Course Description: This course is designed to provide
college-bound students an inferential
and in-depth overview of American literature from a chronological
perspective.
Course Objective: Emphasis is on the implementation
and comprehension of formal essays,
sermons, historical documents, speeches, short stories, poetry, drama,
and the novel within
a thematic and historical framework. In addition to literature, the
course includes vocabulary,
writing from an integrated approach, and HSPA review and preparation.
Technology, especially
CD-ROMS, the Internet, and PowerPoint presentations, are used to facilitate
research and to
complete projects.
Course Requirements: Course activities and projects
required for successful completion of the
course may include, but are not limited to research paper, SSR, homework,
test/quizzes,
class participation, essays, Midterm, Final.
Criteria for Assessing Student Performance:
Tests 20%
Quizzes 15%
Homework 15%
Reading 15%
Essays 10%
Class Participation 15%
Notebook 10%
Textbooks, Related Readings: Language of Literature - McDougall & Littell
