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English 11: Reading and Writing Workshop

Engage in literary classics like Of Mice and Men and The Great Gatsby, while honing writing skills with personal essays and literary analyses. Enhance vocabulary and grammar knowledge for SAT success. Develop research skills through a significant event paper.

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English 11: Reading and Writing Workshop

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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 *

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