Title: English 4A SU15

This semester course is meant to connect the earliest forms of human writing to the kinds of stories we tell and where we might be heading.

Students will work on reading early human literature; exposure to Greek Mythology and British Romanticism. They will also work on the processes of preparing, evaluating, and delivering multiple forms of written communication.

Course Syllabus

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  Year at a Glance
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  Course Attribution
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  Apropos of Nothing
  English 4 Course Survey
Unit: First Words
  First Words Unit Plan
  First Words: Teacher Notes
  First Words: Teacher Notes - Powerful Practice
  First Words: Works Cited and Permissions
  01 - First Words 1 Standards Pre-Assessment
  02 - Lesson: First Words
  03 - Reading: The Enuma elish
  Lessons Learned: Enuma elish Importance
  04 - Lesson: Before you read The Gilgamesh Epic
  05 - Study Questions: The Gilgamesh Epic
  TEACHER NOTES: Guide to Responding: Study Questions: The Gilgamesh Epic
  06 - Reading: The Gilgamesh Epic
  07 - Gilgamesh's Hero's Journey
  08 - Gilgamesh Essay Questions
  09 - The Flood Narrative
  10 - Readings: Ancient Hebrews and their flood Narrative
  11 - Readings: Ancient Greeks and their flood Narrative
  12 - Flood Compare and Contrast
  13 - Additional Narratives: Flood Compare and Contrast
  14 - Effect of Geography on Stories and Culture (Presentation)
  15 - Reflection #1
  Supplemental: The Story of Gilgamesh as told by Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Unit: Search Engines vs Electronic Databases
  Search Engines vs Electronic Databases Unit Plan
  Search Engines vs Electronic Databases - Teacher Notes
  Search Engines vs Electronic Databases: Teacher Notes - Powerful Practice
  Search Engines vs Electronic Databases: Works Cited and Permissions
  Search Engines vs. Electronic Databases Standards Pre-Assessment
  01 - Search Engines vs. Electronic Databases
  02 - Assignment: Search Engine vs. Electronic Databases
  03 - Search Engine vs. Electronic Databases Forum
  04 - Lesson: A Guide to Reading and Analyzing Academic Articles
  05 - Assignment: Now You Try
  06 - Citing Your Sources
  07 - Proper citation of resources
  08 - Reflection #2
Unit: The Written Word
  The Written Word Unit Plan
  The Written Word: Teacher Notes
  The Written Word: Teacher Notes - Powerful Practice
  The Written Word: Works Cited and Permissions
  The Written Word Standards Pre-Assessment
  01 - The Written Word Introduction
  02 - History of the Written Word Presentation
  Written Word Presentation Sharing
  TEACHER NOTES: Review before proceeding with Power and Control Assignment
  03 - Written Word: Power and Control
  04 - So, now what?
  05 - Reflection #3
Unit: It's Greek to Me
  It's Greek to Me Unit Plan
  It's Greek to Me: Teacher Notes
  It's Greek to Me: Teacher Notes - Powerful Practice
  It's Greek to Me: Works Cited and Permissions
  01 - The Romantics and Classical Greece
  02 - Who has time for all that?
  02.1 - Justice League Ancient Greece
  03 - The Story of Prometheus
  04 - Heracles or Hercules?
  05 - A New Direction
  06 - Romanticism: It might not be what you think it is...
  07 - William Blake
  7.5 - William Blake Poetry
  Prometheus - Teacher Notes
  Lord Byron's Prometheus
  08 - Reading: Prometheus Bound
  08 - It's Greek to Me Unit Assessment
  09 - Reflection #4
  Prometheus Part 2: The Revenge
  Supplemental - Prometheus Unbound
Unit: Read This Book!
  Read This Book Unit Plan
  Read This Book: Teacher Notes
  Read This Book: Teacher Notes - Powerful Practice
  Read This Book: Works Cited and Permissions
  Read this Book Standards Pre-Assessment
  01 - Creation of New Life
  Pre-Reading Information
  Frankenstein Texts
  Frankenstein Audio
  Characters in Frankenstein
  Quiz #1 Chapters 4-5
  Quiz #2 Chapters 6-7
  Quiz #3 Chapters 8-10
  Quiz #4 Chapters 11-14
  Quiz #5 Chapters 15-17
  Quiz #6 Chapters 18-23 (There are spoilers here if you've not read up to Ch. 23)
  07 - Explicit/Implicit
  08 - Finding the message
  09 - Review and Author Choices
  10 - Victor's Emotional State
  11 - Discussion Questions
  11.1 - Essay Topics
  12 - Key Ideas and Details Project
  How do you Analyze Something?
  14 - Craft and Structure Project
  15 - Versions
  16 - Frankenstein Inspires
  17 - Moving Pictures
  18 - Through the Contrast of Comparison...
  19 - Message in the Medium
  20 - What if?
  21 - The Outsider
  Frank's Social Media Remix
  23 - Reflection #5
Unit: That Couldn't Really Happen
  That Couldn't Really Happen Unit Plan
  That Couldn't Really Happen: Teacher Notes
  That Couldn't Really Happen: Teacher Notes - Powerful Practice
  That Couldn't Really Happen: Works Cited and Permissions
  That Couldn't Really Happen Standards Pre-Assessment
  01 - Science Article Review
  02 - What's Next?
  03 - Rights and Responsibilities
  04 - Cloning Responses
  05 - Defend the Scientist
  06 - Summary of an Issue
  07 - Essay Response
  08 - Reflection #6
Writing and Research Resources
  Teacher suggestions and supplemental materials
  Writing Traits
  Threes in Essays, Paragraphs and Sentences
  01 - Research Resources
  02 - Research Resource: Writing a Research Paper
  03 - Research Resource: Citing Your Work
  04 - Information Resources
Frankenstein Vocabulary Quizzes
  Vocabulary lists for each reading
  Letter 1 Vocabulary Quiz
  Letter 2 Vocabulary Quiz
  Letter 3 Vocabulary Quiz
  Letter 4 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 1 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 3 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 4 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 5 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 6 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 7 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 8 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 9 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 10 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 11 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 12 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 13 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 14 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 15 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 16 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 17 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 18 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 19 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 20 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 21 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 22 Vocabulary Quiz
  Chapter 23 Vocabulary Quiz
Section 10
  Uploading to and Sharing in Google Drive
  Course Glossary
  Course Glossary Terms to import