English Language Arts Course Offerings 2019-2020 - Dr. Christopher Michael Director of English Language Arts
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English Language Arts
Course Offerings
2019-2020
Dr. Christopher Michael
Director of English Language Arts
Effects of Independent Reading on Learners
The amount of free reading done outside of school has consistently been
found to relate to growth in vocabulary, reading comprehension, verbal
fluency, and general information (Anderson, Wilson, and Fielding 1988; Greaney 1980; Guthrie and Greaney 1991;
Taylor, Frye, and Maruyama 1990).
Students who read independently become better readers, score higher on
achievement tests in all subject areas, and have greater content knowledge
than those who do not (Krashen 1993; Cunningham and Stanovich 1991; Stanovich and Cunningham 1993).
Is your child reading every night?
OverDrive ~ Libby/Sora Electronic Platforms for Text and Audio Home (Currently Available) School (Coming Soon!)
Graduation Requirements for English in NYS
● 4 credits of HS English
● Passing score on the Common Core* English
Regents
The Common Core English
Regents Examination
● Part 1: Reading Comprehension
○ Read 3 texts and answer 24 multiple choice questions
● Part 2: Writing from Sources
○ Write an argument, citing 4 provided texts
● Part 3: Text Analysis
○ Write a 2-3 paragraph response, identifying the author’s central idea and analyzing their use of a
literary or rhetorical device to reinforce the central idea
I am Vertical
by Sylvia Plath
But I would rather be horizontal.
I am not a tree with my root in the soil
Sucking up minerals and motherly love
So that each March I may gleam into leaf,
Nor am I the beauty of a garden bed
Attracting my share of Ahs and spectacularly painted,
Unknowing I must soon unpetal.
Compared with me, a tree is immortal
And a flower-head not tall, but more startling,
And I want the one's longevity and the other's daring.
Tonight, in the infinitesimal light of the stars,
The trees and the flowers have been strewing their cool odors.
I walk among them, but none of them are noticing.
Sometimes I think that when I am sleeping
I must most perfectly resemble them --
Thoughts gone dim.
It is more natural to me, lying down.
Then the sky and I are in open conversation,
And I shall be useful when I lie down finally:
Then the trees may touch me for once, and the flowers have time for me.
English Course Sequence 19-20 English 12
AP Lang
English 10 English 11 & Comp
English 9
R
* last year
19-20
College
English
English 9 AP Lang
Honors & Comp
IB Lang &
Lit HLI R IB Lang &
* AP Lit Exam Lit HLII
R - Regents Exam * AP Lit ExamPreparing Students for the Advanced Placement
Literature and Composition Exam
Review Materials will be provided to prepare students
Review Sessions will be provided during the year to
further prepare for the challenges of this specific exam
Student Option to take the exam at the end of 11th or 12thRegents Level vs. Honors Level Courses ● Passion for the Subject ● Rigor ● Time Management Skills ● Texts Used - Level ● Amount of Reading/Writing ● Expectation for Independence ● Expectation for Motivation - Internal vs. External ** First Assignment - Summer Assignment for all courses based on course selection**
English 9 - English 9 Honors
Writing Reading
● Argument based research project ● Homer’s The Odyssey
● Annotation skills ● Sophocles - Oedipus Rex
● Text-based responses ● Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet
● Narrative ● Steinbeck - Of Mice and Men
● Sonnet writing ● Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
● Literary analysis ● Achebe Things Fall Apart
● Writing from Sources
**Academic Intervention Services (AIS) offered to those
students needing supportEnglish 10 - AP Language & Composition
Writing Reading
● Research paper ● Lord of the Flies - William Golding
● Text-based assessment ● Macbeth - William Shakespeare
● Literary analysis ● Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
● Poetry analysis ● Animal Farm - George Orwell
● Argument Essay ● Non-fiction-Speeches-Excerpts-Essays
● Rhetorical Analysis/Essay
● Synthesis Essay
● Personal narrative
**Academic Intervention Services (AIS) offered to those
students needing supportEnglish 11 - AP Lit - IB Language & Literature HLI
Writing Reading
● Further oral activity English 11:
● IBLL/Language presentation
● Unchartered Territory Anthology - Jim Burke, ed.
● Written task 1 – IBLL/Creative literary analysis
● The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
● Text-based response – nonfiction rhetorical analysis
● Othello - William Shakespeare
● Paired reading prompt – literature
● Writing from sources prompt – non-fiction
IB Language & Literature HL 1:
● Persuasive argument
● Research paper/project ● The Crucible - Arthur Miller
● Poetry analysis – AP literature ● Hamlet - William Shakespeare
● Prose analysis – AP literature ● The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
● Thematic literary analysis – AP literature
● Individual oral commentary – IBLL/literary analysis **Academic Intervention Services (AIS) offered to
those students needing supportEnglish 12 - College English - IB Language & Literature
HLII
Writing
● College essay/personal narrative
Reading
● Non-fiction prose analysis IB Language & Literature HL II
● Argumentative essay
● Synthesis essay ● Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
● Film analysis ● Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys
● Visual arts analysis ● Chronicle of a Death Foretold - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
● The Things They Carried portfolio
English 12
● Writer’s workshop – scripts
● Rhetorical analysis
● A Streetcar Named Desire-Tennessee Williams
● Argument writing for authentic audiences
● Hamlet- William Shakespeare
● Nonstop journaling
● The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
● Paper 1 and paper 2/IBLL textual/C&C analysis
-Sherman Alexie
● Further oral activity – presentation
● Beowulf
● Written task 2 – IBLL/presenting essay responsesEnglish Electives
● Creative Writing ~ Scratchboard: This course is intended for students who would like to experiment with writing
across genres in a variety of styles and forms. The course is intended for students of all levels, and every student can
be successful. On a daily basis, students will engage with science fiction, fantasy, realistic fiction, poetry, and personal
narrative structures
● Journalism I ~ The Soaring Eagle Newspaper: This half year course is designed for students who are
interested in contributing to the school’s newspaper. Students in this class comprise the staff of the
newspaper and are responsible for brainstorming ideas, generating articles and graphics, editing and revising
their work and the work of others, and completing layout of the newspaper’s pages
● Journalism II ~ Yearbook: This half-year course is designed for students who are interested in contributing
to the creation of the yearbook. Students are responsible for the layout, editing and proofreading of the
yearbook pagesTechnology in English ● Make use of Chromebooks, Ipads and Desktops ● Vocabulary.Com ● Turnitin.Com ● Google Classroom ● Google Suite ● Library Databases
THIS IS IMPORTANT!
WITH THE RIGHT EFFORT,
YOU CAN DO IT.
I WILL NOT GIVE
UP ON YOU!Contact Information
Dr. Christopher J. Michael
Director of English Language Arts
michaelc@hauppauge.k12.ny.us
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