English 12 Syllabus

English 12
Crossroads Charter High School
Ms. Rougley
Room 6

Course Objectives

Students in English IV will integrate all the language skills gained throughout their education. The curriculum both affirms these skills and equips the students to be life-long learners. Students continue to explore expressive, expository, argumentative and literary contexts with a focus on British Literature. The emphasis in English IV is on argumentation by developing a position of advocacy through reading, writing, speaking, listening and using media. Students will:
• Express reflections and reactions to texts.
• Explain principles inspired by the curriculum.
• Interpret and qualify texts.
• Research and address issues of public or personal concern.
• Create products and presentations which maintain standard conventions of the written and spoken language.
--The North Carolina Standards of Learning

This course has been designed to offer an introduction to British literature beginning with the Old English texts of the Anglo-Saxons and moving through time to Modern English. We will focus on developing our understanding of the hero/heroine experience as it presents itself in the works of British authors.

We will cover works from the following time periods in the Prentice Hall Textbook:

Anglo-Saxon Period (450-1066)
Middle English Period (1066-1500)
The Renaissance (1500-1660)
The Neoclassical Period (1660-1785)
The Romantic Period (1785-1832)
The Victorian Period (1832-1901)
The Modern Period (1914 – Present)











In addition, we will be reading a few of the following major works outside of the textbook: Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, A Christmas Carol, or Heart of Darkness. Novels can be added to this list as the semester goes along. These novels will be available to you this semester brand new at a cost. However, no one book costs more than three dollars.

Ms. Rougley is on the web
I am excited to offer students and parents an easy way to check homework, download handouts, and access links. By visiting www.englishrougley.blogspot.com, you will be able to read the course description and keep up with assignments.

Classroom Expectations
You are expected to arrive on time and use class time wisely. I consider you tardy if you are not in your seat with your journal when the bell rings. Always come prepared. Your book is not a suitable tool for organizing your papers.

Homework: Homework is due when it is due. If you are absent the day a previously attributed assignment is due, it will be due the next day you come to school, even if you are tardy. Homework assignments are posted on the side board and on my wikispace. Do not ask me what your homework was until you have first consulted these resources. You must complete all assignments. You do not have an option of whether you want to take a zero on an assignment. Homework assignments will be randomly collected and checked.

The Senior Exit will provide you with many homework, daily and essay grades. The Senior Exit is also required by all students.

Please refrain from “packing up” before my signal. You will have plenty of time to get where you are going.

Bathroom passes are for emergencies. Please do not abuse this policy.

I am not beyond giving pop quizzes.

Make-up work: If you are absent, you must either visit www.englishrougley.blogspot.com to retrieve the work you missed or pull your missing work from the filing cabinet in the back of the classroom. If you are absent on the day of an announced quiz or test, you are expected to make up the assignment the day you return to school. I am available for tutoring and/or make-up work every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon until 4:30pm.

All work that is not original must be properly documented using the MLA system. Anything not original and not documented will be considered plagiarism. Parents and administration will be notified, and student will receive a zero for the assignment. This holds true for:
• Copying all or part of an assignment from another student
• Copying part of a source for use in an assignment
• Cutting and pasting parts of websites into an assignment

You will be viewed as young adults and will be treated with the respect you deserve. However, if you behave in an inappropriate manner, you will lose that respect until you make a conscious effort to earn it back.

Grading Policy

Tests: 30%
Quizzes (vocabulary and reading): 20%
Writing Assignments and Projects: 25%
Participation (includes daily journal): 10%
Homework: 15%


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Parents or Guardians: please email me ASAP: cynthia.rougley@crossroadscharter.org I’ll build an email address book for easy correspondence. Also, please bookmark www.englishrougley.blogspot.com so you can keep up with your child’s progress in my course. Thanks!