Quarter 3 Syllabus

Mr. Dwyer
Freshmen Academic English

Quarter 3 Syllabus

“You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age.”

Homer

DAY1

Vocabulary 6

Aristotle’s Poetics

HW:  Vocabulary 6 

DAY 2

Vocabulary 6 due                                                                                                             (L)

Complete Aristotle’s Definition of Tragedy

Writing Response #1

HW:  Complete Writing Response #1

DAY 3

Writing Response #1 Due                                                                                             (W)

Review Vocabulary 6

Reading Shakespeare:  Read Act 1 of Julius Caesar

HW:  Study for Vocabulary 6 Test 

DAY 4

Vocabulary 6 Test                                                                                                           (T)

Reading Shakespeare:  Read Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet

Julius Caesar Act I Study Guide

HW:Julius Caesar Act I Study Guide

DAY 5

Act I Study Guide of Julius Caesar due                                                                        (R)

Reading Shakespeare:  Read Act 2 of Julius Caesar

Assign Act 1 Study Guide for Romeo and Juliet

Discuss Punctuation Rules & practice links

HW:  Punctuation practice

DAY 6

Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Study Guide Due

Reading Shakespeare:  Read Act 2 of Julius Caesar

HW:  Punctuation practice

DAY 7

Reading Shakespeare:  Read Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet

Julius Caesar Act 2 Study Guide

Work on punctuation practice

HW:  CompleteReading Shakespeare Study Guides

DAY 8

Julius Caesar Act II Study Guide due                                                                                      (R)

Reading Shakespeare:  Read Act 3 of Julius Caesar

Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Study Guide

Assign Mark Antony Speech

HW:  complete Punctuation practice &Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Study Guide & Practice Mark Antony Speech

DAY 9

Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Study Guide Due

Reading Shakespeare:  Read Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet

Punctuation practice due                                                                                                        (HWx2)

Julius Caesar Act 3 Study Guide

HW: Practice Mark Antony Speech                                                                        

DAY 10

Julius Caesar Act 3 Study Guide Due

Reading Shakespeare:  Read Act 4 Julius Caesar

Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Study Guide                                                                                      (L)

HW:  Practice Mark Antony Speech

DAY 11

Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Study Guide Due

Review Punctuation

Punctuation Post Test       

DAY 12

Vocabulary 7

Reading Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Act 4

Julius Caesar Act 4 Study Guide Due

Romeo and Juliet Monologue/Soliloquy

 HW: Complete Vocabulary 7                                                                  

DAY 13

Reading Julius Caesar Act V and Romeo & Juliet Act V

Vocabulary 7 due                                                                                                      (L)

Julius Caesar Act V Study Guide & Romeo and Juliet Act V Study Guide

HW:  Complete Act V Study Guides

DAY 14

 Assign Shakespeare Monologue/Soliloquy

Review Vocabulary 7

HW:  Study for Vocabulary 7 Test   

DAY 15

Vocabulary 7 Test                                                                                                (L)

HW:  The William Shakespeare Monologue/Soliloquy

DAY 16

Perform William Shakespeare Monologue/Soliloquy

HW:  Complete any missing assignments

DAY 17

Perform William Shakespeare Monologue/Soliloquy

Julius Caesar Review & Romeo and Juliet Review

HW: Julius Caesar/Romeo and Juliet Exam 

DAY 18

Julius Caesar/Romeo and Juliet Exam                                                               (R)

Clause Work Sheet

HW:  Complete Clause Work Sheet                                                                                        

DAY 19

Assign:  Assign the Tragedy Essay

Phrase Work Sheet

Clause and Phrase Worksheet due                                                                    (L)

Clause/Phrase Practice

HW:  Clause/Phrase Practice   

DAY 20

Select Independent Book

Review Clauses

Compose:  The Tragedy Essay

HW:  Read Station Eleven

DAY 21

Library:  Select an independent novel

Compose:  The Tragedy Essay

HW:  Complete Clause/Phrase Notes & Definitions

DAY 22

Review for Clause/Phrase Test                                                                      

Begin reading your novel

Complete:  The Tragedy Essay

HW:  Be ready for the Clause/Phrase Test


TOTAL VALUED ASSIGNMENTS

Reading                                7 (1900)           
Writing                                 2 (1100)
Language                            10 (2500)
Speaking/Listening        3 (2400)