English+III

Welcome to English III Spring 2012 ** English III Syllabus Ms. Kelly ** ** PACE Academy jkelly@pace-academy.com ** ** Spring 2011 919-933-7699 ** Students will analyze United States literature s it reflects social perspective and historical significance by continuing to use language for expressive, expository, argumentative and literary purposes. The emphasis in this course is critical analysis through reading, writing, speaking, listening and using media (There will be use of various other media and literary forms such as music, documentaries and supporting activities outside of the classroom as it relates to our course of study. There will be parental notification when such when any other media will be used) Jan/ Feb Fried Green Tomatoes – Fannie Flag Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the now-classic novel of two women in the 1980s: of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women--of the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth--who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama, a Southern kind of Cafe Wobegon offering good barbecue and good coffee and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder. And as the past unfolds, the present--for Evelyn and for us--will never be quite the same again. Supporting Activities: Study of the Depression, Jim Crow and Civil Rights Movement Films: Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias Field Trip:SeniorLivingCenter, K&W café for Fried Green Tomatoes
 * Objectives: **
 * Relate the experience of others to their own
 * Research the diversity of the American experience
 * Examine relationships between the past and the present
 * Build increasing sophistication in defining issues and using argument effectively
 * Create products and presentations which maintain standard conventions of written and oral language
 * Text **
 * Fried Green Tomatoes – Fannie Flag
 * Let the Dead Bury Their Dead – Randal Kenan
 * Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

March - Let the Dead Bury Their Dead – Randall Kenan Set inNorth Carolina, these are stories about blacks and whites, young and old, rural and sophisticated, the real and fantastical. Named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, nominated for the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award, and given the Lambda Award. Class presentation: Randall Kenan will be visiting class to talk about his writing.

April/ May - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer– Mark Twain
 * //The Adventures of Tom Sawyer//** by [|Mark Twain] is an 1876 [|novel] about a young boy growing up along the [|Mississippi River]. The story is set in the [|Town] of "St. Petersburg", inspired by [|Hannibal, Missouri], where [|Mark Twain] lived.

Supporting activities: Film: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Classwork: Includes notebook check, Journals and class activities Projects: Essays, visual or oral presentations Quizzes and homework Test Students are to have a 3 ring binder with subject dividers. All work is to be kept in the binder in an organized fashion for a part of the classwork grade.
 * Assessment: **

Week One Jan 18th -20th
 * Class Introduction


 * Week Two Jan 23rd-27th**
 * Journaling
 * Began Reading Fried Green Tomatoes
 * Discussion of Southern Culture
 * Filled out character description list [[file:Fried Green Tomatoes Character ListEnglish III.doc]]
 * Week Three Jan 30th - Feb 3rd**


 * Read pages 20-60 of Fried Green Tomatoes
 * reviewed a list of colorful southern saying [[file:Southern Saying Class.doc]]
 * Discussed types of figurative language
 * Cultural background of America During the 1920's and 30's


 * Week Four Feb 7th - Feb10th**
 * Quiz on charters and the time period of the depression
 * Continued reading Fried Green Tomatoes pgs through pgs 185

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 * Week Five Feb13th - Feb 16th**
 * Critical thinking exercise. These questions are designed make the students think deeper than the text. These answers are based on evidence from the book about what we think about the characters.
 * Week Six Feb 20th - Feb 24th**
 * Students veiwed "Riding the Rails" and "Crossroads" to explore southern culture and hobo life
 * [[file:Fried Green Tomatoes Vocabulary and Terms.doc]]

Continued to read Fried Green Tomatoes and answer the study guide questions pgs 252- 280
 * Week Seven Feb 27th - March 2nd**
 * [[file:Fried Green Tomatoes Vocabulary 2.doc]]
 * Week Eight Mar 5th -March 9th**
 * Week Eight Mar 5th -March 9th**


 * [[file:Fried Green Tomatoes Reading Guide Questions Pgs 252.doc]]
 * Week 9 March 11th - March 16th**


 * [[file:Fried Green Tomatoes reading Guide Questions pg 300.doc]]


 * Week 10 March 19th - March 23rd**
 * Completed The book __Fried Green Tomatoes__
 * Brookdakle Senior Living Center Social director Shonnie visited class to discuss working with the elderly and prepare the class for their field trip.
 * Field trip to Brookdale Living Center.


 * Week 11 April 10th - April 13th**
 * Began the Unit on Short Stories "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" by Randall Kenan who visited class.
 * Read "Clarence and the Dead" and "Things from This World"
 * [[file:let the Deab bury their dead vocabularyTestaments.doc]]

[|Literary devcices]
 * [|Randall Kenan]
 * Week 12 April 16th - April 20th**
 * Read from "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" The Foundations of the Earth
 * [|How to Write a Short Story]
 * Students Began writing their own short stories
 * Week 13 April 23- April 26th**