English 11

Mr. Fanning

763-433-4059

brian.fanning@anoka.k12.mn.us  

www.anoka.k12.mn.us/step/fanning  

 

•I.   Supplies - needed every day

•A. Pen or Pencil

•B. Notebook

•C. Independent reading book

•D. Novel and or project materials

•E.   Writeable media for saving computer work.

 

•II. Grades

•A. Grading scale

•i.   90% - 100% = A

•ii.   80% - 89% = B

•iii.   70% - 79% = C

•iv.   60% - 69% = D

•v.   below 60% = F

•vi.   Grade printouts will be available on Mondays after the second week of the quarter.  AH connect will be updated as soon as possible after the grade printouts are available.

 

•B. Assessment

•i.   Classroom participation and effort

•ii.   Daily assignments and activities

•iii.   Projects and assessments

•iv.   Independent reading

•C. Late work 

•i.   Attach an absent slip to all work not turned in on due date if you were absent.

•ii.   Students will have 3 late slips to turn in late work.  After the late slips are consumed, no late work will be accepted.  Lost late slips will not be replaced.

•D. Daily grades on task management skills

•i.   Demonstrate a respect for others (No harassment, bad jokes, and other offensive behavior.  Refer to behavior contract.)

•ii.   Have all required materials stated in part I and assignments.

•iii.   Manage time well.

•iv.   Participate in all class activities.

 

•III. Absence and Tardy policy.

•A. It is YOUR responsibility to check with me and complete all assignments.

•B. It is YOUR responsibility to make contact with me before or after school for clarification and help.

•C. If you are marked absent you will need an admit slip from the office to come back to class.  If you come to class and have to leave to get a slip, you will be marked tardy. 

•D. If you are tardy once, you will stay after class; if you are tardy a second time, you will see Mr. Bartsh.

 

•IV.   Plagiarism is always grounds for failure.

Welcome to English 11.  In this course, we will be studying American literature in a chronological approach.  English 11 has the over arching theme of the American Dream.  Our objective is to read and analyze a variety of American literature within a historical perspective to gain a cultural understanding of the values for a particular period in time.

 

The time periods we will be examining are:

 

• Colonialism (1600 - 1800)   Bradstreet, Edwards, Jefferson

 

• American Romanticism (1800 - 1860) Longfellow, Thoreau, Hawthorne

 

• Realism (1860 - 1914)   Douglass, Lincoln, Chopin

 

• Modernism (1914 - 1939)   Frost, Hughes, Hurston, Clifton 

 

• Contemporary (1939 - Present)   Cofer, Tan, Walcott

 

Along with the reading and analysis of literature, there are four "writing" assignments which are District Common Assessments for the 11^th grade.  A common assessment means that all 11^th grade students must do these assignments and they must be turned into the school district by the teacher.  The Common Assessments are:

 

• Media Analysis Paper:  Students will analyze a print ad and write an essay identifying techniques, style and cultural value of the ad.  This will be done near the beginning of 1^st quarter.

 

• Persuasive speech with research:  Students will research and present a speech persuading student to take action or change thinking on some topic or issue. This will be done near the end of 1^st quarter.

 

• Research Essay:  Students will examine a person, place, piece of literature or music and research how this topic has impacted the contemporary American culture.  This paper will be done near the end of the 2^nd quarter.

 

• Reflection Portfolio:  Students will write 3 brief essays where reflection on a particular period of time and its values is still felt in contemporary culture.  This project will be done throughout the quarter, usually at the end of one of the periods.

Independent reading will be 10% of your grade.  Independent reading materials can be anything that is in print such as but not limited to book, magazines, graphic novels, etc.  Each day, students will receive 10 points arriving to class with independent reading material and spending the allotted time independently reading.  Students will receive 5 points for arriving to class without reading material and a book must be loaned for the reading time; the student must read for the allotted reading time to receive the 5 points.  Finally a student may receive a zero for not reading during the allotted reading time.