English 3
Welcome to English 3! This year we are going to read like we never have before! It will be awesome.
English 3 Fall 2013 Syllabus-Packer**
I. The Crucible by Arthur Miller (August-September)
a. Critical Questions
i. How can we use history to understand the present?
ii. How do authors use fictional stories to make arguments about real-life issues?
b. Culminating Project: Students will write their own morality play, illustrating a theme as Arthur Miller did in The Crucible.
II. The Next Step (September-October)
a. Critical Questions
i. How do we get prepared to be a professional adult in the real world?
ii. How do we sift through all of the information currently available on the internet?
b. Critical Project: Students will choose from a number of different project options, each one representing a possible profession. Then, each group will be asked a question in that professional realm. The group will research, analyze, and then write about the issue.
III. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (October-November)
a. Critical Questions
i. How does consumerism drive America?
ii. Is the American Dream still alive today?
b. Critical Project: Students will explore the idea of the American Dream and the birth of consumerism, and they will produce a dramatic performance of a key scene in The Great Gatsby, including an original monologue for the characters.
IV. Poetry (November-December)
a. Critical Questions
i. How do we decipher fact from fiction?
ii. How do we determine the credibility of a source?
b. Critical Project: Students will examine a number of poems with less than honest narrators, and then perform an investigation of the narrators
V. Short Stories (December-January)
a. Critical Questions
i. Why is it important to understand the thoughts and motivations of those around you?
ii. How do we use information about the people around us to our advantage?
b. Critical Project: Students will read background information on psychology, gaining an amateur understanding of the profession. Then, students will examine a number of characters from short stories, providing amateur psychoanalysis of these characters.
**All dates are tentative and subject to change.
English 3 Fall 2013 Syllabus-Packer**
I. The Crucible by Arthur Miller (August-September)
a. Critical Questions
i. How can we use history to understand the present?
ii. How do authors use fictional stories to make arguments about real-life issues?
b. Culminating Project: Students will write their own morality play, illustrating a theme as Arthur Miller did in The Crucible.
II. The Next Step (September-October)
a. Critical Questions
i. How do we get prepared to be a professional adult in the real world?
ii. How do we sift through all of the information currently available on the internet?
b. Critical Project: Students will choose from a number of different project options, each one representing a possible profession. Then, each group will be asked a question in that professional realm. The group will research, analyze, and then write about the issue.
III. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (October-November)
a. Critical Questions
i. How does consumerism drive America?
ii. Is the American Dream still alive today?
b. Critical Project: Students will explore the idea of the American Dream and the birth of consumerism, and they will produce a dramatic performance of a key scene in The Great Gatsby, including an original monologue for the characters.
IV. Poetry (November-December)
a. Critical Questions
i. How do we decipher fact from fiction?
ii. How do we determine the credibility of a source?
b. Critical Project: Students will examine a number of poems with less than honest narrators, and then perform an investigation of the narrators
V. Short Stories (December-January)
a. Critical Questions
i. Why is it important to understand the thoughts and motivations of those around you?
ii. How do we use information about the people around us to our advantage?
b. Critical Project: Students will read background information on psychology, gaining an amateur understanding of the profession. Then, students will examine a number of characters from short stories, providing amateur psychoanalysis of these characters.
**All dates are tentative and subject to change.