English III—Second Semester Syllabus

Instructor E-mail School

Winston Patterson wpatterson@lcsd2.org Star Valley High
Phone Planning Time Homeroom
885-SVHS Gold 1 3:20 - 3:35 P.M.
Red 4

Course Description
Junior English provides an opportunity for students to analyze the historical, political, and social context
of early American literature, to become proficient in reading, writing, speaking, and listening, and to
prepare for the ACT and PAWS tests. Successful completion of this course satisfies one-half unit of
graduation requirement.

Language Arts Standards

1. Reading 2. Writing 3. Speaking/Listening

Performance Standard
These statements describe how well students must perform the benchmark standards. The "proficient" level is
required to meet the standards. The level descriptors help teachers to judge where students are performing in
relation to the standards. A general definition of these levels is provided below.

Advanced (Level 4)--Students who perform at the advanced level use their knowledge of language arts
in complex and abstract situations and can communicate, argue and articulate information and ideas.
Proficient (Level 3)–Students who perform at the proficient level use concepts and skills to acquire
and communicate information and ideas using appropriate strategies as required by the state standards.
Partially Proficient (Level 2)–Students who perform at the partially proficient level use rudimentary
knowledge and skills to acquire and communicate information and ideas on well-defined tasks with direction.
Novice (Level 1)-Students perform at or below the basic level and require support or provide little or no
evidence of meeting the standard.

Grading: Semester Grade Only

Class Work 60 percent
Common Assessments 40 percent
Grammar (10%)
Writing (15%)
Literary (10 %)
Informational (5%)

Course Materials and Resources*

Elements of Literature 5th Course, Holt
Elements of Language 5th Course, Holt
*The instructor will supplement with other appropriate American literary genres.
 Units of Study—Second Semester Junior English

Common Assessments/
Course Resources Skills/Terminology Standards/Benchmarks
Classroom Evaluations
Elements of Ellipses, apostrophes,
Writing 11.2.1 Grammar
Language Ch. 27 semicolons,
Elements of
Reflective Narrative
Language &
Six-traits of Writing
Elements of Writing 11.2.1, 11.2.2 Writing
Literature, PAWS
Data
Elements of
Organization, Paragraph
Literature
structure, supporting details Reading 11.1.1, 11.1.3
Collections 4-6, any Informational Reading
(quotes), transitions, sentence Writing 11.2.1, 11.2.2
electronic or hard
structure.
copy editorial
Elements of
Allegory, irony, archetype,
Literature
tone, mood, figurative Reading 11.1.1, 11.1.2
Collections 4-6, Literary Reading
language, symbolism, theme Writing 11.2.1, 11.2.2
Novels, short
stories, drama

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Thank you,

Mr. Patterson