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Advanced English I Grading

 

Assessments    = 40%

 

Assignments    = 60%

 

Marking periods will weigh as 45% each; Final exams are 10%

 



Each of the following units will be covered over approximately 30 days. Each unit will include a variety of class work, homework, participation, quiz, writing, tests, and project assignments and will conclude with a benchmark assessment similar to the pre-assessment and final exam.

 

 I. Author’s Purpose

     A. Fahrenheit 451 and dystopia

  1. “The Pedestrian”

  2. “Primal Screen”

      B. Literary Analysis

      C. Narrative

 

II. Facing Monsters

    A. “Cask of Amontillado

    B. Narrative Writing

    C. Literary Analysis

    D. The Odyssey

 

III. **Research Paper**   

   

IV. Turning Points

    A. “The Necklace”

    B. “Gift of the Magi”
    C. Argumentative Writing

    D. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

    E. Literary Analysis