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Columbus North High School

 

Sophomore Accelerated

In sophomore accelerated students will be exposed to many different literary genres and writing techniques.  It is my goal to push students beyond their self-imposed limits when it comes to thinking about English and thinking in general.  This class is centered around discussion and will require students to participate in class.  Such participation relies on completion of assigned readings and other assignments.

 
Below you will find an approximate outline of this course for first semester.
 

Summer Reading Review – Two weeks

  • Review works: The Road, The Glass Castle 
  • Assessment of summer reading
  • Narrative Writing

Analytical Thinking – Two weeks

  • Discuss analysis
  • Read various types of materials and explore deeper meaning
  • Assessment of analytical skills

 

The Old Man and the Sea – Five weeks

  • Ernest Hemingway biographical information
  • Read The Old Man and the Sea
  • Writing instruction
  • Literary Analysis paper

 

Siddhartha – Two weeks

Siddhartha Research Continued

  • Introduce concepts of Siddhartha
  • Read Siddhartha
  • Connection to Ecclesiastes
  • In-class essay

 Guided Independent Reading Five weeks

http://http://kelleyaculp.edu.glogster.com/girp-assessment/

 
UDL Semester Final project - one week

Existentialism/Extraordinary Man theory - one week

 
2nd Semester 
 Introduction to Shakespeare and drama
 
Cry, the Beloved Country
As an introduction to this book you will be doing two of the four activities. Choose one activity from each of the sections. These assignments are due .
 
Research: 
Read through the following sites to gather background information. Once you have done the create a graphic organizer (Venn diagram, chart, etc) comparing and contrasting the two movements. 
Civil Rights Timeline 
 
 
AND
 
Read the short story: "The Moment Before the Gun went Off" and answer the following questions.
 
 
Glogster registration:
 
Educator code: 5BCAH8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012 students only! 
Read through the speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela. Summarize both speeches. Compare and contrast the two speeches.
Connection
Create a collage that shows aspects of both Apartheid in South Africa and The Civil Rights Movement in America. Your collage should contain at least 9 pictures from each event and two important quotes. 
 
 
 




 

Last Modified on March 5, 2013