Grammar:

            *review parts of speech

            *locating prep phrases

            *locating sub/verb

            *kinds of sentences—simple, compound, complex, fragments, run-ons

            *locating appositives

 

2^nd 9-Weeks

 

Odyssey

Writing process

Grammar

            *verbs

            *sub/verb agreement

            *pronouns/agreement

           

3^rd 9-Weeks

Lord of the Flies

Writing process

Grammar

            *modifiers

            *phrases

            *clauses

 

4^th 9-Weeks

Romeo and Juliet

Research

Poetry

Writing process

Grammar

            *capitalization/punctuation

            *review

            *diagramming