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English 11: Reading and Writing Workshop. Scott Leventhal - sleventhal@crsd.org 21 Years in Council Rock School District Masters in English Education from Syracuse University Website: google “crsd Leventhal”. “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
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English 11: Reading and Writing Workshop Scott Leventhal - sleventhal@crsd.org 21 Years in Council Rock School District Masters in English Education from Syracuse University Website: google “crsd Leventhal” “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” -Emerson
What are we reading? • Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck • Othello - William Shakespeare • Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson • The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald • Short Stories, nonfiction, and poetry • Text-based questions: Evidence and Inference “What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote it.” -E.M. Forster
Writing - 25% of each marking period - Writing Lab and in Class - Personal Essay Topics and Literary Analysis Essays based on themes in literature - Grading of major writings based on Pennsylvania Writing Assessment Scoring Guidelines "I may have said the same thing before... But my explanation, I am sure, will always be different." - Oscar Wilde
Vocabulary Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level E • 25% each Marking Period • Twenty Words: Chunking – Rule of Firsts and Lasts • Parts of speech, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion • Tests- Biweekly and Cumulative • Website with games and iWords; vocabtest.com • Solid SAT performance enhanced by rich vocabulary background • Flashcards – 10 point bonus assignment • $12.00 to CRHS South Activities - English
Grammar / Usage / Mechanics - Taught formally using multiple resources - Addresses problems seen in compositions - The SAT has a writing section containing multiple-choice grammar / usage / mechanics questions as well as an essay “Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use.” ~Mark Twain
Research Paper - Completed third marking period - 25% of marking period grade - Historically Significant Event and Repercussions “Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” -Zora Neal Hurston
Homework and Assessments - Effective Classwork will limit homework - Reinforcing skills and understandings established in class - Comprehension, skills, and vocabulary tests - All assessments returned for review; look for the *