EOC Review

 

Syllabus

Mrs. Johana Rodriguez English II World Literature


COURSE DESCRIPTION

Every day we will learn or practice a crucial facet of good writing and reading: rhetorical devices, argumentation appeals, style and grammar, analysis and interpretation. The successful student will view this class as a workshop—experimentation & trial and error are encouraged. In fact, these traits are required.

We will write persuasive/argument, research, poetry, critical analysis in addition to weekly journaling, practice prompts, sketches, and other creative projects. All writing, though, will accomplish understanding, explaining, defending or challenging, or evaluating something. Good scholarship combines these approaches to writing.

For this class to be successful, we will write often.  Some writing will be practice and some writing will be revised and polished into final drafts. Through the writing process, we will examine our diction, syntactic structure, organization and balance, and our ability to create an effective piece of writing. We will also create a portfolio to catalog our progress as writers.

I expect hard work, a willingness to try and miss and try some more, careful reading, and meaningful discussion.


MATERIALS

  1. Charged computer/laptop

 

READING ASSIGNMENTS

 

One of the most important requirements for this course is that students read every assignment with care and on time. Most reading will be taken care of in class.  

WRITING ASSIGNMENTS

CRITICAL WRITING

Each student will write several short papers explaining an argument that requires close reading and annotating texts and research. I will be more specific about the expectations later, but generally, each paper will use specific and well-chosen evidence to articulate an argument about the topic at hand

GRADING

Grading is determined by the English department and cannot be changed. Daily grades (participation, quizzes, homework) are worth 40% and major grades (tests, essays, projects) are worth 60% of the total grade.

Some good news: grading is an individualized process. Each student is in competition with him- or herself only. The grade in the class is entirely predicated on the choices a student makes to do the best he or she can.

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